Everybody was Cung Le fighting (Cung Le
by Penny Buffington of MMA-Underground.com
For the real deal go see Cung Le's official page 
Carl Douglas sang "Everybody was Kung Foo Fighting"; this song I hear lately over and over in my head. I switched it up a bit though and sing to myself, "Everybody was Cung Le fighting." Sometimes I sing it out loud, like when I was playfully throwing my version of a leg kick at my 16 year old son and knocked my knee on the corner of the doorway. My son was looking at me like I was a retard.
Cung Le doesn't look like a retard throwing a leg kick. Or a flying back fist, flying leg scissors etc. He, instead, looks unbelievably gifted. The woe's and the aah's flow freely from my mouth as I watch this Mixed Martial Artist work his way to superstardom. When I spoke with him this past Saturday, I told him he was a freak of nature. Gosh, I hope he knows I was giving him a compliment!
The dedication these fighters have to give: all of the training, interviews, and vast amounts of traveling. Cung Le has come up with one way to cut down on some of his travel time. Instead of traveling to high altitude areas, where the oxygen intake is less therefore, enhancing physical endurance. He snuggles up in his own high altitude sleeping chambers in his bedroom. 
Here's an example of what it is exactly: http://hypobaric.com/whatisit.htm
Did I say snuggles? Actually from what Cung Le told me it is none to comfortable. Even though he is not claustrophobic. He had "Nightmares the first few nights" and "It can be very difficult." But hell, Cung Le is so incredible he even talked his "girl" of 3 years into sleeping in there with him. Good thing they don't have to sleep in it all the time just leading up to a fight. It's nice to have support from a loved one. He also uses a cardio workout machine that limits air intake as well.
Cung Le has appeared on televisions shows as himself such as Walker Texas Ranger, Warrior Nation, and Human Weapon. He is also appearing in movies that are set to come out later this year or early 2009. Fighting: A young ticket scalper is introduced to the world of underground street fighting, starring Channing Tatum and Terrence Howard. The video game Tekken has a movie coming out that will feature Cung Le as the character, Baek Doo San. You can check out the movie real video for Lost Warrior: Left Behind at http://www.gorillapictures.net/lostwarrior.html. You can also check out the movie real video for Blizhniy Boy: the Ultimate Fighter at http://www.gorillapictures.net/blizhniyboy.html. You can find past movies by searching Cung Le at http://imdb.com/.
Cung Le told me he was "Living the American Dream" after "Leaving Vietnam in 1975 under gunfire." I couldn�t help detect the pride in his voice when he said this.
After Cung Le's win over Frank Shamrock 2 weeks ago, he says he is "chillin'". How wonderful he can chill with his 2 boys that he has "100% custody of." When he is done with that it will be off to the next fight. I can't wait to see what this 5'10" 185 pound Strikeforce World Middleweight Champion has to bring. What to do next after you broke Frank Shamrocks wrist?; that is the question.
Photos courtesy of cungle.com and strikeforceusa.net
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Tags: fight, ifl, interview, mma, penny buffington, strikeforce, ufc, wec, bodog, cung le
Posted: 2 months ago
