Mark Hunt – All or Nothing – Part 1

Cung Le vs. Brian Warren

This is Cung Le’s second fight. He used several of the same techniques already covered in the first video which you can find here Cung Le vs. Mike Altman.  I won’t rewrite those but I will add the new techniques.

Southpaw vs Orthodox Stance
1.  Overhook Hip Throw
2.  Knee from the Thai Clinch
3.  Right Hook/Left Straight/Right Uppercut/Left Straight
4.  Elbow from the Thai Clinch
5.  Right Hook/Left Straight to the Body/Right Hook/Right Uppercut
6.  Left Straight/Jab/Right Hook
7.  (Orthodox) Right Spinning Back Kick to the Body
8.  Right Hook/Left Straight/Right Hook/Left Straight/Right Hook

Cung Le vs. Mike Altman (Cung Le’s 1st MMA Fight – With Breakdown of Techniques)

In honor of Cung Le’s win this weekend I am going to do a breakdown all of his fights over the next few weeks. Cung Le has a very interesting style, very unique for MMA and traditional marital arts (because of his takedowns and takedown defense). Cung Le really is the best of several martial arts. If you are interested in learning his style, he does have an older video series out you can purchase, but more recently he released a book called San Shou: The Complete Fighting System (I will review this book as well).

On top of studying his instructional videos and books, I would recommend watching his fights and writing down his combinations and techniques, then drilling them constantly.  The techniques he used in this fight are as follows (South paw stance vs Orthodox stance):
1.  Side Kick to the Knee
2.  Rear Roundhouse Kick to the Body
3.  Rear Roundhouse Kick to the Head
4.  Snapping Front Kick to the Head
5.  Read Roundhouse Kick to Inside of Leg
6.  Lead Low Kick to Outside of Leg
7.  Lead Sidekick to the Body
8.  Right Hook
9.  Lead Roundhouse Kick to Body/ Jab
10.  Rear High Kick to Lead High Kick
11.  (Step Left Leg Forward) to Right Spinning Back Kick to Body
12.  Knee Pick Takedown to Left Hook
13.  (Orthodox Stance) Step Right Leg Forward to Left Spin Kick to the Head
14.  (Orthodox Stance) Jab to Right Spinning Back Kick to the Head
15.  Left Straight to the Body/ Lead High Kick
16.  Left Straight/ Right Hook
17.  Jab/Cross (step Forward While Throwing Cross) Right Spinning Back Kick to Body/ Right Hook/Right Hook

Cung Le vs Rich Franklin

Cung Le (8-2) vs Rich Franklin (29-6)

Cung Le:  Cung Le is the former Strikeforce middleweight champ.  Coming from San Shou, a kickboxing style that allows takedowns and throws, Cung Le has a very unique background than most MMA fighters these days.  Having gone undefeated in kickboxing and moving to MMA later in his career (he is almost 41), Cung Le has only really ever been a part time mixed martial artist.  He often takes off well over a year in between fights due to his movie schedule.

Don’t let any of this fool you though, Cung Le is a very dangerous fighter and one you have to prepare especially for.  No one walks into a fight with him without studying his game in great detail.  Armed with deadly kicks and tricky combos, one wrong move by his opponent and it’s game over.  Cung also has great takedowns and takedown defense.  He has only lost two MMA fights in his whole career, both to guys known for hitting hard and both after he had gassed out (both fights were taken after he had been out of the ring for well over a year as well).

Rich Franklin:  Rich Franklin is the former ufc middleweight champ.  Armed with his excellent conditioning, Rich has defeated many fighters no one thought he had a chance against.  Though he can fight on the ground, his bread and butter is his stand up game.  He isn’t known for being a power puncher but he does own some KO’s on his record.  He usually manages to avoid his opponents onslaught while striking back, taking over the fight more and more as it goes on.

There is no doubt Rich has faced off against the much tougher competition in his MMA career having faced Dan Henderson, Wanderlei Silva x 2, Anderson Silva x 2, Chuck Liddell, etc.  When it comes to experience, Rich has it.  Cung Le has fought some tough guys also, just not as often or as many as Rich.

The Fight:  Both Cung Le and Rich Franklin have been alternating wins and losses lately, both are also due for a loss if their standard pattern keeps up.  I think Cung Le is the superior stand up fighter, I also think he has better wrestling.  Rich Franklin is the bigger fighter (having recently been fighting at light heavyweight) and he for sure has the better cardio.  I think the level of conditioning could decide this fight.

If the fight ends in the first two rounds, I think it’s from Cung Le finishing Rich with some devastating kick to the body, head, arm, you name it.  After the first two rounds I just see Rich Franklin taking over more and more.  Both guys have the ability to finish this but it really just depends on how they show up.  This is Rich’s first fight back at 185lbs in a while so it will be interesting to see how he handles the weight cut.  This is also the first time in a while that Cung Le has not taken a really long layoff in between fights.

Result:  Cung Le by KO in rounds 1 or 2 or Rich Franklin by TKO stoppage in the later rounds.  It should be an excellent fight and I am looking forward to it!