Rich Franklin Gives His Breakdown Of Cung Le As A Fighter

yeah sure rich whatever helps u sleep at night.
cung les kicks are good cause hes one of the best kickers in the world, franklin, know your place.lots of people have wrestling and they dont throw kicks anywhere near that.

@ DavidJones – obviously Rich knows that Cung Le is a better kicker than most wrestlers. What he’s saying is that ON TOP of being a world san shou champion/ world class kickboxer, Cung Le has fantastic wrestling. You see other stand-up fighters lose their nerve because they are worried about getting taken down. Takedowns are actually a big part of San Da/San Shou, and Cung Le wrestled through high school and college. He’s a more well rounded fighter than most people think. Rich has a good chance to win this fight with his conditioning. Rich thinks Cung won’t use his wrestling offensively, but I think Cung will in fact take him down a few times to rack up some points and will out-strike him to win round 1 (and possibly win round 2). Unfortunately for Cung, conditioning often beats skill in MMA, and Rich has cardio for days. Is this a 3 or 5 round fight? Makes a big difference in this one…

You forgot to mention Jose Aldo. It’s been proven that a good kicker beats a good boxer.

@ marvelous mad madam mim

Le had good takedowns in sanshou but those guys werent the best at takedown defense.

as a tkd 3rd dan I agree with @failsonnen,ive heard for years hpw taekwondos “fancy” kicks would never work in mma just too flashy.but we seen front kicks,spinning wheel kicks and back kicks,jumping switch kicks all land devastating when thrown by good kickers..but a good wrestler would smash me of they get bu y my kicks lol