Frank Shamrock vs Cung Le

Frank Shamrock took on San Shou phenomenon Cung Le during last weekends epic MMA fight and to me it was one of the best fights in a while.

Firstly respect has to go out to both fighters. They both proved that they can take clean shots and carry on fighting. Cung kept Frank away with the side kick, a kick not favoured amongst MMA fighters but may be after this fight. It’s a kick that can do great damage by being thrust into your opponent rather than snapped in like the round house. Also witnessed was Cungs ability to catch Franks kicking leg and sweep his standing one. An excellent technique which can make your opponent think twice about kicking you and great to take the fight to the floor. More on this technique here.

Frank Shamrock is one if the greatest technical fighters ever to grace an MMA arena but also showed again that he is a great entertainer. He smiles at his opponent, shows funny hand gestures but also shows his respect for his opponent when getting hit from a good shot, by offering to touch gloves. Frank could not enter round 4 because of a hand injury which saw him forfeit the fight, handing over his championship belt to Cung, but at the end of round 3 Frank dominated Cung with some great punching ability and if the round carried on an extra couple of seconds, maybe the winner may have been different. Being known as a submission fighter it was surprising to not see Frank try and take the fight to the floor much, and it was clear that Frank wanted to keep the fight standing. This showed that Frank truly is a mixed martial artist who is capable of fighting from all angles and positions.

Because of the way the fight went, its most probable that there shall be a rematch between them. If that happens, it should prove again to be one of the most anticipated rematches ever.

This truly was a great fight, if you have not seen it yet, then search it on the Internet and watch it on one of the hundreds of websites showing it. You will not be disappointed.

Marks

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