Cung Le become IKF Champion

[Iron Arahat]

Cung Le defeated Shoni Carter by decision on December 15th to win the IKF Light Heavyweight San Shou Championship.

 

Carter is UFC's #2 Ranked Middleweight and former Collegiate All-American Wrestler.

 

San Shou is gaining popularity across the US finally.

 

 

[MuayTB1]

Cung Le....grrr he didnt' send me his poster with him signutre on it and he said he will. Dear God! got me so exicted for nothing. oh well, he got much much to do anyways.

 

lol

[Kickbutt]

Congrats to Cung Le....wish I could have seen that fight...

[TOMMY BEE]

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GREAT EVENT !!

 

I just returned from the Cung Le show in San Jose California. This was A great event that was A fund raser for the Twin Towers childrens fund. I was very happy to be a part of the show. Cung put together A very excititng night of fights with A great entertainment show in the middle of it. The response of the crowd was awsome.

 

My opinion of some of the fights.

 

1St Fight Cruiserweights ameteur : Good war between 2 good strong up and coming hungry guys ends in decission.

 

2nd Fight Welterweight Ameteur: Santos leads with good agressive style and good technique and stops his game oppoment with seconds left in the fight.

 

3rd Fight : Womens ameteur Chrissy yandolli My student vs Jenna Castillo starts out very strong in:

 

Rd 1 cracking chrissy's nose and causing alot of blood also gainning control with throws.

 

Rd 2 Jenna still controlling the action with throws and wins 1st 2 rds easily.

 

Rd 3 Chrissy Comes back after adjusting to new style of fighting and drops Jenna with A right hand and now seems much more comfortable in this style of fighting,Even gaining some points for some good clean throws.

 

Rd 4 Chrissy starts off where she left off throwing good strong combinations but Jenna does not back off and the last rd was all out war untill the final bell.

 

Jenna wins Decission in A great womens Sanshou fight.Congradulations on winning A great fight Jenna.

 

I would just like to congradulate Chrissy Yandolli on fighting A great fight in A style which she is not used to . We only had 4 weeks to prepare her for the different style of fighting as she just fought in A Full contact title fight USKBA/WPKA on Ring of Fire 8.Chrissy really liked Sanshou and is looking foward to training more for this type of fighting.

 

4Th Fight : Rudy Ott VS Peter Kaljavick

 

This was A good fight with Rudy taking control early with his throwing skills and sweeps . Peter starting slow as is the norm for him. Rudy takes the first 3 rds easy and Peter comes back to gain some momentum in rds 4 and 5 while hitting Rudy with A Hook kick and breaking his nose in rd 4 and also doing very well in rd 5.

 

Rudy Ott wins By Decission !!

 

5TH Fight Mahtee Jadeepitak Vs Danny steele

 

Danny Steele was rtecovering from A Groin injury and still took the fight against A great Thai fighter.

 

Danny Steele starts rd 1 strong landing very hard body shots and Mahtee showed his great boxing skills with using his movement and countering and droping Danny in rd 1. The rest of the fight had Mahtee continuing to show his varity of skills with great kicks and punches but most of all his ring generalship .There where no more knock downs in the fight but it was A pleasure to whatch these 2 great fighters against eachother. I can't wait to see a rematch with Danny at 100 %

 

It was my pleasure to work in the corner with all of the fighters that I helped out that night but it was especially An honner for me to work the corner of Mahtee against another fighter that I respect A great deal like Danny Steele. Mahtee is now fighting out of Indiana and many fighters in the U.S. can learn alot from watching him fight , He is A great fighter and also A great embassador of the martial arts ,I think that we can all learn from someone like him.

 

Main Event: Cung le Vs Shonie Carter

 

Cung le was Cut in the first rd over his right Eye and it looked as it could be a tough night for him but he showed his heart and his skill by not letting it get to him. He got off some very strong Low kicks and his well known Suplex throws in every rd . Shoney showed tremendous heart by never giving in and fighting hard untill the final bell. This fight was a good test for cung Le who has not fought in 13 months and Shoney definately came to fight.

 

I know very well it is very hard to promote A big event,Have your top students fight hard fights and then you have to fight A hard fight to top off the night. Cung has a very strong following and I am glad to see his sucess .I met Cung Le in 1994 in his first major Sanshou tournament which he took home the gold medal in Orlando Florida.I am looking foward to more events like this put together by Cung le and USH!! productions.

 

WORLD KICKBOXING CHAMPION

 

TOMMY "BEE" BOTTONE

 

 

[MuayTB1]

Cung Le is the best dude!

 

read the post on forum:everything els

 

Sorry, i'm just to happy.

[Punchdrunk]

Tommy Bee, did you work Shonie's corner?

 

I was surprised that Shonie didn't try more throws. From what I've read it sounds like he stayed with striking. In the Shidokan he destroyed his competition with really frightening lookin throws. his second opponent (a really outstanding fighter who had defeated him the previous year) was completely intimidated by Shonie's throws alone.

 

What happened? (Besides cung Le being exceptional)

[TOMMY BEE]

Yes, I did work Shonie's corner. He more than likely has very good throws but as we all know Cung Le has the best throws in the buissness. Early in the fight Shonie was throwing with Cung and it definately was not A good idea.Then he started to efectivley stop Cung from throwing and he fought better standing his ground. He fought his heart out and Cung was just the better man that night. It was A very good fight and the crowd enjoyed it. Cung Le told me that Shonie was unbelievably tough. Cung clearly won the fight on his low kicks and throws but it was not an easy task.

 

 

[MuayTB1]

Hey any way to download the fight Tommy?

[Punchdrunk]

Thank you Tommy. I appreciate the info.

 

I'm glad to hear that he put on a good fight but I am not surprised at all.

 

He will fight anybody any style any where.

 

(Except I don't think he wants to box Tyson)

 

Who's Cung Le's best challenger for the new belt?

[Iron Arahat]

I'd fight Cung, but I'd have to put on 10 lbs to do it, and of course turn pro...

 

I'd like to see Cung fight Marvin Perry, but then Cung would have to put on about 10lbs.

 

Or even better Ataaev Boziget from Russia, who beat Cung in Hong Kong in 1999. I know Cung was suffering from the local food according to the US, but the Russians have always had a strong San Shou team, and it would be interesting to see a rematch.