Cung Le Movies and Career Information

Cung Le (Vietnamese: Lê Cung) (born May 25, 1972) is a Vietnamese American Sanshou fighter, mixed martial artist, and actor from San Jose, California currently competing in Strikeforce. He is the former IKF Light Heavyweight San Shou World Champion and has a perfect professional San Shou record of 17-0 before moving to mixed martial arts. He defeated Frank Shamrock to become the second Strikeforce Middleweight Champion before vacating the title to further pursue his acting career. He is notable for his accurate and devastating kicks which have helped him win many knockout victories. Cung Le was born in Saigon (now Ho Chi Minh City), Vietnam. In 1975, three days before the fall of Saigon, Cung Le and his mother Anne escaped Vietnam by helicopter under heavy gunfire. He ended up in San Jose, California where early racial bullying inspired him to learn martial arts. His mother enrolled him in Taekwondo classes at the age of 10. Le has disciplines in a variety of martial arts, and was undefeated as a professional kickboxer (16–0). He is a three time world champion in kickboxing and also coaches his own team, which is now 11–0 in team competition. Le began wrestling competitively at age