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Cung Le Defeats Frank Shamrock to Win Title |
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Written by FD4PREZ
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March 31, 2008 |
This past Saturday, March 29th, Cung Le and Frank Shamrock met in the
cage for the first time ever in a match for the history books.
This past Saturday, March 29th, Cung Le and Frank Shamrock met in the cage for the first time ever in a match for the history books.
***Warning: The following text is a spoiler and will let you know how the fought ended up. We'd recommend watching the video below first!***
Both fighters were representing San Jose as there hometowns, which coincidentally was where the match took place. Shamrock wanted to be known as the "King of San Jose", and to be crowned with the title, he had to beat Cung Le.
Though Cung Le came in as the challenger, he dominated the match and looked like the champ from the opening bell. Throughout the fight, Le threw kicks at Shamrock which proved to be the downfall of Shamrock who eventually could not go on.
The fight was in front of a packed house who wanted to watch there hometown fighters duke it out to see who would stand at the top of the city. During moments in the fight, you can hear chants of "Cung Le" in the background. His following in San Jose consists of many Vietnamese who have followed his career as one of the top fighters from there country.
To watch the video, click play.
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