In Quarantine with... EP #13 - Cung Le

Former Strikeforce Middleweight Champion, former International Kickboxing Federation Light Heavyweight World Champion, Actor/Writer/Producer, and Mike's former training partner Cung Le Skypes in for this episode. They discuss Cung's escape from Saigon in 1975, how he got started in martial arts, his acting career, and current projects, training with Mike at AKA, and tons more! Don't forget to subscribe.

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Timestamps:
3:40 Escape from Saigon
5:50 Dealing with bullies
7:25 Wrestling gave him a sense of belonging
10:44 Teaching people to defend themselves
16:52 Cung Le's Fight or Flight
26:09 Cung Le's Spiritual Battles
30:32 Won two weight divisions with a broken foot and broken hand
33:02 Hard head ringing at AKA
40:31 Cung had almost 100 fights before going pro
50:18 Reflecting on his MMA Career
53:50 Lawsuit against the UFC
1:09:45 Breaking into movies
1:14:35 Creating an epic fight scene with Donnie Yen
1:19:29 Using social media to shine a light on the darkness
1:24:09 Shooting guns with Navy SEALs
1:30:16 Fighters gotta make money too
1:34:40 Cung is proud of the fighting community

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Host: Mike Swick
Guest: Cung Le
Produced & Directed by: Mike Swick
Filmed & Edited by: Greg Blunt
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Music Producer: Benny Youngbaht
Music: Danny Bunnathong
Artwork: Simon Netherton

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