There is no denying that Cung Le is a full blown star. From his fights in the cage to showing up in movies like Pandorum with Dennis Quaid prove it.
Still, I can’t understand why Dana White has allowed Le to take up a main slot in a UFC pay-per-view card. Against Vitor Belfort no less.
The “Phenom” is a draw, not to mention that Belfort is coming off a win against Akiyama. Sure Le is a draw in his own right and can fight too, but there are also a lot of drawbacks to using a full-blown action movie star who also competes in MMA.
You can never be sure how reliable he is going to be. For a businessman like White, I’m surprised that he either didn’t consider or didn’t care about the possible reasons that this could end badly.
The first being…