Cung Le – photo via Strikeforce.com
Former Strikeforce middleweight champ, actor, and fan favorite Cung Le (9-2) is not ready to hang up his gloves just yet.
The 40-year-old fighter is coming of a “Knockout of the Year” win against Rich Franklin this past November at UFC: Macau and has been spending his time since then healing. Le injured his foot in the bout and has been dealing with some bone chips in his elbow.
Speaking to MMAWeekly.com recently, Le expressed his desire to return to the Octagon.
“I feel like I’ve still got some fights left in me, so I’m not going to retire right away,” Le told MMAWeekly.com. “I felt like a performance like that – and I know some people were saying I was starting slow, it’s like hello it’s a five-round fight, I’m going to pace myself, but at the same time I know when to explode and I know when to pace myself…. ”
“I’m going to make sure I heal right this time because I think getting into Macao after hurting my foot really bad, and I did have some elbow problems leading up to that fight. I’m just glad I got two big wins in the UFC, and as soon as I heal up I think I’m going to be gearing up again,” Le stated.
“It takes a little bit longer to heal. I’m 40 years old,” Le joked. “But I want to make a proper rehab and we’ll take it from there.”
While Le may not make a run for a title again, there are certainly a number of 185-lbs fighters that he could face. I feel an intriguing matchup might be him and current Strikeforce champ Luke Rockhold once Rockhold moves over to the UFC.