Former Strikeforce middleweight champ Cung Le (7-1) is set to make his Octagon debut on November 19th when he faces former UFC champ Vitor Belfort in the main event of UFC 139. Le will fight in front of his hometown crowd in San Jose, where all eight of his professional fights have taken place, after a year-and-a-half layoff.
Le was in Cincinnati, Ohio this past Saturday to watch four of his teammates walk out of the Strikeforce cage victorious, and it’s a trend he intends to keep going when he finally meets ‘The Phenom’ in November.
Le spoke to Heavy.com about his upcoming fight and how he’s booked the time off from acting in movies to prepare for a Belfort who he feels “is very dangerous, but I’m very dangerous too.”
“What Vitor says doesn’t bother me. He can talk all he wants. We’ll take care of business on November 19th. Let him talk. I don’t like to talk so he can do all the talking. I’ll let him have that job and we will work it out in San Jose. Vitor is very dangerous, but I’m very dangerous too. We have two dangerous guys in the ring and we are going to see which one of us is more dangerous.”
“Every time I commit to something I always go 185%. Right now I’m not doing any movies and won’t while I prepare. There will be no distractions and I’m just going to focus on this fight.”
“My gym is Cung Le’s AKA. I’m part of the AKA team and I’m going to keep my training there. Everyone saw us tonight. We dominated and we won all of our fights on this card. I’m going to AKA to train smart, hard and make sure I stay injury free. I’m very proud of my teammates that fought tonight and it was just awesome to see.”