Strikeforce: Scott Smith Says Cung Le Fight Is High-Risk, Low-Reward
by Kelvin Hunt on Jun 23, 2010 6:00 PM EDT
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"At first, I was kind of irritated that Strikeforce wanted to do an immediate rematch," said Smith. "I feel like if I'd beaten (Le) up for two-plus rounds before getting knocked out, I wouldn't have gotten the immediate rematch Cung has. It's not like this was a title fight where an immediate rematch is a clause in the contract or something like that.
"But now I want to prove that I wasn't just lucky to be able to come back and knock him out," continued Smith. "I was irritated when Strikeforce first suggested this fight, but now I'm excited even though it's a high-risk, low-reward fight. If I go out and beat Cung up, then maybe he wasn't the MMA fighter people thought he'd be. But if he beats me, then I lost to a fighter I just beat."
Smith's manager went on to talk about why they didn't want the immediate re-match, basically citing that another win over Le doesn't do much for Smith's career. He's probably right. However, he was getting handled before Le gassed and faded in the last fight allowing Smith the opportunity to get the KO. Le was also coming off a long hiatus with movies as he took on Smith the first time. With no distractions, will Smith be able to take out a focused Cung Le for the second time?
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I'd agree with him there is really no upside
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by doonerthesooner on Jun 23, 2010 6:03 PM EDT reply actions
One of three things will happen: Scott Smith will knock out Cung Le, Le will decision the hell out of Smith like he was about to last time, or, more likely, Le will play it cautiously and we’ll all be bored.
I hope I’m wrong about Le, but I fear he may be too Hollywood for this kind of thing.
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“I feel like if I’d beaten (Le) up for two-plus rounds before getting knocked out, I wouldn’t have gotten the immediate rematch Cung has.”
You know, it’s really good to see that Smith can see what’s up. This fight was made because it was “exciting”, and to try and get their boy a win so they can still sort-of say he’s undefeated. Thing is, I’ve got a feeling that even if Le wins, there’s no third match; Le will probably just go back to doing B movies.
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You think he'll consider that MW tourney they're setting up?
I don’t, he can’t hand-pick his oppenents if he’s in it.
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by Anthony Pace on Jun 23, 2010 6:57 PM EDT up reply actions
Smith will be down for it
But even THINKING about putting Le in is a bad idea. This is a dude who, like you mentioned, makes his fights. And it was bad enough when he had the belt around his waist and he was doing the movie thang, just think what would happen if he was in a tourny.
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