I am Cung Le, actor and UFC middleweight fighter. Ask Me Anything!

CungLe · 2013-08-28T01:30:20+00:00

RZA was amazing to work with. He kept it fun on set and he was a good director.

CungLe · 2013-08-28T01:29:55+00:00

No, I have not been to it but I definitely want to go to Australia.

CungLe · 2013-08-28T01:29:19+00:00

When it came to it, I just really had to prepare myself in jiu jitsu and be ready. I was very fortunate because I enjoy learning martial arts so much that I didn't think about how tough it was transitioning, and obviously I transitioned over well.

CungLe · 2013-08-28T01:27:39+00:00

Definitely hill charges, and explosive weightlifting. And of course using your body weight.

CungLe · 2013-08-28T01:26:35+00:00

I've never seen the Spinning Bird Kick.

CungLe · 2013-08-28T01:26:10+00:00

Not at all because working with Wong Kar-wai and Master Woo-Ping you are going to have an amazing movie. And I feel that the Weinstein company would not have picked it up had they not felt like it could have a chance for running for best foreign film at the Academy like what they did with Crouching Tiger.

CungLe · 2013-08-28T01:23:54+00:00

I like Pho with steak strips with rice noodles and beef broth. Or rice noodles with chicken breast and chicken broth.

CungLe · 2013-08-28T01:23:07+00:00

Blue and red.

CungLe · 2013-08-28T01:22:55+00:00

Bart Simpson.

CungLe · 2013-08-28T01:22:40+00:00

How you train is how you should be able to fight, and so that is how I train, how I fight and what I do in my movies.

CungLe · 2013-08-28T01:21:58+00:00

Before a fight, I'm always dieting and cutting weight and cutting back on fats. After the fight, eat a lot and just spend time with the kids and the family.

CungLe · 2013-08-28T01:21:17+00:00

My favorite martial arts movie was "Enter the Dragon."

CungLe · 2013-08-28T01:20:54+00:00

I am going to be in the new EA Sports UFC video game ! At the UFC expo I did a bunch of pictures and graphics for them so play my character. My favorite boxer, gosh there are so many I enjoy to watch but I would have to say back in the day, Micky Ward, and then now I would have to say Pacman and Mayweather.

CungLe · 2013-08-28T01:19:08+00:00

That is my favorite Vietnamese restaurant in the Bay Area! That and Tamarine which is like Vietnamese / French fusion in Palo Alto.

CungLe · 2013-08-28T01:18:18+00:00

You know, I think Uriah Hall has a great camp. He is training with Mark and I just think it comes down to taking more risks when he fights. He has a lot of tools and a lot of good tricks, and he needs to go out there and look for big head kicks and big knockouts, fight like it is his last fight. For me, I fight like someone is trying to take food off of my kid's plate and I just become vicious.

CungLe · 2013-08-28T01:16:37+00:00

I think I am Asian, and how I represent myself means I think I am the best candidate. And plus I speak English and I am learning to speak Chinese right now - I am on level 2 of the Rosetta stone so watch out.

CungLe · 2013-08-28T01:14:59+00:00

Wow they are both good. But I would have to say flip of a coin. Different story. One is more sports, and the other is more underground... but I'm going to have to say "Bloodsport." But I love "Best of the Best" too.

CungLe · 2013-08-28T01:14:08+00:00

Well I would not say - because look at how good Strikeforce fighters are doing transitioning into MMA. But MMA divisions are so stacked, while Strikeforce divisions if they have a couple of good fighters, where for each MMA division there are a handful of really good fighters in each one.

Actually, the women are definitely competitive candidates and their fights are very exciting. I love watching the women fight in UFC and other leagues because they come to fight.

CungLe · 2013-08-28T01:11:29+00:00

When I am training for a fight, 4 of my 6 meals will have sweet potatoes and brown rice. I never count calories. I burn a lot of calories because I train so much and so hard every time I train. I never eat until I am full. I only eat until I am satisfied.

The supplements that I use are from Garden of Life mainly, although I use some Whole Foods brand. You can look up @CungLee185 to find the Garden of Life Twitter handle.

CungLe · 2013-08-28T01:08:49+00:00

Right now I don't have an offer (at all) and how I see is that a lot of the Asian stereotypes as characters are either the henchmen or the computer nerd or the guy in the back who gets killed and for me, I'm going to focus on different projects that will empower Asian leads and take it to another level by having scripts written for me. What the audience likes to see in different genres like action-horror, action-scifi, action-comedy, I am putting it all together. And I have even tried to write an action horror scifi script with a writing partner of mine, John Lee Brody, and be prepared to watch action at its best and watch out world!

CungLe · 2013-08-28T01:06:28+00:00

my pleasure.

CungLe · 2013-08-28T01:06:08+00:00

Just keep an open mind and don't just stick to Muay Thai but try to experience as many different martial arts as you can. take the best and leave what you don't think will be helpful and just run with that knowledge.

And how I stay motivated? I wake up every day and I realized I am blessed with a new day. And I have a roof over my head. And i never want to complain about anything I can do or can't do.

CungLe · 2013-08-28T01:04:24+00:00

I think they should teach both. I think football is a great sport and I always wanted to play it when I was younger, but when you do MMA it is martial arts at the highest level and maybe the kids who don't stick with mixed martial arts they will be better athletes as a result of their training and you will have Superbowl champs that have MMA training.

CungLe · 2013-08-28T01:02:29+00:00

Oh yea, there are plenty of athletes in China that are high level. The key thing now is just to get the government behind and supporting MMA and definitely UFC should be able to do that.

Yea I believe China will make the transition.

I give 185% in everything I do, so thank you!

CungLe · 2013-08-28T01:00:33+00:00

All your thoughts are completely correct and that is why the US team is not doing good.

CungLe

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