With a professional record of seven victories and only one setback, Le states that the obligation to win is Wanderlei Silva, which comes from a negative record of four defeats in the last five appearances.
“I think this fight is more dangerous now because, for him, it's kill or be killed. He will have a lot of pressure on him. Wanderlei is going to come at me, and I'm not going to back down, like a lot of people have seen in my other fights in MMA,” said Le. “I don’t know how to run in a fight. So, it's going to be a real fight”, added the fighter, in an interview with the North American website Sherdog.
Moreover, Cung le, who is also a former Strikeforce champion, was full of praise for the Brazilian athlete, and said he was honored to face one of the greatest fighters in MMA.
“I'm very excited. It's a dream that comes true. I'm going to fight against someone like Wanderlei, who has a great career and a great history within MMA”, said Le.
The fight between Wanderlei Silva e Cung le is on the main card of UFC 139, an event that takes place next Saturday, November 19th, in San Jose, in the United States. Check out the full card of the event below, which will have as its main attraction the duel between the Brazilian Mauricio Shogun and the North American Dan Henderson.
Main Card
Dan Henderson vs. Mauricio Shogun Street
Brian Bowles vs. Urijah faber
Martin Kampmann vs. Rick Story
Stephan bonnar vs. Kyle Kingsbury
Preliminary Card
Ryan bader vs. Jason Brilz
Michael McDonald vs. Alex Soto
Tom Lawlor vs. Chris Weidman
Nick Pace vs. Miguel Torres
Rafael dos Anjos vs. Gleison Tibau
Seth Baczynski vs. Matt Brown
Shamar Bailey vs. Danny Castillo