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Weekend Post-Mortem: Cung Recast, Lowest Blow, More
By: Jake Rossen
D. Mandel/Sherdog.com
Prior to Saturday’s fight with Cung Le -- one in which he was expected to lose colorfully -- Scott Smith was told by a concerned corner that he needed to stop taking such significant punishment in his fights. He went out and spent nearly fifteen minutes getting knocked on his rear.
Smith is an accidental storyteller: taking a sustained beating is part of screenwriting 101, with the protagonist suffering horribly before coming out on top. After being knocked down multiple times and with a Le decision seemingly inevitable, Smith snuck in a left hand, then swarmed in for the kill. It was Le’s first defeat in 24 career combat-sport fights.
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