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Scott Smith Talks About Facing Cung Le Next Sat., Dan Henderson Signing & More
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Scott Smith Talks About Facing Cung Le Next Sat., Dan Henderson Signing & More Scott Smith is gearing up to face former Strikeforce middleweight champion Cung Le next Saturday at Strikeforce: Evolution on Dec. 19. Le, who was recently stripped of the Strikeforce middleweight championship after not having defended the title since he won it over a year and a half ago, is looking to remain undefeated while Smith is looking to get back to his winning ways after suffering a recent defeat to Nick Diaz in June.

Smith, a Muay Thai specialist and one of the most dangerous strikers in the business, recently spoke with Bart Mitchell of FightLine.com about his upcoming bout with Le, his favorite bouts, Dan Henderson's signing and more.

FightLine.com: People still talk about the spectacular ending of your fight with Pete Sell at The Ultimate Fighter 4 Finale. Do you still get asked about it a lot?

Scott Smith: Yeah, yeah quite a bit. That was a great fight, obviously, a great finish and people still talk about it.

FightLine.com: You've had some great wars in your career. What has been your personal favorite fight, and who has been your favorite opponent?

Smith: Obviously the Pete Sell fight was one of my favorite wars. A lot of people just talk about the ending of that fight, they kind of forget that it was a great, great fight. We were just beating the hell out of each other and we got "fight of the night," so it was really, really cool. Pete Sell is one of my friends, he and I both were able to benefit from that so that’s definitely one of them. The Robbie Lawler first fight was a war. I tell my mom that if I come home with stitches then it’s a good fight, I’m happy, that means I was standing there banging with somebody. I’m kind of going the opposite way now, I’m starting to wish against that because I’ve been in so many wars now. Robbie Lawler fight was great, we beat each other up and then the Benji Radach fight is probably my new favorite fight probably because he beat me up so bad and I was able to come back and overcome him beating me up so bad in the end. And Benji Radach is a great guy too. Some good fights with good people.

FightLine.com: You are gearing up for your fourth fight with Strikeforce. You've also fought in the WEC, Elite XC and UFC. How would you compare your time in Strikeforce compared to other organizations?

Smith: It’s easily my best experience. I had great experiences in all of the organizations though. UFC treated me great, Elite XC treated me great, they were there for me, and Strikeforce- they are over the top in treating me good. I really don’t have much bad to say about any of the organizations I fought for, but Strikeforce is really out there for the fighters. I’ve sat down with Scott Coker a couple of times and he wants to succeed and he wants the fighters to succeed. Other organizations may have been themselves first and the fighters second or third whereas I truly feel that Strikeforce is looking out for the fighters first.

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