Strikeforce announced over the weekend that former middleweight champion Cung Le will return to action on December 19 against Scott Smith at Strikeforce: Evolution at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California.

The Showtime-televised event also features Robbie Lawler, Matt Lindland, Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza, and Muhammed “King Mo”.

Former Strikeforce middleweight champion Cung Le will return to action at Strikeforce: Evolution on December 19 in San Jose, California, likely fighting Scott Smith at the Showtime-televised event.

Cung Le has vacated the Strikeforce middleweight title he’s failed to defend since winning it early last year and contenders Jake Shields and Jason “Mayhem” Miller are now set to square off for the belt on November 7 on the undercard of Fedor Emelianenko vs. Brett Rogers on CBS.

Four of the most popular and accomplished champions in mixed martial arts, Dan Henderson, Cung Le, Mauricio “Shogun” Rua and Matt Serra, have partnered with Round 5, the leading producer of MMA collectibles, to create figurines that will be included in an expanded Series 4, it was announced today by Barron Lau, Round 5 CEO and co-founder and Damon Lau, president and co-founder.

Strikeforce middleweight champion Cung Le plans to return to action later this year, possibly for a rematch against Saturday headliner Frank Shamrock.

Strikeforce middleweight champion Cung Le will be a guest on today’s edition of ESPNEWS’ “The Hot List”. He is slated to appear on the show at 5:10pm ET.
Le won the Strikeforce middleweight title with a third-round TKO victory over Frank Shamrock in March. After compiling a 17-0 record in San Shou and a 3-0 record [...]

Strikeforce middleweight champion Cung Le, who is actively pursuing an acting career, will likely fight again in 2008, according to MMA Weekly. Le first-revealed his intentions to wait until late-2008 or early-2009 to fight again in a recent interview with MMAFrenzy.com.
Le won the middleweight title with a third-round TKO victory over then-champion Frank Shamrock in [...]

Infamous Ultimate Fighter 7 outcast Jesse Taylor is rumored to return to the UFC at UFC Fight Night 14, against fellow TUF cast member CB Dolloway.
Brandon Vera, who will meet Reese Andy at UFN 14, confirmed that he did in fact turn down a fight with Lyoto Machida, but was open to fighting Dan [...]

MMAFrenzy.com recently had the opportunity to interview recently-crowned Strikeforce middleweight champion Cung Le, who revealed to MMAFrenzy.com that he will not be fighting again until late-2008 or early-2009. Find out the reason for the layoff and much more in this MMAFrenzy.com exclusive interview.
Orlando Mac: Tell us about Cung Le.
Cung Le: I’m a single parent with [...]

Cung Le def. Frank Shamrock via TKO (injury) – Round 3, 5:00
Drew Fickett def. Jae Suk Lim via submission – Round 1, 1:14
Gilbert Melendez def. Gabe Lemley via TKO – Round 2, 2:18
Wayne Cole def. Mike Kyle via submission – Round 1, 0:45
Joey Villasenor def. Ryan Jensen via KO – Round 1, 4:45
Billy Evangelista def. [...]

All 18 fighters participating in tomorrow’s Strikeforce/EliteXC co-promoted event hit the scales earlier today in San Jose at the official weigh-ins for “Shamrock vs. Le”
Though most of the card made weight the event was not without its own share of issues, continuing the show’s string of recent problems. Frank Shamrock, who will be looking to [...]

Main Card

Frank Shamrock vs. Cung Le
Drew Fickett vs. Jae Suk Lim
Gilbert Melendez vs. Gabe Lemley
Mike Kyle vs. Wayne Cole
Joey Villasenor vs. Ryan Jensen

Preliminary Bouts

Marlon Sims vs. Billy Evangelista (swing bout)
Tiki Ghosn vs. Luke Stewart
Darren Uyenoyama vs. Anthony Figueroa
Jesse Jones vs. Jesse Gillespie