Balrog: Behind the Glory

BBTG premiered on July 31st, 2011 at Evo2k11. It follows Balrog's journey through his childhood, his boxing career, and his involvement with Shadaloo. Download "Get Paid, Son," the ending theme of BBTG, here: itunes.apple.co...
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[@chilla-z]

The father's acting is so real, I thought this was actually a real story for a second!!!

[@dreadxplayzs7849]

chilla-z you can tell this wasn't his first rodeo at acting,he is s natural.

[@rollingjaguar]

I also is Apollo Creed on Rocky Balboa

[@hondamanvtec2894]

It is... Blanka just drove by my house

[@mefoo100]

Wow. Someone shoulda told the guy that played balrogs dad it was just a youtube movie. Cause my man went all out. Better performance than some of the leading guys in Hollywood.

[@Raynayk]

like the dude was trying to win an Oscar...

[@dreadxplayzs7849]

flex jewarez he obviously took acting lessons when he was younger,he's a natural.

[@silverwindspirit]

@@Raynayk he should win an Oscar, you can tell he's a professional actor

[@citizencoon]

To the guy who played Greg Bison - a wonderful performance!

[@furycross]

Dam I aint gonna lie, that father such a good actor, hell made me teary eyed at his ending performance

[@Manobaru]

+furycross same here, bro :(

[@UltimateOmegaRed]

Yeah. Fuckin' selling it!

[@OliverMelendezJerova]

Aggghhh fuck that made me cry....

[@thegreat1009]

what the fuck is this , a rib , make one for dudley

[@thegreat1009]

they should make one for Birdie!

[@Gizaalkemy]

THIS story behind the name change should be CANON FOREVER!!!!!!

[@thecarolinabull01]

Ahmed Al-Gendy Yeah, I think it's funny.

[@BritishTeaFGC]

Ahmed Al-Gendy It was fan canon already. I think this movie just referenced it. (probably)

[@Earoist]

Ahmed Al-Gendy As far as I'm concerned, it is.

[@kidwuulf5692]

Ahmed Al-Gendy ikr? 😂😂😂

[@terrymelsantos459]

Yup

[@michaeloguntuase8803]

The guy that acted as Balrog's father should be given an award for his acting skills. The director and script writer for this too is too good. This is too good.

[@charlezzbronsonn]

Bison's dad is a great actor, my God!!!!

[@silverwindspirit]

If I was a movie producer and I saw the performance of M. Bisons dad, I'd hire him faster than a heartbeat. His acting skills are just the best

[@lgoisgois7335]

Balrog´s father is a good actor man...

[@Death2cornbread]

I agree

[@codename617]

That man is an Oscar Winner. So believable. Love how he brings life and sympathy to the Balrog character and makes you feel for them both.

[@michaeloguntuase8803]

lgois Gois You are very right

[@sajmeister]

lgois Gois I know, that man is an AMAZING actor! He is the main reason this video is as good as it is!

[@Schmamplicate]

The 12 minutes of this > ALL of the Legend of Chun li movie.

[@jemitysfilms]

- random finnish business man xD

[@declanbiggs1745]

Never have I heard something more correct in my life.

[@NEWDOR1A]

The Doom couldn't agree more !

[@WMB6022]

HELL YES!! That disaster of a film...

[@captainpissoff1952]

The Doom the 12 minutes of this > all live action sf movie (ok,maybe not assassins fist)

[@emilioescaladas2304]

The actor who played the dad absolutely killed it. Felt like I was watching an actual documentary.

[@BzaafiedTheYatagarasu]

This should be a regular series with different fighters and fighting game characters. I'd buy it. Hell I'd buy the whole DVD set.

[@PrincessNine]

Id pre order the bluray

[@foreignroninl1555]

This would actually be a very cool idea, essentially the Street Fighter equivalent of Season 1 of Mortal Kombat legacy. As for characters I'd like to see covered in this theoretical series, here's a list of them w/ some reasons included: Chun-li: She has perhaps one of the most interesting backstories out of the Street Fighter cast, and I would like to see her growth from being an orphaned child of an Interpol agent, to a student of Gen, to the renowned Interpol agent that we all know and love her for. Cammy: I would like to see her during her time as Killer Bee until she met Dhalsim and was gifted with free will and allowed to become the Red Delta agent that she currently is. Fei Long: I would like to see what inspired Fei Long to become a martial arts film actor (it would be nice to include nods to Bruce Lee; perhaps Fei Long was inspired by Lee himself), and why he has a hatred for criminal organizations like Shadaloo. Juri: It would be nice to see a live action retelling of her backstory. Blanka: I really want to see how Blanka became who we currently know him as, and cover him surviving the plane crash that left him stranded in the Amazon, where he would develop the skills and abilities that he has now. Dan: I would like to see how he watched Sagat murder his father, and influence his desire to become a "great" fighter. To be honest though, I want to see this one mostly for laughs. Those were the only ones I could think of so far. My only reason for not including Ryu, Ken and Akuma is because we already have Assassin's Fist.

[@kirbyisgod703]

@@foreignroninl1555 sagat would be cool

[@foreignroninl1555]

@@kirbyisgod703 Yeah, that would be rather cool. I could see it focusing on his rise to become the "Emperor of Muay Thai," his tutelage of Adon, and his eventual defeat against a Satsui no Hado charged Ryu in the World Warrior Tournament.

[@kirbyisgod703]

@@foreignroninl1555 exactly

[@Siversblackestred]

The actor who played Balrog's Dad did an amazing job in here .

[@zooli9]

Dat father tho...holy shit that performance

[@sajmeister]

zooli9 I know, that man is an AMAZING actor! He is the main reason this video is as good as it is!

[@Dawnelldo2]

zooli9 The father was great!

[@goukimess]

I know he was awesome very believable

[@vettevr4thez516]

Seriously

[@MrVariant]

3:44 he got paid first ;)

[@RikXtreme4]

A very well written documentary style story. I never cared for this character at all, but watching this made me appreciate him abit more and it makes me even more excited for his release in SFV. The father's acting was amazing btw. Actually got to me. *UPDATE* Don't worry, Greg. Your boy is still smiling and still putting in work with his fists..

[@KumiesCummies]

The feels at the end.

[@alexandremohamad5368]

Amazing!! in the end of video, the dad of "Balrog" is so deep, he's crying... true tears....

[@ThePa1riot]

Awww I want to give his Dad a hug now. :( What must it be like to see your child become a monster?

[@MrTheil]

That must be painful.

[@ThePa1riot]

***** Right and I think that was a brilliant bit of writing. Both this and its sister piece with Vega manage to take a parent's loving words to their children and we see how it got twisted into their villainous M.O.

[@ThePa1riot]

***** I suppose it depends on what you consider more tragic, vanity that was fostered by cruelty, or cruelty that was fostered by vanity.

[@victory-design]

+Anthony Clay (Steel Accord) " I just hope wherever he is that he's smiling too. You got paid son!" Greg Bison

[@AT-gk1tw]

+The RED Soldier And also became a terrorist and a murderer who didn't care who killed and mutilated. So not really a monster no.

[@alt0799]

The best SF fan film ever.

[@inkwarsandroid3963]

no, the BEST SF live-action anything ever made! #oscar4gregbison

[@jordan_ys]

Balrog: From now on you're Mike Bison, Vega, and I'm Balrog! HaHaHaHaHa! Vega: Fuck this...

[@Bunnypop54]

omg I started dying when that part came up

[@bxvideony]

Jordan Yehezkiel " no no wait , Vega how about Sagat " lol you could Bison laughing with Balrog

[@ElFreakinCid]

I think my favourite thing is the way the big name-swap was played with--despite the M in Dictator Bison's name being short for something else canon-wise, that was actually pretty clever. XD

[@JacOfArts]

XD

[@JacOfArts]

***** yeah that's what it was suggesting

[@ElFreakinCid]

***** Who said otherwise?

[@TheColombianOreo]

ElFreakinCid Your comment implied otherwise.. unless of course you know what the M. stands for in Dictator Bisons name of course ;)

[@ElFreakinCid]

Christian Garces Actually, Capcom showed in the Alpha games that the M is apparently short for Master when it's Dictator's name.

[@emmanuelgonzalez2935]

The way he looked at Arsenio Hall when he said he was making him angry. lol

[@jessicamartin6160]

Wow, i never thought i could feel that bad for Balrog. Excellent work, Balrog's father did an especially great job.

[@jessicaelliott5964]

That part where they lost their names though lol!

[@wanderlustwarrior]

When you find out in their film Matador why "Vega" was so angry to lose his name.

[@Spynmaster]

Pretty deep storyline. I like it.

[@dreadxplayzs7849]

Spynmaster lmao that was pure gold xD

[@Siversblackestred]

Make Balrog's Dad a playable character in Street Fighter 5. So he can whoop his son's ass.

[@AGGRR369]

LOLOLOL

[@odakidakida9193]

Looking forward for G.Bison

[@silverwindspirit]

Lol dang, that's an awesome idea. That should definitely go into the next street fighter

[@NEWDOR1A]

Did you see that Netflix ???? You know what to do!

[@vamtheanomaly]

Wow the guy playing the father did a phenomenal acting job!!!

[@thegangstachimp]

the guy who played Greg Bison really went all out on that role, what a good story for a boxer from a video game

[@Spinelblade]

I love the gambling scene! I was cracking up the whole time. I saw Matador when it first came out, though I only now came to check out this channel. Seriously awesome stuff.

[@MrTheil]

Vega (Balrog) was like "No fuck this I'm out!" The salt was visible on his face XD

[@silverwindspirit]

Was there any other character other then M. Bison and Vega?

[@joeycarrot]

Incredible production values. Well done everyone who put work into this.

[@AcidGlow]

Great film. I liked it alot when I first saw it at EVO. Had to see it again.

[@robertfrazier9203]

Ok, the name switch thing had me dying! Brought back so many memories! And yes, even though I've never lost a fight in my life, I also got teary-eyed a little bit when the dad started crying. Damn seriously? Over a video game turned into a short story I grew up playing? YES.

[@WarriorBoy]

All I have to say is wow. This was so unbelievably brilliant it went beyond funny and just became awesome. It was legitimately well made, shot, and acted, with a guy playing Balrog/Michael Bison who looked like he could easily play him in the movies. I would've liked for him to have more scenes honestly. Your actor and costume for Vega/M.Bison was also extremely good. This was side splitting and awe inspiring.

[@ghost_curse]

Balrog should have joined the WVBA, there's literally NO rules where Little Mac is.

[@PlanetSulfur]

The Women's Vietnam Bitch Army.

[@seanridout95]

Brock Butler Someone watches Super Best Friends Play.

[@mcamamiya1773]

And little Mac would punch his ass

[@thisplacedoesntevensellcheese]

4:45 “he got away with more dirty moves…” my man was flying in the air bro

[@brunorubio]

The father was AMAZING! He dragon-uppercutted that script!

[@betastar6494]

Claw was so salty when Boxer changed their names! Just look at his face!

[@thesplendor8654]

+BetASTAR64 Can you really blame him? Vega is an awesome name though...

[@foreignroninl1555]

@@thesplendor8654 Was probably because he didn't find the name Vega to be as intimidating as Balrog, which is kind of funny considering that Vega is a Spanish surname. EDIT: Also on that note, what was the other name that Balrog (Boxer) suggested to Vega (Claw)? I couldn't here it clearly, and I'm wondering if the name is a reference to something related to the Street Fighter lore.

[@thesplendor8654]

@@foreignroninl1555 I heard Shaq, who has nothing to do with Vega (I've researched him quite thoroughly, just so you know...)

[@foreignroninl1555]

@@thesplendor8654 For some reason I thought Balrog (Boxer) said Shatner, as in William Shatner. I still have no idea why that was the first thing to pop into my head.

[@thesplendor8654]

@@foreignroninl1555 Oh ok. There is not a lot of media with Vega or Balrog :( Who is your favorite street fighter?

[@ThePa1riot]

3:45 Wow both of these parents *really* screwed up their kids. I will say that this is some serious writing chops. Able to take the heartfelt wisdom and love of both parents, present it in a context that seems like sound advice, but then we understand exactly how both children took their parent's words entirely the wrong way.

[@fallenkittie2694]

Seeing the father's tearful performance and snapshot of Bison as a kid at the end got me really sad :(

[@TheSurefireGamer]

As a Balrog (M. Bison) user since Championship Edition, I wanna say that this is the most outstanding Street Fighter film I've ever seen. I don't care if it was only 13 minutes, this Gigaton Punches "The Legend of Chun-Li" into oblivion. Also, MAKE THIS CANON!!!!

[@pr0gengoo96]

IDk if they have followed the real Balrog storyline and frankly i don't fkin care. All i know is that the old guy playing his father desreves a freakin Oscar - dayyyyum he moved some feelings right there

[@guerrerosioux]

To this day, i still think this is the best video game adaptation ever.

[@PrinceAkaiVtuber]

Mike's dad :'< Had me teary eyed.. Well made short film.

[@JSanctum]

No way, I find this video years later. And I watched EVO for a few years too, wow. Amazing and well orchestrated past of Balrog! .. almost too real.

[@AnAdorableWombat]

"A large black man in Thailand, leaving torn shirts at an arson crime scene, who the hell else could it be?" Lmfaoooo

[@memysurname7521]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@CyberDragonEX13]

Perfect casting for Bison's father. When you see him in the last shot of the movie that made me get all misty eyed.

[@wanderlustwarrior]

The successor film "Matador" that ChubbyBoyFilms also put out really puts "Balrog/Vega'"s saltiness in the name change scene in new perspective.

[@andrewnicorn]

This is amazing. I love the passion behind street fighter, and the fact that the passion leads to amazing things like this. At first I was confused by the great production values, and then I thought about what street fighter means to so many people, and it absolutely made sense. Its not just a game, its something much more, and it brings out the best in people. This is a celebration of a phenomenon, and I wouldn't expect anything less.

[@MaverickHunterX]

He never removed his gloves since childhood... D:

[@SpikedYum]

Hunter Brehm Or....In something else when "cleaning up"...>_>

[@Eastsidegeorgiaboy]

No masturbation for him

[@GaryTurbo]

Eastsidegeorgiaboy You nasty

[@thecarolinabull01]

Hunter the Hunter And shit.

[@mariaedite5883]

Ma66verick Hunter X e não

[@vegasislonely]

MORE PLEASE!!!!!!!!! The actor playing the father was incredible!

[@redhurricane24]

Fortunately for Mike's dad, a child named Ed saved his hide.

[@J.Carter540]

Okay Vega was amazing. THIS!!!! THIS WAS OSCAR WORTHY

[@Bronsons]

The father son aspect of this video is all I needed. It was so powerful it made me think about crying. Then it made me really want to master Balrog in the SF like I did when I was a kid. Sadly my timing ain't what it used to be..

[@sajmeister]

You should do a video like this for Sagat, it would be amazing.

[@logancampos2436]

SAGAT 1 of my favorite legend street fighter characters. I would so see that.

[@sajmeister]

@@logancampos2436 It would be in-depth because he has such a deep story, being a world Muay Thai champ, losing his eye to Dan's father, Goh Hibiki, his rivalry with Ryu and getting that scar on his chest, being humiliated by his top student, Adon. SO MUCH!

[@ZenBMonk복수심]

I wonder who that 7"4' muscular actor would be?

[@jetetarro]

That was beautifully made--taking a character and humanizing him...was just fantastic. T-Haw..please

[@lennyfais5040]

I cried.... This was... Beautiful! Good job...

[@BoogieBrown]

I can't believe it. M. Bison inspired my haircut!

[@surewin1773]

The dad's acting is on another level from anyone else.

[@AntiYourFacePhD]

Fantastic work from everyone involved!

[@ResurrectedElvenMonk]

Floyd Foster's acting as Greg Bison is full of such emotion and passion, that sniffle in the "You got paid son" still makes me think someone is cutting onions somewhere nearby.

[@riotxix]

beautiful - that ending was deep.

[@Pakilla64]

The part where Bison changed everyone's names was damn hilarious 🤣🤣🤣

[@Riku72293]

With Ed leaving Balrog, now Balrog knows what it's like to have a son turn his back on him.

[@fidelluz2942]

now I want a sequel with ed

[@Electrojudaz]

wow, now thats a Hell of a Workpiece. i highly respect the Producers.

[@captainvulcan3908]

2:06 - Dat moveset.

[@smashvideos7693]

Haha ikr :) all about the defense

[@Jajais4u]

I lost it at how much damage.

[@floydfoster3422]

Thanks for your mention and support of my program. Chubby Boy Films you are a class act.

[@MrTuelShed]

Watching this after the SBB episode where they talk about it. Footage of this is used in the Street Fighter wiki page on Fandom. Amazing work to everyone!

[@appthewickedjd]

Same here man. Didnt realize how good it was going to be, but goddamn this was amazing.

[@TehSymbiote]

bro i had no idea these were the ones. i saw these years ago and thought nothing of it! Brett and Greg's voices always stand out

[@Rukunetsu]

Friggin' love this.

[@legoc-3po845]

I love how this short movies give the Shadaloo masters really cool backstories: Balrog would've been an honorable fighter, but people slowdly started to encourage him to be dirty and aggressive and also money and power got in his mind. To be honest Balrog's character always seemed kind of bland (tough man that likes cash), but that backstory adds a lot to the character.

[@villiannewyork]

Balrog kinda redeemed himself once he started to raise Ed

[@ParryThat]

I am actually blow away by the quality of this movie. Yes, I am gonna call it a movie 'cos you guys deserve it. Absolutely fantastic

[@luis777ruiz1]

This is straight up awesome great job hope to see more of these in the future

[@dkwonderweasel]

The father gave mé chills with the ending, fucking subbed

[@vishnuv.7807]

After seeing this, I am impressed. Please, please do a "Dudley" and then a fight story between these two. This was really good.

[@ReaLgoesWrong203]

The actor that played Greg Bison killed it. True emotion into a part; that on paper, is not expected to be taken serious. Yet the final scene made almost hard to believe this was a fictional documentary and not something that was meant for HBO docs. An extremely convincing fatherly sentiment. Kudos, ChubbyBoyFilms

[@Whienzarth]

Greg Bison was done by a great actor. He got me a little emotional not gonna lie.

[@KenMastersVideos]

amazing performance by Floyd Foster. especially the last scene. he put his heart into that one.

[@Mancer_Studios]

Love that SRK reference at 6:30

[@brixtonmystery]

SRK?

[@EvilRyuGuy]

ph1484 SHORYUKEN

[@psylentknight]

Very impressive work done here. Had more nods to the series lore in and out of it than most may have expected, even the way the name change issue was handled pretty nicely. What sold it to me the most was the acting, "Greg Bison" the most. He made Balrog so much more a deeper character, I wouldn't be surprised if those who enjoyed this might look at him in a different way, fans and non-fans alike. Excellent work.

[@tgschannel6454]

This guy should be in Street fighter assassins fist

[@wolfe204]

That's the best explanation I've heard for why they changed names

[@canibus19]

How sweet it would've been if Mike Tyson actually played Balrog in this video. Lol

[@sajmeister]

canibus19 Just like Van Damme was to play Johnny Cage, and that character was based on him and all!

[@canibus19]

sajmeister hmmmm...I never knew that. Lol

[@Earoist]

canibus19 It would be. But that is unfortunately unlikely. Mike Tyson was the reason for the American name swap in the first place :(.

[@necrogenesis1981]

+Earoist Yeah, but it wasn't because Tyson filed a lawsuit, they changed the name preemptively just in case. To be honest, I doubt he would have cared, and we do have parody laws in the US so it likely wouldn't have mattered regardless unless it was blatant defamation, which it never was.

[@PONYBOYonline]

Earoist chill bro

[@tonysan1859]

Amazing just Amazing. Doing movies on characters like Barlog and Alex are so special. Cant wait for anything more for these guys.

[@rootbeard2294]

balrogs dad is the best actor!

[@stavi82]

When a casual social community puts something this incredible together, you can't help but pat yourself on the back for being a part of it and inspiring such work. Thank you to Chubby Boy for putting this together, and thank all of you fans out there for being so loyal for the past twenty years. I'm glad to count myself amongst one of you!

[@NMGardening]

This was amazing. That dad was incredible. The story was kinda weird but still well shot and well acted. Good job dudes!

[@ShinobiestWorm]

This is THE perfect example of a great short. It makes you laugh, it makes you (almost) cry; it has everything. Not only that, but it's very well-produced. Best mockumentary ever.

[@igotastove]

That outro song goes HARD

[@genequist3859]

Wow, I love the little easter eggs, such as his name being Mike Bison, and the "basics" his father taught him being the commands for the actual moves in the game. And "Sullivan" looked to have Vega claw marks on his arm in the picture before the fight. Wonderful.

[@samuraishinobi]

The dad is either one great actor or actually someone who lost a son in real life to express that kind of emotion.

[@solidsnakeO7D]

We need a Sagat or Claw behind the glory. Props for the casting too, I liked Dictators look, could of fooled anyone into an official legit upcoming SF movie.

[@SSJ2Gohan23]

10:20 is best part of this whole film!

[@yougotpaid]

As you can see by my user name, I've being a fan of Balrog (boxer) for decades now, and I've being activiely trying to influence others to dig the "GOTPAID-ism" all over the world. But I take my hats off to you ChubbyBoyFilms, you put what I always dreamt off into reality: a story of Balrog's origin! You touched on all the vitial issues:obsession with getting paid, pop shirt, crazy eyes, Buffalo Head Butt... too good! Finally, Greg Bison's portrayer, you are the greatest black actor I ever seen!

[@TheHabitman]

lol, that's awesome. I liked that poker game where the names were changed. Dat haircut, tho. I was kind of hoping they would show a street fight in vegas after he lost all the money. Still great, though.

[@_neuco]

The father's last scene...had my heart in my throat...I was getting ready to cry...then when he said, "You got paid son", I burst out laughing. Forget Mike, someone get Greg Bison paid. Dude is an amazing actor.

[@logancampos2436]

It's like he was trying to say,you got played. This scene was sad af.

[@gotenhuggins270]

BALROG IS DA CHAMP

[@animejunky2003]

This is a unique way to learn the origin of any Street fighter character specially this well-known boxer , The touching part of the so-called origin documentary is seeing the old man crying that’s misses his son

[@LadyVader33]

Having watched this and Matador, seems shadaloo's top dog exploited these individuals' tragedies/insecurities. Just like a classic sociopath

[@ElArlequin]

I came here after watching this 8 years ago and by the end of it I cried like the first time. GOD. This is so good. I am SO disappointed that no more shorts where made!! Capcom should have hired these guys and PRODUCED more stories!!

[@FeryAndrianus]

Next, I want to see the story of Cammy...

[@marlonpabello1533]

I'd love to see a live action version of Dan's backstory to be honest. People don't really know this, but his backstory is *really* freaking sad.

[@mrmusickhimself]

Using a poker game to explain the name swaps is absolute genius