MMA FIGHTERS REACT TO BLOODSPORT FIGHT SCENES! #7 WAS FRANK DUX A FRAUD!

[@TheFightBible]

Whats up fight fans!! Due to a scheduling issue and HUGE Copyright issues this video will probably not appear in subscription emails. BUT IT IS A BELTER!!! What was your favourite Martial Arts movie as a kid? Comment below!

[@robertnguyen9493]

@@shawnsmith2610 he is Van Damme’s childhood friend, and he was in Lionheart as one of the Legionnaires hunting Leon. His brother played Atilla, Van Damme’s final fight in Lionheart and The Quest.

[@christophertiftickjian9053]

Does Rocky count as a martial arts movie? I believe that was my favorite "fight" movie as a kid.

[@robertnguyen9493]

@Goblin Gang YES!

[@robertnguyen9493]

@Goblin Gang I have watched the Rifftrax version of Miami Connection! My dad and I watched several martial arts movies, it’s one of my fondest memories. My dad is Vietnamese and every time he saw Bolo he’d say, “God him big!” And with Van Damme it would be “him good fight!”

[@knightveg]

With martial arts films from 70's and 80's Inspiring a lot of people to take up marshall arts, What films from 2000 to now would you say have same impact

[@kevb8864]

The most impressive thing here was that Bolo was in his 40's when filming this and has a physique better than half the young guys on screen.

[@Rakerong]

I think he was actually 50, or early 50's in this which is even more impressive.

[@kroppsomvandling]

@Jay Ryan Thats the weak mans defence. Dont go that way. you think you can get to that body just by taking steroids? He trained harder than most for that body.

[@a.hollins8691]

He was 42.

[@curttollefson1099]

@Jay Ryan you don't get a muscled up body like bolo doing steroids

[@russellm2555]

Coke and steroids defined the 80's

[@listek981]

Even tho it's about absolute bullshit artist, I fucking love that movie with it's 80s vibe and soundtrack.

[@mvd0072]

I still play the soundtrack when I train

[@tophat7307]

Yes that is true and Brad and Joe the hosts knew this. They can't front on the fact they enjoyed watching the movie again after years of being in the archives. That why it was extra commentary after watching it once more.

[@listek981]

@@mvd0072 the soundtrack is amazing. I love that semi oriental vibe. Whish we could get more ost like that.

[@emmanuelmedina5535]

@@listek981 80's action film OSTs are the best. Kickboxer soundtrack is dope too. Especially that Streets of Siam track.

[@michaelyork7844]

I always liked this movie

[@PS_Tube]

Frank Dux might be a fraud, but Van Damme and Bolo Young were legit guys in that movie.

[@Bob-te3le]

Facts.

[@nunosantos00]

True and The Quest was a better movie,i would like to see The Fight Bible react to it.

[@hopeaguero7460]

This movie is actually based on true story you damb ass is not fraud

[@russelljohnson4382]

Bolo is a martial artist himself also plays in bruce Lee movie enter the dragon

[@keithdean9149]

I think, at one time , he also held the Asian Bench Press Record.

[@russelljohnson4382]

That's crazy I know his son getting jacked like him

[@Anderson21G]

Been in a few old school Jackie Chan films too, the guy is solid

[@CamaroAmx]

He was also in a few other van damn movies. He was a legit bodybuilder and strongman before taking up martial arts with Bruce Lee in preparation for Enter The Dragon and he continued his training. Now he’s really old and frail. Amazingly he’s really thin now.

[@mmaScholar99]

He was always the bad guy in these movies. I haven't seen a single film where he plays the good guy

[@Paul-vb4mn]

I don't care if Dux was a fraud.. I love this movie lol. Going to watch it tonight.

[@dewaldvisser6785]

Paul: : Me to

[@MrDman21]

He had Jean Claude Van Damme playing him so of course it was awesome 😎

[@Mrs.Deanna_Ember]

Van damn is the real Dux to me 😁

[@robomoto5550]

The guy is a legitimate fraud...not like them fake frauds u get.

[@TheFightBible]

Best comment yet lol Brad

[@alucard624]

@stormy weather Because no one wants to die for their art that's why. This is why we haven't seen the complete return of the Roman gladiator days yet or something like The Running Man yet.

[@houseofaction]

@@alucard624 Gladiator fights were scripted it was alot like modern day pro wrestling. only 10% of fights ended in death, and not because of a legitimate kill but death via infection

[@r3dpuma]

Fun fact! The guy that got his leg broken by Bolo is Michel Qissi . Who will end up as the main villain in 1989's (one year later) Kickboxer movie, Tong Po . Basically a copy of this movie.

[@mattyone78]

Yea, the lad was JCVD's best mate if I recall

[@pdanokia2524]

And he is also a huge Mongolian in Van Damme's "The Quest". Qissi's brother also played the main villain in "Lionheart".

[@TrueNomadSkies]

If you wanna look into yet another copy, check out the movie Bloodfight. The cover art even uses the same font I believe it came out a year prior to Bloodsport.

[@r3dpuma]

@@TrueNomadSkies also The Quest

[@r3dpuma]

@@pdanokia2524 true

[@wind-upboy939]

This film looks amazing. (Well, the dialogues weren't that great, but I reckon hardly anyone watches it for the dialogues.) Sure, the fight scenes aren't always realistic. But as Scot Adkins commented to one of his amazing kicks: "In real life, it would have hardly an effect, but it looked good on camera." When you watch Bloodsport, you have to switch your brain off and simply enjoy it.

[@Wolfpak23]

That is what i think. It is art combined with awesome music. Do not watch movies if you want to see real life !

[@demonjediscalemodelling8247]

Anybody remember that the guy who plays Jackson is also Ogre from the Revenge of the Nerds films?

[@tonymatrisin4328]

NERDS!!!!!

[@Markbell73]

Yep!

[@CJ_7519]

Donald Gibb.

[@squadfathercrypto]

I'll kill their parents!! Barely beat the big Omega Mu in arm wrestling and cried afterwards.

[@malkomalkavian]

We all knew it was stupid. We all knew it was unrealistic. But it was still full of awesome. Good times :)

[@TheFightBible]

Thank you it was the best Brad

[@CamaroAmx]

I loved the movie as a kid when it came out and it did get me into martial arts. I studied Taekwondo for about a year before things went south at the school and I quit (the teacher was accused of attempted sexual assault of one of his female students, who happened to be my older cousin. She kicked his ass and he went to prison. Guess he should of not went after one his 2nd degree black belt students...).

[@timtubehd4409]

@@CamaroAmx cool story. Sounds like something I could see in cobra kai. But seriously though, I’m sorry to hear that

[@nathanadler1452]

Amazing to think that blocking was only invented in 1990, two years after this was filmed.

[@akmil02]

I totally thought that's how we're supposed to fight when I was young

[@stonecoldku4161]

No, they went to the Rocky Balboa school of blocking. The technique, break your opponents hand with your face.

[@Loonaticx]

Hahahahahahaha, oh dude. That was so good.

[@kupoe]

LOL. yeah I feel this. watching the old movies, like watching Rocky Balboa fight, seeing his amazing forehead guard is always hilarious

[@brucegilbert625]

True. The Rocky films are pretty bad with that

[@stonecoldku4161]

I like how Van Damme actually turned Bolo's head more asking him to give up, than Bolo did to break the guys neck.

[@stonecoldku4161]

@@111highgh That's pretty much what this entire video was. Just thought I would contribute.

[@dewaldvisser6785]

Stonecoldku:: Yes to n guy like that, such embarrassing lost will lead to him taking his own live

[@adamdodd6971]

Interesting and surprising detail: the guy that gets his leg broken by Bolo Yeung is Michel Qissi, the guy that goes on to play Tong Po in Kickboxer. He is also one of the Foreign Legion guys hunting down Leon in Lionheart/AWOL - the big bad at the end of that film, Attila, is Michel Quissi’s brother, Abdel.

[@danhope77]

They are van Damme's friends from Belgium

[@johnwesley879]

we all know that

[@andrethetruth5662]

Wow I didn’t know that was Tongpo

[@knightveg]

Yes if you're experienced fighter or martial artist the fight scenes are ridiculous But 80's films were fun, cheesy, inspiring many people to take up fitness and martial arts , motivational, good family films, light-hearted, Hey man it was 80's one best er in human history

[@Richard-Espanol]

It's such a "guilty pleasure" movie for me. Yes I know it's not exactly the best movie ever but I will always enjoy watching it lol.

[@serpentsepia6638]

The Bruce Lee fight scenes were the same as was every martial arts films. If they were realistic, the movie would only be 3 or 4 minutes long.

[@lennyjenkins9931]

The 80's was one of the worst in Human history. Best in Pop Culture(except maybe Fashion)

[@dewaldvisser6785]

Knight journey: now your talking man! ! !

[@ryanjacobson2508]

At some point in the 90's, people started to get fixated on "realism" and goof on these kinds of movies... Like it's just entertainment people. Lighten up.

[@malkomalkavian]

"I'm proud to be English." "Rapist." Comedy gold :)

[@TheFightBible]

Glad you know

[@AboutMMA_]

I fucking died laughing at that

[@bobbyologun1517]

@@AboutMMA_ SAME ahahha

[@squadfathercrypto]

Some of that is coming to America, lamentably.

[@Nicholaspimpinsohard]

This was actually the very first movie that made Jean-Claude Van Damme a very big name; after this his career just kept on skyrocketing to the top.

[@artygunnar]

And his ego

[@martinkuliza]

I Disagree Van Damme was first nationally recognized in NO RETREAT NO SURRENDER i mean he was in Breakin' but it was a very small uncredited role and before that a few movies no one gave a shit about but when we got to no retreat no surrender and he was Ivan the Russian EVERYONE KNEW WHO HE WAS FROM THAT POINT ON Yes, Bloodsport was a bigger movie than No retreat, No surrender but Van Damme got notoriety with no retreat no surrender HIS CAREER TOOK OFF FROM THAT POINT not from bloodsport by bloodsport he was already known, Bloodsport just took him higher

[@hindumuninc]

"He's a legitimate fraud." - Brad

[@alucard624]

Best description of Frank Dux I've heard yet.

[@dorkangel1076]

I never took it that he was protecting the ref at the end, he was just keeping him where he knew he was so he could focus on the other guy.

[@martinkuliza]

That's how i took it as well it was never protecting the ref it was more like him making a mental note of who is where on the ring

[@thefourshowflip]

Same. Also I thought the way he could tell it was the ref even when “blinded” was because Chong Li always fought shirtless and the person he grabbed was clearly not shirtless (though whether you’d be in a state of mind to quickly process such information seems…questionable)

[@fionordequester6748]

@@martinkuliza That, and he knew the ref wouldn't let himself go out of bounds. So he used him to get to the edge-make it impossible for Chong Li to attack from behind.

[@martinkuliza]

@@fionordequester6748 that's a good point, i never thought of that

[@HardingDojo]

Bolo made an awesome bad guy. My favorite character in the movie, something about his face scared the shit out of me as a kid. Lol.

[@Shadownasty]

Van Damme stated in another interview, that HE actually redid the editing, etc. on the fights, because they weren't up to par, so Dux can't even take credit for the movie guys. Also, he wasn't protecting the ref. He was putting him somewhere he would know he was, out of the way, but then the ref immediately moves anyway...

[@Primeghost_2]

Yes Van Damme did A lot of re-edits to his movies regarding his fight scenes because he wanted them to be perfect👍

[@sevenduster27]

Lol Yeah these no namers think they know everything and also very disrespectful towards a very inspiring movie for a lot of people.

[@madebycarter]

The ref moved away from bolo.

[@madebycarter]

@@sevenduster27 they said it was inspirational for fighters, including the guy on the left.

[@нацияинтернационал]

Vandam vs kody mma .

[@Diggz24]

This and Double impact were my 2 favorite JCVD movies! This video was great! 😆👍

[@seraphinaaizen6278]

Fun fact: Frank Dux claims that the kumite was a 60 round single elimination tournament. Which is kind of a problem, and it begs the question why it took so long for someone to call him on his bullshit, because in order to completely populate a 60 round, single elimination tournament, you'd need to start out with TRILLIONS of people. By the last round you've got 2, in the semi finals you've got 4, in the quarter finals you've got 8...the number doubles as you go back. If you start at the finals and count backwards, by the time you've reverse engineered the thing back through 60 rounds, you arrive at the number of: 1152921504606846976 people. You'd honestly think it would be kinda hard to keep an underground fighting tournament secret when it requires more people than have ever been alive in order to stage it.

[@CamaroAmx]

Not to mention with even a more realistic entry list, you’d think that since it draws the very best in the world to fight, some famous fighter would of mentioned it at some point, either participating or being invited.

[@wheelmanstan]

when the ufc came out..it totally destroyed frank dux because now everyone knew what worked and what didn't and what a real fight was like, but I don't think anyone bought his fight story unless they were kids or people who think their master's chi can knock them out

[@Chris-gw2xg]

@@wheelmanstan How do you compare ufc to this? I didn‘t know they use karate in ufc. Totally different fights

[@wheelmanstan]

@@Chris-gw2xg I'm mostly speaking on what head kicks and even punches do to the human brain..which is KO fairly easily, look at Van Damme's films where multiple kicks to the head don't KO a guy, but I'm partially wrong because Rocky got hit in the face a thousand times and we still watched it and loved it I'm speaking on UFC because karate tournaments and kickboxing weren't very mainstream, the UFC quickly came to everyone's attention on the affects of kicks and punches and elbows etc, karate is great in the UFC though, it's like having an extra tool in your tool box, it's not a great base really, I mean wrestling and boxing are better, but if you can throw legit kicks in the UFC and not just leg kicks then it comes in handy, like with silva, mcgregor, wonderboy, machida

[@jafredboatwright4246]

WHaaat so frank was a fraud?? Say it isnt so .

[@ClbnaVGM]

Always a pleasure to re watch this movie. That one really changed my life when I was kid and this led me to karate which I still practice today. Big thumbs up to Bolo Yeung who played a marvellously terryfing antagonist. And props up to Paul Hertzog music who also scored Kickboxer. Thanks again !

[@lukefowler2541]

Bloodsport was also the reason why I started martial arts at the age of 7. Thankyou mother 😅

[@Cysubtor_8vb]

And then there was going to be a videogame featuring Jean-Claude, but he pulled out so they created Mortal Kombat and specifically made Johnny Cage an asshole actor that does the splits nut punch as a shot at him, lol

[@ctakitimu]

There did used to be a game with Van Damme in it, called Pit-Fighter

[@dorkangel1076]

@@ctakitimu I think it was like Mortal Combat 0. I remember playing that in the arcades. Used the same type of motion capture for the fighters.

[@alucard624]

@@ctakitimu And that game was loosely based on his flick Lionheart in many ways.

[@laurenbuckle4892]

That game was always mortal kombat but they wanted a big name license hence van dammed lol they never heard back from him though so went with the original idea (mortal kombat)

[@dennisjr77]

@@ctakitimu….. I still have put fighter on my sega genesis.

[@robomoto5550]

Great video guys. Its nice to see that Brads man-crush on Van Damme hasn't diminished with time.

[@EGarrett01]

Fun Fact: At the end of the movie they claim that Frank Dux had 56 consecutive knockouts in one tournament. To even have 56 rounds in a single-elimination tournament, there would have to be 72 quadrillion entrants. Literally. 72.057 quadrillion.

[@Nazyairsengikar]

That's assuming that all fighters fought other people first. I'd assume it was illegal so it was a fight selected by people in charge. If it was true.

[@josephgamble8193]

You know the cops in the movie were incompetent when you realize that if that were true, they had major trouble shutting down an operation consisting of 72.057 quadrillion entrants who participated LMAO, not to mention the impossibility of that anyways. Not exactly too off the radar for the “forbidden” tournament.

[@kupoe]

yeah but a round robin tourney followed by a championship match wouldn't need as much entrants, only 55 provided he KO'd everyone. not defending Dux as he is a known bullshido master, but the assumptions could be wrong.

[@warriorpoet8119]

Yeah, what is funny is Dux believes his own bullshit!

[@chaddon7685]

@@kupoe It's from his description that it's a single elimination. So it isn't a round robin.

[@StonesMalone]

In the absence of even a single competent grappler, Paco would have absolutely wrecked that tournament

[@michaelriddick7116]

Gotta do Universal Soldier :) Van Dame vs Dolph "I must break you" Lundgren 😁😂🤣

[@martinkuliza]

I must break you was ROCKY not Universal Soldier Universal solder was.... Dolph : Say goodnight asshole Jean Claude : .... Goodnight asshole

[@MovieGuy666]

no one was naive... the film was made by Cannon Pictures Cannon were notorious for putting out movies to cash in on fads of the day , they made Martial art movies, started the 80's ninja craze and and even did the Breakin' movies. They were known for really cheap budgets and really short tight filming schedules. Cannon didn't give a shit if Frank Dux made up the story they just wanted a movie.

[@BlandMarkComedy]

Bloodsport and Tolkien discussed in one video! Superb!

[@dasmuss6174]

‘It’s dim mak, he’ll die later, you have to wait’ 😂gold haha

[@bantakkor8039]

Took me almost 30years to learn that Frank Dux was a real person (who claimed that stuff was real) xD

[@kevinW826]

There was a review of this movie a week after it was released and the writer was able to prove frank dux was lying. I think it was written by someone for the LA times I think? There is a digital copy of the article online. The guy really broke the cover off the lies.

[@Richard-Espanol]

The "stats" shown at the end of the movie are the best. What guy was there with a radar gun measuring the speed of people's kicks lol

[@kevinW826]

@@Richard-Espanol yeah. The only person I think who could have done that or even come close would have been Bruce lee.

[@bantakkor8039]

In the 80s there were a lot of action movies and in my perception bloodsport was just one of many. Never did I expect that someone would have claimed this to be a true story, much less anyone believing him.

[@lennyjenkins9931]

@@kevinW826 Not even that, Bruce Lee isn't a fraud but he sure as hell isn't the high level martial artists most people believed him to be. In a real fight Van Damme would destroy Bruce Lee.

[@clintonmeyers7267]

That was Frank Dux's Shidoshi and he was representing the Tanaka Clan.

[@kraven1985]

Trivia for you guys when Bolo breaks the guy leg at 9:13 the guy with the broken leg plays Tong Po in kick-boxer

[@ctakitimu]

You bleed like Mai-Li

[@GabrielMartinez-dj4pt]

Now I know 😂

[@bobbyologun1517]

Yes! Thats African martial artist and actor Michel Qissi

[@TheArtaxias]

And Mustafa in Lionheart

[@squadfathercrypto]

@@ctakitimu Noooooooooo!!

[@manuelruen]

19:45 I think it's actually powdered glass. Which was popular for ninjas to crack what is called a "black egg." They then throw into their opponents eyes.

[@robertnguyen9493]

Growing up I always loved Van Damme, but I loved Bolo Yeung maybe a little bit more.

[@toadscrote123321]

My favourite movie bad guy of all time. Love Bolo

[@nosonice]

I think Bolo added some legitimacy to the fight scenes. Plus I had seen before in “Enter the Dragon” with Bruce Lee.

[@robertnguyen9493]

@@nosonice Enter the Dragon was the first time I saw him!

[@Johnbrownsmarch]

Paco pelting people with leg kicks so much more legit than other movies

[@franticrage73]

Sometimes hard to enjoy a reaction when a movie kinda gets crapped on. Yeah, Dux is full of it but like you said, it gave us a great story, fictional, but great. We know movie fights are unrealistic, but we need something to get us into the story and these are more interesting than real fights, IMO. Anyway, this is one of my all time faves as far as martial arts movies and Van Damme ones.

[@paulcarter2067]

Except Mike Tyson fights that man's fights was better than the movies and he beat Don Kings ass. It doesn't get more better than that

[@charminbaer2323]

at 9:21, he DID get kicked on the leg, that's why he's limping.

[@Dpol85]

Not only is the best character ogre from revenge of the nerds but he is the most iconic personification of murica.

[@JoshNieporte]

NERDS!

[@snelgrave101]

I love how Frank just walks over the glass bottles barefoot after he has shattered them into millions of piece's, maybe master shidoshi frank has kevlar feet or something.

[@crewie94]

Brad with the sound FX! This was ace lads thanks for another banger. 👌😅

[@walteradams2439]

The first fight they watch @4:00 has Michel Qissi in the blue shorts. He was Tong Po in the movie Kickboxer.

[@agiammarco94]

Its so weird that in all the years I've heard people talk about Bloodsport, I've never heard anyone mention it being based on a "true" story

[@TheFightBible]

Never a truer better more realistic story

[@CamaroAmx]

My favorite part was that Dux was showing off his trophies to a journalist and that journalist decided to check out the trophies and tracked them down to a shop in Dux’s town and found out that Dux commissioned them himself. He later went on to claim they were made to replace the real ones that were stolen/broken over the years. Loved it when the army refuted Dux’s claim of being a special op and said that Dux was in the army but was discharged with the rank of private and saw no active combat.

[@kevinW826]

@@CamaroAmx there was a part about the katana that he had but sold it to save children in the Philippines or Malaysia I forget. And there was no tanaka that trained frank dux according to the Japanese training schools

[@Truckerdaddy]

Steven Segal must've been a big fan of Frank Dux because their both full of shit

[@squadfathercrypto]

@@kevinW826 Bruce Springsteen was his shidoshi

[@DarkMetsuo]

Paredes was limping not because he got punched in the face, but because chong li kicked him quick and hard in his right leg.

[@JoeR203]

Imagine a conversation between Seagal and Dux.

[@Grok_Fractal]

"and then I teleported behind him, I said to him, I said: nothing personell kid"

[@Truckerdaddy]

They would claim they trained each other then claim to have taught every UFC fighter the dreaded front kick lmao

[@CJ_7519]

Imagine a convo between Seagal, Dux and George Dillman.

[@JoeR203]

@@CJ_7519 "Plus"

[@Aguijon1982]

We would have to invent a new word for bullshit to describe it

[@manuelruen]

It wasn't bullet proof glass. It was sugar glass.

[@ekku1979]

It's pretty childish to watch a fantastic martial arts movie which has been made for entertainment and analyze it like it had real fights in it. How frail does an ego have to be to do this?

[@The_Real_Izzy]

I swear I was saying the samething. Like they know this is a movie right.

[@akmil02]

Thank you so much for the JCVD video!!!!! You guys are amazeballs

[@razbloodalpha4982]

Love to see your takes on No Retreat, No Surrender. Not quite up to Van Damme's performance as "Gay Karate Man", but a classic villain performance from him.

[@beardedloon77]

Oh shit yeah I forgot about that the young guy is bullied then trained by bruce Lee's 👻 lol. Also the first two American ninja movies starring Michael dudikoff so cool it hurts

[@nichhodge8503]

I started doing MMA 17yrs ago and after 2 serious spinal injuries I stopped doing MMA but I’ve been taking Oxycodone for the last 10yrs. I take 250mg/day (get 112 pills from the doctor every Friday) so according to them I must be unbeatable

[@heathharlow6373]

Actually in Canada we had Yang, trained the army. He was the master in Uechi-ryu.(Karate) Has three sons, I know all but close to youngest.

[@TiptronicSS]

Hey this movie was our childhood. Don't shit on it that much! 😄 all the different figh/fighter styles and the JCV acting + Bolo chest dancing was just magic. Also that final fight music was perfect to such a special movie.

[@EGarrett01]

This movie actually does have one of my favorite ending scenes ever though. Van Damme is getting on the plane and the girl drives up right before he goes in. He gives her a quick "see ya later" gesture, and she responds by doing the fighter's prayer gesture to him. Meaning that she didn't get it at first, but now she understands what it's all about. He does it back, and that's the last shot.

[@mauricio8778]

I love how excited Brad gets watching the fight scenes

[@oldmanb4]

This is supposed to be a bad movie. That's what makes it so fun to watch.

[@jbo4547]

"This is supposed to be a bad movie" no. They did not go into it thinking "lets make a bad movie" dullard

[@CJTranceAddiction]

@@jbo4547 Exactly....it's a movie that was hardcore and violent but also intentionally funny. Jackson was hilarious as was the funny Asian dude. Clearly this movie wasn't taking itself too seriously and that's what makes it so enjoyable to watch. Total 80's bliss right here.

[@Vauge-Nightmare]

Glad to see you guys back, Thanks for keeping going. Cheers boys keep up the great work.

[@zachb.6606]

My siblings and I would watch this as kids and would recreate the fight scenes - we loved this movie!

[@dewaldvisser6785]

Zach: : You can say that again

[@ANGLO-SAXON87PATRIOT]

Van damme and bolo along with the other fighters made bloodsport what it was. Back then obviously Billy bullshit was easier to pedal thank god for the internet. I know people slag off van damme but he was phenomenal and to me still is a childhood hero. Great content lads as always

[@Scurge237]

i wonder how many people this movie actually inspired to become martial artists

[@pomaimoikeha829]

What??? I competed in Kumite in my head everyday lol

[@blockmasterscott]

It did for me big time. I started that year and have trained ever since.

[@squadfathercrypto]

It probably led millions of kids to begging their parents to sign them up. Of those millions, 175 kids were still training six months later.

[@kayp747]

I swear this was some of the funniest commentary I ever seen!!!! I have to subscribe now!!

[@davewheeler6027]

Hey Brad, you guys have got to work through the Van Damme catalogue. Kickboxer and Cyborg would be awesome to do.

[@TheFightBible]

Agreed but JOE doesn’t like jcvd. Joes too far up micheal jai whites ass Brad

[@davewheeler6027]

@@TheFightBible come on the scene where jcvd kicks his way off of a crucifix! Sort it out Joe😉

[@Truckerdaddy]

Lionheart, the quest, Kickboxer, and of course bloodsport are his biggest fight movies. The rest have more of an actual storyline than these

[@kristianspencer1978]

Hard target was one of jcvd s best films.

[@bernardoreyes5661]

I hope you do more of these, great video

[@thomaseelvelt907]

Fun fact, that guy punching Bolo Yeung who gets his shin broken. Was the guy who played Tong Po in Kickboxer. And the Mongolian fighter in the Quest.

[@treadstone1138]

Yeah he and Van Damme are best friends.

[@tommyh3332]

Yeah he also played tong po in kickboxer 2, and the guy with the side burns in lion heart, wrong bet

[@jonbuckeridge9568]

I LOVED this film growing up, it was brilliant. Also "...this guy's gonna look like an absolute penis...." made me laugh out loud and, said in that accent, brought me right back to my Gloucestershire childhood!

[@emmanuelmedina5535]

I wish the fight at 6:58 was longer. It's my favorite fight of the movie. The stances are dope af too. Paulo Tocha's Paco character was so bad ass. The "I love that he celebrates like an American..." comment was golden. 😂🤣 "That guy's meant to be a sumo wrestler, but he's the wrong race" had me dying.

[@RedHood410]

I saw this movie after Mortal Kombat had debuted on Sega. I straight up yelled "Johnny Cage!" when Van Damme hit the Nut Shot.

[@michaelrussell3890]

Cage was actually based on Van Damme (and Sonya was based on Cynthia Rothrock)

[@simonioannou9549]

My old man had this film on VHS, remember watching it and feeling like such a badass at school because I'd seen bloodsport, at about 8 hehe Also bit of useless information, Van Damme's performance in Bloodsport is what inspired the Johnny Cage character in Mortal Kombat.

[@dennisjr77]

Also….. that lightning guy from Big trouble in little China inspired Raiden.

[@babyshak98]

Cynthia Rothrock is the same for Sonya and Steve James for Jax

[@chiefsteps-in-poo8447]

Bruce Lee inspired Lou Kang.

[@onixjaded3530]

I watched this movie so many times growing up in the 80s that I memorized the whole script.

[@tarikbey4087]

This guy is right, a Muay Thai fighter. Would distroy all of those different disciplines, mentioned in the blood sport movie!

[@MartinAston00]

Kickboxer and Bloodsport inspired me so much I’ve practiced that arial round house for two years until I could hit a 5 foot target! I can’t do it anymore, but man it was just such a cool ass kick to me, I had to learn it even though I was a wrestler.

[@jasondoakes1372]

My VHS of this movie was 50% black&white noise on the screen by the end. The late eighties/earl nineties were a wonderful time for 14 year old boys, Van Damme, Ninja movies, the Rocky and Rambo sequels, the Bruce Lee revival

[@CobrazFinest]

You are back! :D 2021 is going to fucking awesome!

[@Vogue69]

Do "No Retreat, No Surrender" next, one of the best 80s US fight movies

[@foolishyish]

YESSSS. Where JCVD is the actual bad guy

[@BeatmasterAC]

@@foolishyish wasn't that JCVD's first major movie role?

[@prosafutebolistica9707]

My doubt is, the guy in semifinal that lost to Chong Li, Chuan Ip Mung, why he didn't said the word to stop the fight? Even more because he SHOULD know Chong Li was a sadistic assassin. Did he choose to die? Can't stand this.

[@darkphq]

Look how red Brads cheeks get, when Van Damme puts off his shirt :D

[@Burago2k]

"He celebrates like a american" yeah cause only americans hold their hands up in fists and jump around...

[@chadthundercock5641]

90's MMA promos be like:

[@ANGLO-SAXON87PATRIOT]

Had to comment again can we just appreciate how fantastic bolo was as a bad guy even in van dammes other movies and the first fight you commented on wasn't that a young tong po Michael qissi? As ott this film is now we have UFC and are more aware of fighting techniques this and kickboxer was 10/10

[@MrGreendayzed]

"why is he protecting the ref?" Because the guy just tried to use him as a shield and doesn't want to hit him...

[@CosmicGoku529]

Also he was blinded and that was the best way to tell the difference. The guy he was fighting wasn't wearing a shirt but the ref was.

[@moderngunguy3666]

that's funny the out-of-shape guy calling another guy out of shape LOL

[@corey2justified1]

The quest was supposed to be frank Dux too. The quest is an awesome tournament style fighting match too

[@jhernandez7144]

I enjoy you guys. Thank you for the good times.

[@guacamole9199]

Imagine being in a bar drinking at the same table as Frank Dux and Steven Segal while they share old "war" STORIES!! Man I don't whether you'd be uncontrollably laughing or crying??!!

[@houseofaction]

Steven Seagal atleast has several legitimate black belts

[@squadfathercrypto]

Reminds me of what an old vet told me ... Less than 2% of Americans serve in the military, but every guy in the bar was "special ops." 🙄

[@powerofberzerker9487]

Great vid lads. I love the passion. Nxt up LOTR.

[@Jbay2608]

Awww yeah this is the one I was waiting for! Bolo and Jean-Claude in one film! I'm hoping you guys will take a look at some of Jackie Chan's early stuff, particularly Legend of the Drunken Master. As old and kinda cheesey as it is, it's such a fun movie to watch.

[@CamaroAmx]

Bolo and JCVD were in several films together and were good friends. Bolo always played the bad guy (usually a henchman).

[@TheDonPalumbo]

Love this, more of these please 👊🏻

[@alucard624]

Would love to see you guys react to Lionheart, another guilty pleasure JCVD flick.

[@BaiLong45]

Thanks for the video! Awesome that you guys can point out how unrealistic parts are, but still love and appreciate this. Keep it up!

[@RolfHartmann]

I would love to watch Master Ken from Enter the Dojo review this movie, so he can explain why all the fighting styles are bullshit.

[@TheFightBible]

Yeah we're friends with Master Ken, he thinks we're bullshit aswell 🙄

[@letsgojake.4078]

Ken would say its all super legit.

[@JonLeejw]

"WHY YOU TRAIN HIM BUT NOT ME?"

[@robertmm1379]

The back break was a different Van dam movie. His brother gets his back broke.

[@Adam-su2jj]

Kick boxer

[@haris.jahic2411]

No this Movie is bloodsport the Movie you Mean is Kickboxer

[@robertmm1379]

I know thats why i said it was a different Van Dam movie

[@Markbell73]

I am entertained! Thank you chaps!

[@Matt-vv7fl]

I love the comedy approach to this review! Movies like this aren't meant to be taken seriously. It's all in good fun.

[@nihongochopsocky808]

Agreed, I'd find it more interesting if mma fighters reviewed actually fights instead of choreographed movie fight scenes...

[@Phnergelde]

Van Damme can be hard to find stuff on because he fought under his real name, Van Varenberg. He was pretty legit. He tagged that mma fighter he was sparring with pretty good too. Apparently the MMA dude had a big cry about it. Personally I'd be stoked if JCVD clicked me with one of his kicks on camera. He kicked ME!! Jean Claude!! HE ACTUALLY KICKED ME!! 😂😂

[@pppppppal]

I remember back in the 90s, I used to watch these kind of movies all day, they determined me to start training martial arts. I had my heart broken for a while when I found out everything is bullshit but reality is way better!

[@lukeskywalker6333]

Not what I was expecting but well worth the watch. Great job guys

[@QAZ-OMEN]

This is an amazing underrated movie. Van damn is a legand

[@QAZ-OMEN]

@@andyaitken4243 yeah he is really good to lol. Is spelling really that important to you? This is youtube

[@rickyjames4228]

Come on bro its a crock of shit its just it reminds most people of their childhood and was nostalgic but had us all fooled when it came out because the west still didnt really know to much about this stuff. Yes i do like the cinematography in the film certain shots etc but when you look back you laugh.

[@cornball0072]

@@rickyjames4228 Well I didn’t watch this movie as a kid, and I still thought it was great. Yeah it’s corny, there’s bad acting, but there’s a charm you know can’t be replicated. If you’re laughing throughout the whole movie at least you’re enjoying it lmao. Not everything has to be Godfather quality.

[@rickyjames4228]

@@cornball0072 Whatever floats your boat i like quality personaly

[@cornball0072]

@@rickyjames4228 Well I do too, but it’s okay to watch dumb shit sometimes too. Otherwise you walk around with a stick in your ass, giving your opinion on things way too much weight.