Let us tell you something, dudes about this new Hulk Hogan biopic starring Chris Hemsworth.
While not every ultimate action movie fan is a classic pro-wrestling fan, the two definitely share quite a bit of crossover. Most notably is the direct line many pro-wrestlers take from the squared ring to the silver screen. Hulk Hogan is definitely one of those best examples. And if you’re curious, here are our other Top 10 Classic Pro-Wrestlers Turned Action Movie Stars!
Now, to honor the legendary career (and at times, odd and sensational), we’re going to see The Hulkster’s biopic starring Chris Hemsworth. Here’s everything we know so far.
The Ultimate Hulk Hogan Movie
According to news from The Hollywood Reporter, this yet-to-be-named biopic will be directed by Todd Phillips and written by Scott Silver (who are both working together on The Joker). The project is being funded by and set to be released on Netflix, so possibly not even mainstream theaters.
Chris Hemsworth as The Hulkster
Hemsworth, an Australian actor, has been a modern action movie revelation both in the more classic action roles like the Red Dawn reboot and Blackhat, as well as the more fantastical as his multiple iterations in the Marvel movies as Thor.
At press time, we have not yet seen Hemsworth’s Hulk Hogan impression, but judging from his acting chops, he’s probably got a pretty good one. However, this biopic promises to be anything but a sendup, so he’ll probably need to bring some heavy hits and emotional trauma too.
Hulk Hogan or Terry Bollea
The Hulkster (born Terry Gene Bollea) experienced his heyday in the 1980s as part of the World Wrestling Federation. His first notable action movie breakout role was in Rocky IIIup against Sylvester Stallone’sRocky (here’s our full review on that ultimate classic, btw).
From there, as Hogan experienced quite a lengthy and impressive (although somewhat comical, for sure) action movie career in many ultimate classics like No Holds Barred, Suburban Commando and Mr. Nanny.
Yet, as his wrestling and action careers winded down, he’s had quite a downfall in recent years with some scandalous lawsuits and personal conflicts.
However, as THR reports: “The biopic will not delve into those years or attempt to encompass Hogan’s entire life. Instead, sources say it will focus on his rise and is described as an origin story of the Hulkster and Hulkamania.”
Hopefully the biopic will be an ultimate revelation of the Hulkster’s career and bring some of his action movie exploits back to the front.
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It’s been nearly 20 years since The Matrix hit theatres, and it was a strange time for us action aficionados. Our beloved action genre (big guys with big guns) was in a death spiral. Don’t get me wrong, The Matrix was awesome (bonus: here are our list of the 5 MOST ULTIMATE SCENES from The Matrix). It ushered in a new action template filled with black leather/rubber outfits, guns and kung fu, and spawned imitators both decent (Underworld) and god awful (Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever).
And while it was killing off the kickboxing future cops,The Matrix introduced action audiences to long forgotten kung fu movies – thanks specifically to action sequences choreographed by the great Yuen Wo Ping (Woo-Ping Yuen). Soon, audiences were discovering classic martial arts films like Wo Ping’s Magnificent Butcher (1979) and demanding new martial arts films like Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000).
I bring this up because Lady Detective Shadow owes a lot to this movement that began nearly two decades ago, and while it doesn’t improve upon the genre that inspired it, it’s a worthy entry.
Sherlock Holmes, but More Badass
Set in the 16th Century Ming Dynasty, Lady Detective Shadow chronicles the journey of Olivia Benson-esque Sima Feiyan (Shang Rong – Note: A lot of the promotional materials and reviews describe Feiyan as SherlockHolmes or Nancy Drew, but to me those descriptions don’t work because neither really kick ass, especially Holmes.
Maybe Nancy Drew, I could see Nancy Drew beating down the Hardy Boys, but definitely not Holmes. Carrying on.) as she travels with her young apprentice, Ye Zi (Zhang Pei-yue) to Shacheng in mainland China where rumors of treasure have attracted a rowdy bunch of thugs bent on destruction, thievery and murder. Shrouded in mystery, Feiyan must use all of her natural detective skills to solve the town’s mystery and protect its people.
Classic Kung Fu Roots
Like an amalgamation of House of Flying Daggers, Murder She Wrote and Xena Warrior Princess, Lady Detective Shadow plays like a greatest hits record. There’s lots of amazing stuff here – the fight sequences are top notch, the plot is decent and Rong, who is equal parts Zhang Ziyi and Shawn from Psych without the ‘80s references, is an absolute joy to watch. At the same time, a lot of it feels like it’s borrowing plot points, characters and sets from other movies.
Still, Lady Detective Shadow is worth checking out when it hits VOD screens on Feb. 26. As far as kung fu movies go, we’ve progressed along way from their ultimate action movie roots, but it’s still a damn enjoyable ride.
Article by Eric LaRose – a Wisconsin-based connoisseur of action, horror and sci-fi movies from the ‘80s and ‘90s. A former journalist and podcaster, Eric wrote the ending to the Toxic Avenger Part 4, but the only person who will back up that claim is his wife.
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It also marks James Cameron’s first involvement in a Terminator movie since that legendary sequel in move most fans are hoping will mark a return to form for the much-loved Arnie action sci-fi saga.
Deadpool director Tim Miller is helming the project and speaking in an interview with Yahoo for his latest film Alita: Battle Angel, Cameron confirmed the new film’s working title.
Introducing “Terminator: Dark Fate”
“We’re calling it ‘Terminator: Dark Fate. That’s our working title right now,” Cameron confirmed.
The Titanic filmmaker also opened up about working with Miller on the project.
“Tim’s a very willful and opinionated director, and he’s got his own ideas for the film. I’m kind of like the Pips — he’s Gladys.”
Diego Boneta has joined the cast in an unspecified role while Blade Runner 2049 actress Mackenzie Davis is set to play the part of Grace.
Arnold Schwarzenegger Will Be Back
Schwarzenegger previously revealed the new Terminator film will mark a return to the storytelling of the 1984 original.
The 71-year-old actor said fans of the sci-fi franchise can expect a return to the stripped-back story of the cult classic.
“I think James Cameron and Tim Miller came up with a concept where they can continue on with the T-800 but make a whole new movie,” he said.
“What they are doing now with this one is basically to just take a few very basic characters, like Linda Hamilton’s character and my character, and dismiss everything else.
“Just move away from all these rules of the timeline and other characters.”
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UAMC honors the ultimate incompetent police-thriller Samurai Cop (1991).
Some bad action films gain infamy upon the moment they see the light of day. Other bad action films take time to find their audience, gaining traction through internet reviews and private screenings where the laughter (and probably beer) flow freely.
Amir Shervan’s 1991 classic Samurai Cop belongs among the latter. This incompetent police-thriller is the ultimate “so bad, it’s good” movie, even more-so than the more well-known The Room in my opinion. I cannot think of a single competent thing about it.
A Japanese crime syndicate known as the Katana Gang is causing mayhem in the LA area. Led by the ruthless, mullet-haired Fujiyama (Cranston Kumoro) and his number-one samurai henchman Yamashita (cult favorite Robert Z’Dar – also of Fugitive X fame), they take down anyone who stands between them and the drug megabucks to be found on the west coast.
Time to call out the only man on the LA police force that can stop them: Joe “Samurai” Marshall (Matt Hannon), man of ample hair (true) and great samurai skills (debatable). He and his partner, the perpetually bemused Frank Washington (Mark Frazer), take the case, though their investigation generally just takes the form of yelling at Fujiyama and co. in public, claiming they have a lot of evidence of their evildoing while never pressing actual charges.
Things get complicated when Joe falls for Jennifer (Janis Farley), a restaurant-owning hottie whose family was bailed out of debt by Fujiyama. Fujiyama clearly wants to get into Jennifer’s pants, but Joe plans to beat him to the punch by stalking—I mean, by being attentive to Jennifer’s weekend activities, allegedly as part of his investigation due to her connections with Fujiyama.
As the two of them get it on in Joe’s beach house (which he is able to pay for on a first-time cop’s salary), Yamashita tracks down Joe’s coworkers and slowly tortures them one by one, trying to track down the Katana’s number one adversary.
Will Joe save the day before all his coworkers are toast? Between he and Yamashita, whose subpar swordsmanship will prevail? Watch Samurai Cop to find out!
Where to begin? The inconsistent color correction? The way the dozens of henchmen are represented by the same handful of actors? The bizarre dubbed voices? The parade of ethnic stereotypes and bad 1980s haircuts? The sloppy sex scenes?
Let’s start with our hero, Joe. Joe comes off as a total goof. We are told he was “trained by masters in Japan” and that “he speaks fluent Japanese,” yet he struggles to pronounce Japanese names and only uses a sword twice. Only twice in a ninety-minute schlock movie called Samurai Cop! I do feel a little cheated, I admit… but this film has other treasures, as we shall see—like the “romantic” elements.
You see, Joe’s also supposed to be a successful skirt-chaser, but this is more challenging to buy than his alleged samurai skills. It’s hard to believe any woman would consider this long-haired meathead sexual catnip, but his creepy come-ons and stilted flirting get him laid every other scene, so what do I know?
I cannot decide if Samurai Cop is the worst edited movie I’ve ever seen, or a surrealist deconstruction of the concept of time and place in cinema. From the first car chase, the editing is choppy and makes following what’s going on a futile task. The editing tour-de-force has to be the fight between Joe and Katana henchman Okamura (Gerald Okamura). As the two men flail and grapple about, the location changes a whopping four times.
The editing almost makes one overlook how terrible the action is. The punch sound effects are much louder than the weak-sauce punches and kicks warrant. Instead of using blood squibs when someone is shot, they’re clearly pummeling the extras with paintball guns. At one point, Yamashita throws a grenade in a parking lot, and you can hear it explode twice.
Don’t expect ultimate samurai action either. As I mentioned before, we only get one real sword fight (I’m not counting that part in the parking lot where Joe steals a katana and lops a guy’s arm off). It is handled even worse than the gunplay and hand-to-hand combat. You know that one light-saber fight between Obi-wan and Darth Vader in the original Star Wars that everyone mocks for its poor, stiff choreography? That was masterful compared to the way Joe and Yamashita flail their katanas around, sometimes spinning in place with them for good measure.
The performances are a sample platter of how to act badly. Matt Hannon has two moods: dead-eyed stoner glowering or bulge-eyed fury in which his face turns tomato red. Fujiyama shouts all his lines like he’s doing his best Rip Torn impression. Many of the women actors seem to have been cast based on how well they could rock a thong bikini than deliver lines.
While I can’t say anyone gives a good performance, but the two most entertaining are from Z’Dar and Frazer. Z’Dar manages some small level of dignity—well, sometimes— even as he’s doing silly things, like sawing a guy’s head off with a katana rather than just hacking it off in one stroke or using frying pan oil to torture a cop in her kitchen.
Frazer’s character is relegated to sidekick duty, but his goofy reaction shots and line deliveries are so hilarious that he is a joy to watch. My favorite moment in the film might be when Frank crawls under a wire fence and Joe asks him why he doesn’t just bother climbing over it. Frank smiles and responds, “Because I’m an undercover cop,” in this voice strained with the effort not to laugh. It’s amazing.
Most bad movies are dominated by dull scenes and plodding pacing, making them hardly worth the watch. Samurai Cop is one of those holy few which will keep you laughing throughout. I myself will treasure it for years to come!
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Will ‘The Fresh Prince’ Smith Explains Why He May Have Been Doing Us All A Favor…
Will Smith has opened up about the circumstances that saw him turn down the part of Neo in The Matrix to play Jim West in Wild Wild West.
Smith was offered the role ahead of Keanu Reeves in a story that has become the stuff of legend in the action movie community.
Wild Wild West went on to bomb spectacularly at the box office while The Matrix still ranks among the most iconic action films of the 1990s, despite two underwhelming sequels.
Now, speaking in an explainer video uploaded to his YouTube channel, Smith has explained the thinking behind what has gone down as one of the biggest mis-steps in Hollywood history.
Smith explained that he essentially opted against The Matrix because, on the face of it, the film felt like an “alien” movie and he didn’t want to do another film of that kind.
Having made his name with Independence Day and Men In Black, the Fresh Prince of Bel Air star was keen to avoid being pigeon-holed in certain roles.
The Wachowskis’ Pitch
Another contributing factor came when the Wachowskis first pitched their vision to Smith for The Matrix – according to Smith, it wasn’t entirely convincing.
“After we made Men in Black, [The Matrix directors] the Wachowskis, they came in and it was like they only did one movie – I think it was called Bound – and they came in and they did a pitch for The Matrix.
“As it turns out, they’re geniuses, but there’s a fine line in a pitch meeting between genius and what I experienced in the meeting,”Smith added.
Smith even acts out the part of one of the Wachowskis, flipping his cap backwards before putting on a sort-of-hipster voice.
“‘Dude, we’re thinking like, imagine you’re in a fight, and then you, like, jump,'” he recalled them saying. “‘Imagine if you could stop jumping in the middle of the jump. But then people could see around you 360 while you’re jumping, while you’ve stopped jumping.
“‘And then, we’re gonna invent these cameras, and then people can see the whole jump while you’re stopping in the middle of the jump’,” the actor said, before joking: “So I made Wild Wild West.”
Will Smith’s Small Matrix Legacy
Despite expressing a degree of regret over the decision, Smith was keen to highlight how The Matrix would have been an entirely different kettle of fish had he been involved – Laurence Fishburne might not have landed the role of Morpheus, for example.
“If I had done it, because I’m black, then Morpheus wouldn’t have been black, because they were looking at Val Kilmer,” he said.
“I probably would have messed The Matrix up, so I did y’all a favor!”
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Stallone’s John Rambo’s ‘Rambo 5’ backstory comes into focus…
Sylvester Stallone has offered fans a glimpse of John Rambo’s life and backstory in a new Instagram post that is sure to go down well with ultimate action movie fans.
Rambo V: Last Blood is due to arrive in the fall of 2019 but Sly is already whipping moviegoers into a frenzy ahead of the film’s release.
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Taking to Instagram, Stallone offered up a picture of a younger version of himself, dressed in military garb, alongside a teaser of John Rambo’s life before the events of the original Rambo movie.
“Rambo at 20 “ Wars starts on the OUTSIDE , but never end on the INSIDE, said John” the caption reads.
“In ‘68 was an AIR FORCE chopper pilot in ‘70 transferred to SPECIAL FORCES to ‘75 then enlisted in DELTA FORCE from 77 to 78”
The images offer up a possible motivation as to why Rambo returns to battle for the new film.
Rambo V: Last Blood will see the titular hero going up against a Mexican cartel after they kidnap someone close to him. They messed with the wrong guy.
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Originally released in 1982 with Conan the Barbarian, Arnold’s breakout role saw the star reprise the character in 1984 with Conan the Destroyer, but a long rumored (and even previewed at the end of Destroyer) third feature titled Conan the Conqueror never made it to fruition.
The original script would later be converted into Kull the Conqueror in 1997, but loyal Conan fans have been anxiously awaiting a day when Arnold would truly return to his Conan thrown.
To be clear, what we have here is nothing more than an Instagram post by Arnold stating his desire to finally make another Conan appearance. It’s not a formal announcement of any sorts except to plug the new Arnold-version of the Conan the Barbarian comicbook – which you can check out here.
Will Conan the Conqueror Happen?
However, action movie fans can at least get a little excited as this may be the push to get the boulder rolling to finally get Conan the Conqueror made. Rumors have been swirling since late 2012 of another Conan film titled The Legend of Conan – which was set to be a direct sequel to the originally bypassing Destoryer and the 2011 Conan film starring Jason Momoa.
Arnold would further tease another Conan role for him in 2013 before he got caught up in Terminator Genesis, with reports of the script being written in 2014 and 2015. Things have been heating up over the past couple of years with reports of a script being done and things falling into place for Arnold’s return.
Yet, things appeared to hit a wall in late 2017 with news that Universal had dropped the project. The only saving grace was possible news of a television show version.
So, here we are with this teaser from Arnold, trying to pick up the pieces and tell if Schwarzenegger has something new to really give us, or he’s just promoting the comicbook – which definitely looks awesome – but might not be the 3rd feature film most action fans want.
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A celebration of Paul Verhoeven’s self-aware sci-fi action classic Starship Troopers (1997).
Though far more popular now than during its initial 1997 release, Paul Verhoeven’sStarship Troopers remains a controversial movie. Fans of the original 1959 novel of the same name tend to despise it (Verhoeven never finished the book, and apparently it shows if you’ve read it, which I have not).
Some believe it’s nothing more than a big, dumb blockbuster about brainless, beautiful teenagers shooting up gigantic alien bugs. Some even think (as many critics did at the time of its release) the film glorifies fascism.
Yet Starship Troopers has become a cult item, revered for its satire of fascist ideals and its huge action scenes. Starship Troopers is most fun if you’re in on the joke, though even if you aren’t and you just want a cool blockbuster adventure in space, it satisfies there too. “Would you like to know more?”
In the distant future, Earth is united under the totalitarian Federation. In order to gain citizenship, one has to do time in the military, which is currently occupied with a galactic war with the intelligent insectoid alien species, referred to as “the bugs” by most. The film more than hints humans started this conflict by trying to colonize one of the bugs’ planets, but the Federation media paints conflict is painted in broad good versus evil terms, inspiring blind patriotism in its subjects.
Johnny Rico (Casper van Dien) is a popular and Ken doll handsome high school graduate whose life seems ideal, poor math scores aside. He’s dating the equally attractive Carmen Ibanez (Denise Richards), but her dreams of military glory as a starship pilot pull her away from him. Desperate to be with her, Johnny enlists, only to end up in infantry while Carmen is part of the fleet. Johnny’s long-time admirer “Dizzy” Flores (Dina Meyer) joins up as well.
What you would expect from a normal blockbuster of this type happens: the love triangle becomes a love square when Carmen falls for a fellow pilot, Johnny goes from spoiled rich kid to military hero, everything ends with a giant space battle. However, the film is not merely some mindless spectacular for thirteen-year-olds. It is a blatant attack of fascist values, spearheaded by a director who grew up amidst Nazi brutality in his native Netherlands.
The film combines its political statements with the form of the big dumb blockbuster. The action scenes are so over-the-top that they almost reach parody levels. Rico’s fellow soldiers are impaled through the torso, decapitated by fly-by bug attacks, and blown up in bright red gory chunks—though these are sometimes compared to the damage the soldiers inflict on the aliens. The first major battle scene is almost shot like a horror movie, quite intense. So gruesome, yet so hilarious in how it’s portrayed—a microcosm of the Starship Troopers style.
Despite being over twenty years old, the effects are evergreen, mixing digital technology with practical means such as miniatures. Those aliens still look very convincing. Only a few moments really show any seams. I’d put this movie up there with the original Jurassic Park in how well it all holds up visually. The scene where Carmen first flies a ship is particularly wonderful to look at.
I have heard it claimed that Starship Troopers doesn’t work because of the acting. No one who’s seen the film would likely argue that the acting isn’t wooden. The lead actors look dead behind their eyes despite their big, movie-star smiles or their passionate grimacing in moments of fury. Romantic love seems more reliant on said movie star looks than actual emotional connection. But once again, this is rather the point.
I think few would deny Johnny Rico isn’t as compelling a figure as Alex Murphy or Douglas Quaid, two characters who brought pathos to the otherwise dark satire of Robocop (read more about that franchise here) and Total Recall (and more on Arnold’s sci-fi action classic here). But I think this criticism is misguided because Starship Troopers isn’t designed with much pathos in mind. The “emotional” scenes are so overdone as to be comedic nine time out of ten. It is much broader satire, shot like an actual propaganda film one might see coming out of a fascist society like the one in the story.
Now, you might believe the intentionally wooden performances are a one-off joke that gets old, but once again, that’s subjective. I personally find them amusing. And at any rate, the best performances come from the supporting actors like the hilarious Michael Ironside and Neil Patrick Harris, who feel the most inspired.
Verhoeven plays it so straight that it can be easy to take the story at its terrifying face value. The characters celebrate brute force as the solution to life’s problems and mindless conformity as the one noble goal in life.
There are flashes of humanity which make the story even more disturbing in hindsight: Johnny initially expresses doubt as to whether “naked force” should be used to solve all of life’s problems, but his experiences in the military sweep such questions from his mind. By the end, he too celebrates mindless bloodletting and indoctrinates new recruits to throw their lives away fighting for a corrupt, dehumanizing system.
This is about as close to haunting as Starship Troopers gets, but it does go to show the film is more than just “a dumb movie about blowing up space bugs.” And yet it never forgets that it is indeed an action movie. The fight scenes are thrilling and the pace moves at a good speed. You might just find yourself quoting the dialogue in the days to come.
While not my favorite Verhoeven movie, Starship Troopers is a hilarious (yet low-key chilling) action satire. If you are a devotee of the action film golden age of the 80s and 90s, you owe it to yourself to see it.
But not the sequels. Oh God, not the sequels…
What are your fondest memories of the sci-fi action classic Starship Troopers? Let us know in the comments!
Copycats is a bimonthly column about popular action movies and the low-budget films they inspire. Each column, we take a popular action movie and find its cinematic doppelganger, revel in their similarities and dissect their differences. Some of these copycats are good enough (or strange enough) to earn their place in action movie history, but most are being chronicled here to preserve their existence – for better or for worse.
Synopsis of both films: Young military pilots go on a dangerous mission – impressing their instructors (and the ladies) along the way.
Copycat Comparison:
This is usually the part where I discuss both films, weigh the merits of each production, compare similarities/point out differences and so on. And, had I not realized something shocking during my research, I’d be doing that right – and it would be so much fun. I mean look at them. Top Gun is one of the biggest ‘80s movies on the planet – inspiring tons of imitators, spoofed by in movies like Hot Shots, and referenced in television shows like It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia. Obviously, Iron Eagle was taking advantage of Top Gun’s popularity, like so many other copycats. Look at Iron Eagle – a high school kid somehow gets a fighter jet so he can save his father? What? That’s crazy.
However, even though there are tons of online reviews eluding to Iron Eagle being a “Top Gun rip-off”, Iron Eagle came out first. Wait, what? I thought Iron Eagle was the copycat. How could I have missed that? I saw both movies in the theater when they came out, but even I remember seeing Top Gun first.
It could also be the Mandela Effect (a collective false memory – like Sinbad starring in a movie called Shazam or Will Smith saying “Welcome to Earf” in Independence Day.
No matter what it was, it made me question if either one of these was a copycat movie, and if a copycat movie could come out before the movie it’s copying.
Which is better?
While Iron Eagle has some enjoyable moments, it pales in comparison to massive production of Top Gun. Now, that’s not to say Top Gun is still great movie. It’s so over the top that becomes laughable. For every great dogfight scene, there are two or three scenes that are just terrible (the volleyball scene, the barroom singing scene, and quotes like “Take me to bed or lose me forever” and “You can be my wingman anytime”).
FUN FACTS! Top Gunwas one of the first movies to have a major marketing campaign behind its home video release. According to a 1987 New York Times article, the video release was accompanied by a marketing campaign worth $8 million. At the time, it was “as much or more than is usually spent to send a new movie into theaters, and millions of dollars more than has ever been spent to advertise a new video cassette.”
The soundtracks to both films were released, with Iron Eagle peaking at 54 on the Billboard chart. Top Gun peaked at the #1 position, and has been certified 9x Platinum (nine million) in the U.S. (at least 12 million worldwide), so you could say it did a little better.
And while there were three Iron Eagle sequels, there has never been a sequel to Top Gun … until now. Paramount Studios is working on Top Gun: Maverick, scheduled for release in June 2020.
Article by Eric LaRose – a Wisconsin-based connoisseur of action, horror and sci-fi movies from the ‘80s and ‘90s. A former journalist and podcaster, Eric wrote the ending to the Toxic Avenger Part 4, but the only person who will back up that claim is his wife.
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His request comes in the wake of comments made by Seagal in a recent interview with Submission Radio.
Danis, you may recall, was the target of a post-match attack from Russian fighter Khabib Nurmagomedov in the wake of his victory over Conor McGregor at UFC 229.
The incident saw Nurmagomedov launch himself at McGregor’s teammate, Danis, in ugly scenes that resulted in lengthy bans and fines for the Russian and Irish fighters.
But despite the controversial nature of Nurmagomedov’s actions, it would appear that Seagal sympathizes with the Russian for his behavior.
Steven Seagal on Danis
“I thought that Khabib outclassed Conor in every way,”Seagal told Submission Radio. “I thought even in the stand up with the punching, he out-punched Conor. I thought his ground game was better. I thought that he was just a better fighter all around and I thought that he just really, really dominated Conor in every way and he won the fight fair and square.
“Do I condemn him for what he did after the fight? No. Even as a diplomat I will say no. If you badmouth someone’s family, their wife, their children, their mother, their father, their country, their religion, all bets are off, and I would have done the same thing.”
The comments prompted an angry reaction from Danis who soon reached out to his own promotion team with a call to set up a fight with the 66-year-old.
Seagal has yet to respond to the challenge, though a fight looks unlikely. Could the Above The Law actor be about to finally let his fists do the talking?
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