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He has never even had a real pro fight. Man o man. It's gonna be good night Van Damme.
No one will sanction this event. It can't happen with US Boxing/MMA Rules (plus 35 in age requires a big todo. EX-UFC everytime Couture wants to fight) and Vegas has already basically banned the any of their arenas.
And that's why it will occur elsewhere. There was a rumor that he was going to Malaysia to fight a guy who's basically a world renowned Muay Thai fighter.Quote:
Originally Posted by OregonDuck1989
And actually, considering Strikeforce's next event happening in Florida this weekend features the pro fight debut of 47 year old Herschel Walker, I'm not convinced that this would be an unsanctionable fight in the US.
Interesting. I wonder what those events looked like considering they were 13 years before the UFC held an event.Quote:
Originally Posted by SirKodiak
Wikipedia seems to fail at his fight record accuracy...
http://www.patrickteugels.be/intervi...ickteugels.php
http://www.sherdog.net/forums/f44/tr...career-947080/
But in his discipline he seemed to be decent....I love the hair though.
Him and Herschel should go at it.
Full contact kickboxing is not like MMA. See here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kickboxing#InternationalQuote:
Originally Posted by From the article
Yep, it's a very different thing. There is actually a promotion called K1 Kickboxing that gets fight cards broadcast...you could probably find some if you looked around. They often co-promote events with one of the Japanese MMA organizations (DREAM), and have cards that are half K1, half DREAM.
You're thinking of BloodsportQuote:
Originally Posted by Arctic Blast
Rumor is Van Damme used to go to bars in Thailand and challenge guys to fights to the death.
Obviously, he won said fights.
Watch out UFC.
lol. No, this was the 'real life' version. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by etothep
Actually, one Van Damme story that stands out involves him at Scores, which at this point was this sort of megasize strip club in New York. One of the bouncers there overheard Van Damme talking smack about Chuck Zito, who was sitting nearby. The bouncer was Zito's buddy, so he told him.
Chuck used to be a Hell's Angel. He's done time in Japan with a bunch of Yakuza thugs. He was a bodyguard. He's a legit badass fighter. He walked up to Van Damme and asked if he was serious. Van Damme replied by taking off his glasses...at which point Zito beat him in to unconsciousness. :D
Ahhhhh. Chuck Zito is a badass. Must be the name Chuck.Quote:
Originally Posted by Arctic Blast