Of course it was at stallone s house one year that the famous rift between seagal and van damme became apparent as sly let on a few years back talking to aint it cool news and saying but i remember once, at my home in miami, i believe it was in 96 or97, van damme was there with seagal, willis, schwarzenegger, shaquille oneal, don. Chuck would win, if he can move the earth by doing pushups then he could throw the planet at van damme, and i doubt that he is. But you know, were arguing about those two because at the time, we didnt know about jackie chan who was a bigger start and was a better athlete than both. Action cinema is at the height of popularity, headed up by arnold schwarzenegger and sylvester. Jeanclaude camille francois van varenberg born 18 october 1960, known professionally.
If youre thinking a fight, then it would be the one who has the. I think they would both lose to mclovin in a real fight. Universal soldier 2 1999 final fight redux van damme vs michael jai white duration. See more ideas about van damme, vans and movie stars. Jean claude van damme rumored for expendables 2 sylvester. Chuck is a middleweight fighter, while van damme is lightweight. I have to say i believe van damme was just too strong and seagal wanted no part of it.
Hes famous for playing ivan drago in rocky iv and has since worked with the biggest action stars in the world. Jeanclaude van damme provides just enough menace to be taken seriously, but the seasoned actor is clearly in on the joke. Van damme was born jeanclaude camille francois van varenberg in berchemsainteagathe, brussels, belgium, to eliana and eugene van varenberg, an accountant. Who would win in a fight if arnold schwarzenegger, bruce lee, and sylvester stallone with knuckle dusters team up in their prime versus a silv. Lee had one documented fight against wong jack man. Oct 11, 2012 stallone vs van damme the expandables 2 van damme boyka jason statham rambo van damme vs stallone van damme rocky balboa the expendables van damme vs steven seagal steven seagal vs van damme. Forty five minutes to an hour of you versus three to five opponents, and you cant be taken down.
Steven seagal vs jeanclaude van damme appeared first on flickering myth. The video boom would contribute to a the post the film feud of the 90s. The diverging and bizarre paths of jeanclaude van damme and steven seagal ones the selfaware star of a new amazon tv show, the others a putinsympathizing man of mystery and girth. In 2012, van damme was back in his element as part of the veteran buttkicking ensemble featured in sylvester stallones the expendables 2. The characters jackie chan has played would run circles around the characters jean claude van damme has played. Stallone said, was not especially difficult, except for jeanclaude van damme, who declined a role that was eventually taken by mr. Who would win in a street fight, sylvester stallone or. Interesting, jean claude van damme, steven seagal, jason statham, jet li, kurt russell, dolph lundgren, randy couture, mickey rourke.
This doesnt necessarily count for much, but jcvd is 2nd dan in karate. Van damme imitates stallone, seagal, arnold and him self. What schwarzenegger, stallone and van damme are really like hes famous for playing ivan drago in rocky iv and has since worked with the. Van damme is a decent martial artist with a body to back that up. Sylvester stallone, steven seagal, arnold schwarzenegger, also of himself and performs a karate sparring demonstration.
Sylvester stallone recruits chuck norris, jean claude van damme for expendables 2. Van damme sylvester stallone, the expendables, jason statham, chuck norris, liam hemsworth. Thats why arnold and i had a running gag for years and theres no doubt that he wanted to win in the marketplace, like i did or bruce or harrison ford. Stallone made those moments from rocky and rambo unique, successful and so sweet. Who is stronger, arnold schwarzenegger or sylvester stallone. Who will win in a fightchuck norris or steven seagal. Jeanclaude van damme what you want to see in the expendables 2. This success would establish van damme as a movie star and becoming a regular. He came to hong kong at the age of 19 for the first time and felt insured to do. Jeanclaude van dammes selfaware afterlife the new yorker. Jeanclaude van damme vs arnold schwarzenegger vs sylvester stallone. Jeanclaude van damme vs sylvester stallone uncut fan made the final fight redux the expendables 2. Jeanclaude van damme vs sylvester stallone uncut fan made the final.
Jeanclaude van damme the muscles from brussels returns this time as claude vilain, the brother of jean vilain. In its neverending quest to find bankable action heroes, hollywood has found an unlikely group of champions. Van damme is incredibly well trained but since they come so close skill wise, its not enough to compensate for dolphs size advantage and experience, imo. Kickboxer vengeance bande annonce jeanclaude van damme, remake 2016 filmsactu. The film was a low budget box office success and led to two sequels, neither of which van damme appeared in. Well, if you think that, sensei seagal wants to laugh in your face. Van damme is known for backing down from challenges.
As for van damme and seagal, i really cant put them and these men in the same bracket, so the chances of working together were pretty remote. Who would win a fight between sylvester stallone and. And they will soon find out the answer, as sylvester stallone is. Who is the toughest expendables 2 tough guy of them all. In the following video interview, when asked that very question, about michael jai white and jean claude van damme, seagal says that the question is only worthy of laughter. What about michael jai white, or jean claude van damme. Why van damme turned down stallones expendables screen rant. Edit i love when people vote down someone because they know what theyre talking about. Action mainstays jean claude van damme and dolph lundgren will. As a continuity for auralnauts schwarzenegger and stallone kill count, here is the jean claude van damme full kill count. Seagal, however, answered arsenios qustions by making a few mildly disparaging remarks about. The three terminators four if you include the cgi cameo, total recall, colateral damage and predator all come to mind. Van dammes final match victory enabled his team to win the european team karate.
Chuck is 5th dan, and he also has black belts in a number of other martial arts. Id imagine it was harder to maintain at his height than jean claude at 510. Chuck norris would win being a black belt in tang soo doo and bjj brownbelt under the machados as well he took jeet kune do lessons from bruce lee to improve his fighting skills is plain reasons why. Seagal says neither van damme nor michael jai white can. Jean claude van damme terrified of upsetting stallone over. Action cinema is at the height of popularity, headed up by arnold schwarzenegger and sylvester stallone, with bruce willis and mel gibson also throwing their hats into the mix. The rocky balboa star has even revealed that he hosted a party in 1997 to settle the row over who was stronger between van damme and seagal. Wong jack man says the fight went down like a kung fu film, a 20 minute fight with tiger claws and eye pokes. Who wold win in a fight with their tagteam repuke candidate. All that considered ill go with arnie and van damme. Aug 06, 2012 jean claude van damme was so nervous about challenging the expendables 2 stardirector sylvester stallone over a fight scene in the sequel, he wrote him a letter.
Who would win in a fight between jeanclaude van damme and. I dont know anything about tatum, but he doesnt seem to have much in his corner. Steven segal vs jean claude van damme steven segal vs jean claude van damn who would win in a street fight. Smarts wins over speed and brawn always you cant beat preemption. Both men would claim to have won the battle, though van damme having more. Mark calaway vs paul levesque vs ryan reynolds vs wesley snipes. Action fans have often pondered how rocky balboa would fare against the martial arts masters portrayed by jeanclaude van damme. In their prime, who would win arnold schwarzenegger, jeanclaude van damme, chuck norris, bruce lee, jackie chan, jet li, jason scott lee, sylvester stallone, steven seagal, charles bronson, steve mcqueen, jeanpaul belmondo, peewee herman. Stallone says seagal backed down from van dammes challenge.
In their prime, who would win arnold schwarzenegger. Sly stallone vs arnie vs jason statham vs van damme. His father introduced him to martial arts when he saw his son was physically weak. The pair squared up to one another at a party hosted by fellow. Jean claude van damme vs dolph lundgren battles comic vine. The film also has the expendables 2 putting the key actors in many scenes together. Its a question that has plagued pubs for centuries who would win a fight between sylvester stallone and jean claude van damme. The studio signed a multiyear collaboration deal with starlight culture entertainment to develop projects for film and television. He backed down when don wilson the dragon challenged him to a match. He backed down when some random australian journalist challenged him to a fist fight.
Compared to real fighters, both of these guys have average technique at best, which is whatever, real martial. Van damme was born jeanclaude camille francois van varenberg. Kurt sloan jeanclaude van damme vs rocky balboa sylvester. Jeanclaude van damme would hug a tree and then kick all their asses. Jackie chan vs jean claude van damme in their prime, who. Sylvester stallone recruits chuck norris, jean claude van.
Dec 22, 2014 kickboxer jeanclaude van damme vs tong po. Stallone has signed norris, van damme, schwarzenegger and willis up for expendables 2 and now hes got his. Pretty much the same as above, i feel like the change of venue may just make it take a little longer. Action cinema is at the height of popularity, headed up by arnold schwarzenegger and sylvester stallone, with bruce. Jean claude was an actual martial artist and arnold schwarzenegger was a world class body builder, so i am pretty sure they destroy in rounds 1 and 2 as dwayne is a wrestler and while it is very physical and he is in very good shape is not actual fighting and tatum isnt a fighter in any way. Aug 17, 2012 sly stallone vs arnie vs jason statham vs van damme. Who would win in a fist fight arnold schwarzenegger sylvester stallone chuck norris hulk hogan or jackie chan. Sylvester stallone vs jason statham vs jet li vs dolph lundgren. Jeanclaude van damme appears in the best shape of all the veteran actors, and his villain serves up a mean roundhouse kick to the chest. Steven seagal vs jean claude van damme, who would win.
Stallone was the biggest star but van damme was actually an athlete. Van damme, by impaling lundgren on a hay harvester, as one does. Dec 21, 2006 stallone says seagal backed down from van damme s challenge. What schwarzenegger, stallone and van damme are really like. I guess im not the only one who wanted van damme to win. Feb 11, 2009 if sylvester stallone hunting down all of these action stars, past and present, including jet li, jason statham, mickey rourke, dolph lundgren, and randy couture to star in his upcoming action film the expendables wasnt enough, it appears that he had interest in bringing jeanclaude van damme onboard as well. Who would win in a street fight, sylvester stallone or john claude. I know van damme was a kickboxer he had a 270 record hey thats great but snipes is well trained in martial arts and isnt a slouch he would give van damme a good fight 12 years ago static shock. Tom jolliffe looks back at the film feud to end them all. Stallone says seagal backed down from van damme s challenge. Jean claude van damme vs mike tyson transformation.
Jeanclaude van damme vs chuck norris real, in his best. Sylvester stallone explains why jeanclaude van damme and. Van damme was born jeanclaude camille francois van varenberg in. Number of black belts doesnt necessarily translate into fighting skill, but absent. Who would win the fightjean claude van damme or steven. Ian crouch on jeanclaude van dammes new amazon series. Jean claude van damme brilliant martial arts and global pov. Who would win these fights and who would you cheer for. The list of kickass arnold flicks and characters is a long one, so bear with us. Belgiumborn actionfilm star jeanclaude van damme has showcased his patented splits and acrobatic kicks in such movies as bloodsport. Jean claude van damme vs wesley snipes battles comic vine.
The diverging paths of jeanclaude van damme and steven. The muscles from brussels started martial arts at the age of eleven. Stacking these against each other in the box office i know which one will win, after all universal soldier 3 wont even make it to a box office. In a fight, the guy who has more tools, always has the edge. Who would win the fightjean claude van damme or steven seagal. Sylvester stallone promises a punch up with jean claude van. Who would win, sylvester stallone or jean claude van damme. Four iconic names come together for top action film the expendables 2. I dont know who would win, but i know in a story told by van damme, and later confirmed by sylvester stallone, at a party at slys house years ago, seagal was talking all this shit saying van damme cant fight and is a joke.
Stallone is about 5 2 tall, and van damme is about an inch taller. Both are up there in age and i have to admit in the 90s these two were my mcconner vs mayweather we never got to see. Jeanclaude van damme stars as gibson rickenbacker, a mercenary who battles a group of murderous marauder along the east coast of the united states in a postapocalyptic future. At its core, the expendables 2 is a generic, rippedfromthe1980s tale of a standardissue terrorist and the patriotic asskickers who fight him for country and cause, but thats the beauty of it. Although steven segals is a 7th degree in aikido it will not be effective or even worth anything when the fight hits the ground. First of all, weve dedicated a great deal of our ultimate site to covering bloodsport, here are some great articles. Sylvester stallone formed a film studio with braden aftergood in march 2018, named balboa productions, where stallone will serve as coproducer for each of their projects. I like van damme and his movies, but compare his martial arts skills on film with bruce lee and youre left underwhelmed, van damme has a selection of great tricks which get used time and time again, doing the splits, holding a high kic. Aug 24, 20 well in the rambo 2 commentary, it was mentioned stallone was at 185 lbs at probably 58. In the battle of the martial arts cinema stars one has to wonder who is better, jean claude van damme or steven seagal.
They each have obvious talents, and they each have areas where they haveless talent. Action stars jean claude van damme and steven seagal came to blows in the late 1990s after a row over which man was more tough. Action heroes jeanclaude van damme and steven seagal nearly came to fistfighting once in the late nineties to prove who was more tough, says fellow star sylvester stallone. Van dammes displacement in the new hollywood world of comicbook. Van damme vs stallone final fight extended redux hd. Both men would claim to have won the battle, though van damme. Feb 14, 2012 forty five minutes to an hour of you versus three to five opponents, and you cant be taken down. Dec 12, 2010 jeanclaude van damme respectful personification imitation of. Jeanclaude van damme vs chuck norris real, in his best years. Stallone vs van damme the expandables 2 van damme boyka jason statham rambo van damme vs stallone van damme rocky balboa the expendables van damme vs steven seagal steven seagal vs van damme. Van dame is close to 60 himself and has about as much fighting skills as say your average orange belt tae kwan do guy. Jeanclaude van damme from the movie the quest arnold schwarzenegger from the moviepredator sylvester stallone from the movie rambo. Here at the ultimate action movie club, weve got you covered.
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