Is Steven Seagal legit?

[UJustGotChaeld]

No, actually it didn't.

http://www.steven-seagal.net/xen/in...m-directors-co-stars.14937/page-4#post-225269

A sample from that excerpted Facebook post:

A Steven Seagal website says it didn't happen. Cool. Show me Lambert publicly talking about it, you can't. I have looked and was completely unable to find it. So why is no one publicly saying it didn't happen?

 

[FedorRoks]

A Steven Seagal website says it didn't happen. Cool. Show me Lambert publicly talking about it, you can't. I have looked and was completely unable to find it. So why is no one publicly saying it didn't happen?

Sorry bro, you're on your own. I've spent enough time talking about Seagal for the moment.

 

[Ancient Warrior]

You don't know shit. He's a 7 dan black belt in aikido and has blackbelts in karate, judo, and kendo.

Yeah he's old and fat now but he's a legit badass that would wreck most ufc guys in his prime.

Is that why old man Gene LeBelle slept him?

 

[UJustGotChaeld]

Sorry bro, you're on your own. I've spent enough time talking about Seagal for the moment.

Don't bring up Lambert unless you have Lambert saying it never happened. He never has. Your source is so easy to dismiss.

 

[wartor]

Thin running SS is the GOAT. For sure he could beat up 99.9% of Sherdog even when he is fat. In my mind that is easily meeting the bar of being legit. He has legit Aikido skills, problem is Aikido is about defense and small joint manipulation (which is not allowed in the rules of MMA). So he is legit for sure, he just not a legit MMA fighter.

Legit B Level actor.
Legit law enforcement.
Legit in Aikido
Legit word traveller.

I think most of us would kill for that resume.

 

[STEVEN SEAGOLD]

He's no joke.

 

[Money509]

 

[Darbo]

Her control of distance is very impressive, staying just out of range of his invisible nunchucks.

 

[Fyreborn]

No, actually it didn't.

http://www.steven-seagal.net/xen/in...m-directors-co-stars.14937/page-4#post-225269

A sample from that excerpted Facebook post:

Another stuntman by the name of Steve Lambert was also an eyewitness to Gene’s and Steven’s brief interaction. He also stated that Gene never choked out Steven and that no altercation ever occurred. Again, this is not some street fight, or casual dojo situation. If such an altercation happened on a professional movie set the consequences for the producers, directors and the movie studio would be most severe. A stuntman (Lebell) simply cannot choke out and hurt the lead star of a movie in production on the set. The legal liability and damage to their professional reputations would be unthinkable. Quite simply the set would have been closed down. If the star lost consciousness a doctor’s signed release would be legally required for Steven to go back to work. No such record exists. The bonding company who insures the production for the movie would have sued Lebell for the loss of working days. The financial implications would amount to hundreds of thousands of dollars given the cost of shutting down production even for a couple of days. Again, keep in mind that we are talking about an alleged fight on a professional movie set. The consequences of such an altercation would be enormous. Casual altercations might happen in the gym, but not on the highly regulated and professionally managed stage of a movie production.

The idea that the incident with Lebell and Seagal happened is beyond ridiculous, as the author of the post (Ron Balicki) points out.


Coming back to the thread, I think Seagal is a dirtbag human being but one who could hurt the average person in an encounter if he wanted to and the person was untrained.

You have too much faith in that post.

I wouldn't at all be surprised if Lebell's story was hyperbole. However, the stuntman may not have witnessed the encounter, or may have an agenda himself.

Also, that insurance company stuff is silly. I could easily see Seagal wanting to keep it quiet, telling guys to say nothing and don't report it. The producers would also have an interest in not interrupting production. People are also just lazy and don't report everything to authorities. Real life is not run by robots and people don't play by the book all the time.

Really, it might have happened or it might not. It's silly to say definitively.

 

[Fyreborn]

The simple question was is Segal legit? Yes, he is. He may be old and fat now, but I'm sure in his day he was the real deal.

The real question is: Why do so many Sherdoggers like to sit behind their keyboards and bash people who have actually accomplished something great in life?

Seagal is a delusional jerk, a true dirtbag. Read how he treats women. Read how he treats his cast mates and crew. And he's made himself a joke on top of that.

He has earned his scorn. Being rich and successful doesn't mean you are made of Teflon.

 

[Filthymaggot]

He's well respected in Akido sure, but having a few black belts doesn't mean he would automatically 'wreck' most UFC fighters in his prime. Has he ever fought in anything other than Akido?

You may have a point. But due to rules more than anything. Small joint manipation is illegal and that is what his variety of aikido essentially is.

 

[Filthymaggot]

Is that why old man Gene LeBelle slept him?

Says Gene Lebelle and noone else.
Sou ds legit.

 

[Blanqa Blanqua]

Are you trolling *me*? This guys claims are insane, and the crazy part is he seems to believe them.

Anderson and Machida said they learned from him because he paid them. It was a PR stunt. Anderson initially said Seagal taught him that kick, but later admitted he knew the snap kick from Muay Thai many years ago at a young age.

He's legit compared to an average Joe. I'm well aware of his Aikido credentials, but that stuff doesn't compare to the more standard MMA disciplines. Let alone of a UFC caliber fighter.

I just saw this Sean Connery video. Connery said he broke his wrist, which Connery learned of almost 15 years later. But that was by accident. Anyway, Connery is no fighter.

I already said how Seagal knows leverage well and put Anderson in a wrist lock that made him yell in a video I saw. But putting a real fighter in such a hold to begin with is the hard part. And Seagal isn't skilled enough to pull it off, even against the smaller UFC fighters.

No. Segal is. Veeery successfully too.

 

[DeathByBeer]

Legit hot dog eating contest competitor apparently.

 

[Sgt Smith]

Steven Seagal is a legit badass fatass.

 

[scardera]

yeah legit fraud

 

[Locooo]

WHAT A RETARD

hahaha
hey man that was crude

 

[Ancient Warrior]

Says Gene Lebelle and noone else.
Sou ds legit.

Except for Bob Wall and other members of the crew.

By the way, Seagal married into his high ranking in Aikido. He married the daughter of his instructor and had to be beneath a 4th dan at the time.

 

[ClosetVitorFan]

Sly Stallone was havin a party at his house like 20 years ago and Seagal and Jean Claude Van Damme got into it. Seagal backed down from Van Damme. Can Damme isn't even a classically trained martial artist. He's a ballet man. He's also like 5'8 tops. Seagal had height and about 100 pounds on Van Damme. He backed down.

 

[Pacemaker Joe]

Is that why old man Gene LeBelle slept him?

To be fair, Gene is essentially a shaved gorilla who happens to be a judo black belt. Even at however many million years old he is now, he'd likely choke out a large percentage of sherdoggers.