What's the best and worst MMA movie in your opinion?

[dildos]

I liked here comes the boom.

 

[HARRISON_3]

Bloodsport is a fantasy fight movie.

That's a fargin' lie and you know it, Richard!

 

[Thrawn33]

Because its an actual MMA movie based on MMA. Bloodsport is a fantasy fight movie which leaned primarily towards underground NHB. Great martial arts flick but technically, i wouldnt classify it as an mma movie.

.... @Ezekiel 25:17

Love Bloodsport...dude is 100% correct.

Blessings of JUST BLEED God upon you.

 

[M4rk]

Best mixed martial arts movie, Bloodsport.

Has a bunch of different martial arts. Sumo, Muay Thai, Karate, Whatever Jackson does, coconut guy, ice block guy, coin guy, has an IK++ arcade game, bunch of made up things in the end credits, killer soundtrack.

 

[Nizam al-Mulk]

There was a bad one made for like 1 mil starring a bunch chicks acting all hood.

 

[Pizza Werewolf]

There was a bad one made for like 1 mil starring a bunch chicks acting all hood.

Chickfight?
I only remember this movie because it was heavily advertised by the ufc during one of their cards. That was a rough night.
Thats probably the worst one.

 

[Dobymick]

I liked Warrior and Here comes the boom. Bloodsport is a classic and probably my favorite movie growing up

 

[Nizam al-Mulk]

Chickfight?
I only remember this movie because it was heavily advertised by the ufc during one of their cards. That was a rough night.
Thats probably the worst one.

Not that one. There was an underground unsanctioned fight in it where the sister of the protag got killed.

 

[Excelsior]

Is Bloodsport really an MMA movie? Don't all of the participants practice various forms of traditional martial arts?

 

[CrimsonFan]

Here comes the boom is the best one IMO

 

[Bullitt68]

This movie is terrible gold to me. Very few things are as entertaining as Ken Shamrock attempting an acting career. Danny Trejo playing a Cartel villian named 'Max Burrito' taunting how he wants to fuck Ken's wife while motorboating her should be enshrined in the national film registry.

I watched this so much as a kid, when I was just a WWF Ken Shamrock fan. Then when I grew up, learned about MMA, and revisited it...it was even better. Cheesy softcore porn-level exploitation B-movie notwithstanding, it's got some nifty choreography with Ken's grappling background. Plus, the whole "What if?" scenario with MMA actually getting banned, going underground, and becoming fights to the death is such a fun dystopian MMA alternate universe. Trejo isn't far off from what I imagine Dana White becoming in that world

And why'd you just post one clip? The whole film's on YouTube.

 

[Wilmer Digreux]

Best

Best of the best 2
The Raid Redemption


worst

too many

Because its an actual MMA movie based on MMA. Bloodsport is a fantasy fight movie which leaned primarily towards underground NHB. Great martial arts flick but technically, i wouldnt classify it as an mma movie.

But it's a tournament mixing a bunch of arts together. Literally what the ufc is.

 

[zapataxiv]

best
Ong Bak best low kicks to the head I've ever seen

 

[Madmick]

I mean, boxing does have a much more rich history. MMA is literally still in its infancy stages. Cant compare.

Sure I can compare them. I just did.

Most of the movies I listed weren't fictional biopics about real fighters. It's not a matter of history. Even if you restricted the lists to post-1993 when the first UFC happened, the lists are still incredibly lopsided. Compare that to the history of great events and rivalries that existed in the respective sports during the same time. I might be biased, but the quality of MMA as a sport of entertainment has been shitting on boxing for the past two decades, easily, and that's boxing's own fault. It's a corrupt ass mess of a sport with an absurd overabundance of federations and belts. It's been a second rate sport to follow for fans since Forrest and Stephan fought. That historic night marked the turning of the tide.

But for some reason Boxing movies have just been way, way, way better. It's kind of like Baseball within the subgenre of sports movies. Punches way above its weight.

 

[Mack Yancy]

Is Bloodsport really an MMA movie? Don't all of the participants practice various forms of traditional martial arts?

Best mixed martial arts movie, Bloodsport.

Has a bunch of different martial arts. Sumo, Muay Thai, Karate, Whatever Jackson does, coconut guy, ice block guy, coin guy, has an IK++ arcade game, bunch of made up things in the end credits, killer soundtrack.

.... @Ezekiel 25:17

Love Bloodsport...dude is 100% correct.

Blessings of JUST BLEED God upon you.

The first fews UFCs were people from different disciplines fighting each other, was that not MMA @Ezekiel 25:17 ?

 

[Michaelangelo]

Never Surrender is the GOAT/WOAT

 

[Mr.Maelstrom]

I liked here comes the boom.

Same. Probably my favorite mma movie (cage, cage fights, mma guys all over the cast, and it's genuinely a fun watch)