Bautista = Tong Po? - Kickboxer: Vengeance (2016) Discussion

[–] Thenewnexus 11 years ago

Batista is Filipino and he is a purple belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu
He has had one pro fight. I am fine with him being part of this movie,I only have mixed feelings about Scott Adkins since his role is probably going to be minor

reply

[–] CichlidAsh 11 years ago

Batista is Filipino and he is a purple belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu
He has had one pro fight. I am fine with him being part of this movie,I only have mixed feelings about Scott Adkins since his role is probably going to be minor

Batista pro fight was a joke he looked awful and it was clearly against a journey man who was paid to lose. After that embarrassment he quickly left real fighting alone and returned to the WWE where you only need to look the part.

Still as this is film it does not matter as Batista does look really intimidating and that works well for the main bad guy.

Gojira: Hey Anguirus!Something funny going on, you better check!

reply

[–] kavman 11 years ago

Scott Adkins is pretty good as Uri Boyka

Don't really like his other acting films like in Ninja

reply

[–] Thenewnexus 11 years ago

Even though the movie sucked he was good as the Villain in Hercules and I thought he did good in El Gringo

reply

[–] 11 years ago

[deleted]

[–] toniluv1979 11 years ago

will he be the bad guy?

reply

[–] Thenewnexus 11 years ago

Yes he will

reply

[–] 11 years ago

[deleted]

[–] creatorof2002 9 years ago

He's too big and buffed to be a Thai fighter in my book. Comparing him to the original Tong Po would be like comparing the Street Fighter 3 character HUGO to Sagat. He is more of a Hugo or Zangeif body type than a Thai Kickboxers.

reply

[–] toniluv1979 11 years ago

will he be the bad guy?

reply

[–] tbone10270 11 years ago

He's half white, half filipino. His mom is a big white woman, I think she is over 6' tall. I watched him hit the heavy bag at a gym in LA a few years ago, he is fvckin beastmode. He will make the best Tong Po ever. Van damme was never a good real fighter but he was the greatest ever on film.

reply

[–] tbone10270 11 years ago

Plus it was his time in a real fight. It takes fighters years to get used to that feeling. Much different than sparring. I believe if he wasn't so famous he would've stuck with it and gotten better. But its when everyone in the media is talking $hit about you.

reply

[–] CichlidAsh 11 years ago

Van damme was never a good real fighter

Do you even have a clue what your talking about? Van Damme has a semi contact record of 44 victories and 4 defeats. With a full contact record of 18 victories and 1 defeat with the 18 victories coming by knockout. Too me that qualifies you as a good fighter.

Plus it was his time in a real fight. It takes fighters years to get used to that feeling. Much different than sparring. I believe if he wasn't so famous he would've stuck with it and gotten better. But its when everyone in the media is talking $hit about you.

Their is a lot of truth in this, however you can also normally see talent as well and he did not demonstrate any in that fight. Of course that is not to say he could not improve and maybe he would have become a capable fighter over time, and he did have the balls to give it a go at the end of the day.

[
Gojira: Hey Anguirus!Something funny going on, you better check!

reply

[–] Madhattan 11 years ago

Does it matter if he's asian or not? Mohamed Qissi (the original Tong Po) doesn't look asian either, he had to go through a makeup process to make him look asian.

As per the picture below:
https://oldcountrystrong.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/12bloodsport.jpg

reply

[–] metal_head1216 11 years ago

Michel Qissi wasn't Asian. It was all makeup to make him look Thai.

No Sparkling Wiggles here!

reply

[–] redeemednick 10 years ago

And even after all the make up he looked more demon than Thai. js.

reply

[–] Blackace 10 years ago

Tong Po is from Thailand. I don't understand Bautista as Tong Po at all. Tony Jaa as Tong Po would make more sense as he's an expert at Muay Thai. This is very confusing. I would love to see a Bloodsport remake, but only if they use someone like Scott Adkins or Michael Jai White as Frank Dukes.

*********************************************
Movies Seen Recently In 2014

Captain America: TWS
Noah
Ride Along
Non-Stop

reply

[–] xcaptaincharismax 10 years ago

Frank Dux from Bloodsport? You mean Kurt Sloane, don't you? Also, as skilled as Tony looks, compared to other actors he's a too short to look intimidating.

reply

[–] eamonn7 10 years ago

No he doesnt, as if you read his post right he was talking about a Bloodsport remake which was about Frank Dukes not Kurt Sloane

reply

[–] manixkolder 10 years ago

You do realise that the original Tong Po was played by a Moroccan ( North Africa) :)

reply

[–] 10 years ago

[deleted]