Bloodsport is the Rocky of martial ... The story purportedly chronicles the true experiences of free-style fighter Frank ... They include a sumo wrestler, an Arab kicker, a scuttling African, ...

South African-born actor Paulo Tocha portrayed Paco, the aggressive Muay Thai fighter. ... Bloodsport was Van Damme’s breakout role and catapulted him into international fame.

While Van Damme gained major notoriety for playing the real-life fighter Frank Dux in the highly fictionalized story of Bloodsport, Lionheart tapped into the same kind of topics through the story ...

Bloodsport is the annual event that leans more into the shoot-style of wrestling that is influenced by mixed martial arts, something Baszler knows all about given her past as an MMA fighter.