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While creating Raze, Waller tried to treat the film "as seriously as if it were men that were abducted and forced to fight each other." [3] For him this meant avoiding stereotypes typically seen within the "largely exploitative subgenre of women-in-prison" such as nudity, as he felt that viewers would not see this in an all-male exploitation ...
A number of starring film roles have been developed for Rousey, including an adaptation of her autobiography, My Fight / Your Fight, at Paramount, [232] The Athena Project at Warner Bros., [232] the Peter Berg-directed action film Mile 22. [233] Rousey was scheduled to star in a remake of the 1989 Patrick Swayze action drama Road House.
When Jane, a beautiful but troubled American backpacking her way through Hong Kong, successfully fends off three thugs trying to rob her, it draws the attention of Shu, a female fighting champion. Shu recruits and trains Jane to fight in the vicious, all-female underground martial arts tournament known as The Kumite.
31-year-old Douglas Dedge was an American mixed martial artist who was the first known American competitor to be fatally injured in an MMA fight and the first death in the modern era of MMA. On March 16, 1998, Dedge competed at an unsanctioned "World Super Challenge" event in Kyiv , Ukraine .
Ronda Rousey was a female fighter who sparked the popularity of women fighters. When she signed with the UFC in 2012, female fighting was not very popular and was not considered a sport for women. Ronda Rousey was able to open many people's eyes and prove Dana White, the president of the UFC very wrong.
Dance of Death is a 1979 Taiwanese comedy-themed martial arts film directed by Chen Chi-hwa, with action direction by Jackie Chan, and starring Angela Mao and Dean Shek. In the film, an orphan girl convinces two rival masters of the martial arts to teach her their techniques.
Following the official announcement of the fight, press conferences were held in New York City and London to promote the bout. During the London press conference, Serrano, citing the historic nature of the contest, suggested that the fight be 12 three-minute rounds, as is the case in men's world championship boxing, rather than the women's ...
Girlfight is a 2000 American sports film written and directed by Karyn Kusama in her feature directorial debut, and starring Michelle Rodriguez in her film debut. It follows a troubled Brooklyn high school student, who decides to channel her aggression by training to become a boxer, despite the disapproval of her father and prospective trainers, as well as the competitors in the male-dominated ...