like many young aspiring martial artists Jason David Frank idolized Jean-Claude
Van Damme growing up so what exactly the hell happened how did this idolization
it's like having two popular kids in high school about to throw down no doubt
everyone in that school wants to see that fight happen so celebrity beef is
pretty much the equivalent of that but on a much much larger scale when you get
a celebrity beef between two accomplished martial artists both of
whom actually have somewhat legitimate fight records things become a lot more
interesting and so goes a few between jean-claude Van Damme and Jason David
Frank better known as the Green Power Ranger so first off a little history his
few dates all the way back to 1995 during the premiere The Mighty Morphin
Power Rangers and movie all of them is the premiere for some of them now there
are conflicting reports of what happened one Danny I'm never actually attended
the premiere and Jason David Frank just felt slighted for it or two when the two
men did bump into each other at the premiere Van Damme was less than
enthused so here are the reasons why Van Damme may have actually snubbed the
Green Power Ranger number one Jason David Frank is a young talented
up-and-coming martial artist the movie industry is very competitive and a young
Van Damme and the peak of his career probably doesn't take too kindly to
someone else encroaching on his territory
number two Van Damme may not have been in the right mindset he was dealing with
substance abuse problems at the time and this does alter a person's personality
and the way they interact with other people also this was prior to Van Damme
being diagnosed with rapid cycling bipolar disorder which he now takes
medication for and here's a reason why JCVD may not have sub the green power
ranger the exchanger is probably no big deal for Van Damme and Jason David Frank
unjustifiably just felt slighted the day bison graced your village was the most
important day of your life but for me it was Tuesday now regardless of whether or
not this was intentional snub or not Maya Angelou is famously quoted as saying
I've learned that people will forget what you said
people will forget what you did but people will never forget how you made
them feel so tie them back into how someone makes you feel although it's
often the result of what someone says or does to you a lot of it comes down to
your own interpretation of the event so in this case you have Jason David Frank
a young man probably on top of the world with his success finally getting to meet
his idol one of the men that helped motivate and push him to achieve what he
has and this man did not provide the sort of recognition that Jason David
Frank was looking for the Green Power Ranger actually said in an interview
that he doesn't hold a grudge against Van Damme only that he should have
heeded the age-old advice of never meeting your idols but regardless of
what the Green Power Ranger has said it certainly seems that he did hold a
grudge a grudge that continues into this day in fact fifteen years after that
initial snub Jason David Frank actually challenged jean-claude Van Damme to a
fight MMA or even a kickboxing match he was quoted as saying anytime anyplace
anywhere and if and am is too scared to come into the Octagon I'll even take him
in on a kickboxing match you got to remember this was in 2010 so the fight
actually happened wasn't really that far fetched this wasn't just a random
challenge this was around the same time Van Damme was shooting a reality show
behind closed doors and the premise was really focused on leading up into a
climax with Van Damme training for a k1 Muay Thai match against former Olympic
featherweight boxing champion an Olympic gold medalist some luck am saying
although that fight never actually took place and could have likely been a
marketing gimmick to get some press rain dance reality show Jason David Frank
Cena has a perfect time to pounce on the opportunity to get himself some press
and threw down the gauntlet the timing for him couldn't be more perfect either
part of this guantlet being thrown down in 2010 on August 21st 2009 Frank
officially announced his signing with sucker punch entertainment he said there
are reasons behind why he wants to fight that's a personal thing it's not about
the money or anything else the rather I promise he made to his brother who sadly
passed away so Jason David Frank actually did make good on that promise
and then 2010 he actually fought five times he had four amateur fights all
wins in the first round and also a pro fight later in the year which he also
had a win in the first round now since we covered someone Jason David Frank's
fighting history it's only fair to delve into Van Damme's as well
Before coming to Hollywood Van Damme actually had a pretty impressive record now
granted mixed martial arts was not really a thing back then
Van Damme did support the following record for semi contact matches his
record is 41 and 4 but as far as kickboxing goes 18 and 118 and those
wins by knockout which he pretty much parlayed into his movie career one of
the things that makes man damn movie fights so interesting is that he really
brought that powerfulness all that explosiveness that knockout power to the
films it wasn't like those previous martial arts films where you seen the
guys getting hit a hundred times the intense fights would usually not last
nearly as long and he'd take down many foes with just a couple of kicks the
punches to knock them out he really ushered in a whole new era of action
films by putting his own personal spin no pun intended on those fights now
going back to that challenge in 2010 Frank never heard from Van Damme or his
representatives and perhaps they weren't even aware of the challenge or probably
not even interested if they were the silence on JCVD's end continued for nearly
a decade that is until 2017 seven years after the
Green Power Rangers challenge in over 20 since Van Damme apparently snubbed him
the two finally had a run-in at a Comic Con event in Mexico and this comes down
to a he said she said type story the promoter of the Comic Con contacted
Jason David Frank and asked if JCVD could borrow his green room and share it
which Jason obliged not thinking it was a big deal apparently there was a
miscommunication and Jason David Frank gave up the room in its entirety as he
was blocked from entering it by Van Damme's bodyguards rather than getting a
tussle over the room Frank said he found the event promoter and just got another
green room so he could rest and catch a bite to eat so what happened next
exactly well it depends who you ask according to Jason David Frank
everything was cool until he was contacted by a member of Jean-Claude Van
Damme's entourage who said that their star wanted to get a photo with them
Frank obliged but when he walked into the green room he saw that multiple
people in Jean Claude's entourage were standing around while someone filmed his
entrance with a heavy-duty camera there was no photo up Frank claims that it was
just a setup he's quoted as saying all of his crew comes out and everybody has
her cameras out and he has this professional camera I'm not sure if he's
shooting reality show or what but all the cameras are on and
comes out of the room and straight up to me and he goes hey you like writing
articles about people you want to beat my ass you can apologize for that and I
said nope and he goes you think he can still beat my ass and I said yes
so as exchange heated up they names entourage surrounded the two men either
expecting to watch a schoolyard brawl or get in on the fight when things got
rough another man charged each other initially and it was only after they
both removed their jewelry without a physical altercation took place
according to Jason Frank Van Damme said okay let's do it right now Jason David
Frank thought it was joke but the security was filming it and he
apparently thought Van Damme was trying to Punk him either make him look bad or
throw a punch first which would give Van Damme a reason to defend himself so
apparently according to Jason David Frank he did put Jean-Claude Van Damme
against the wall put him in a headlock and Van Damme wanted none of it's now
that footage is actually never surfaced so it's hard to say if that actually
happened by now you think it would have surfaced Van Damme claims it never has
the footage never surfaced so for a while Frank was the only person actually
talk about the scuffle while Van Daan remained silent Van Damme actually did
finally break his silence on the issue while speaking to Metro later that year
in December of 2017 where he claimed that Frank was lying
about the whole thing never happened saying all this bullshit doesn't exist
vain man claims he just wanted to say hello to him in Mexico and that's about
the extent of it so the two men did meet there was a
face-to-face some words were exchanged whether anything further took place it's
whether you believe this whole grudge and maybe maybe maybe there's some truth
to it maybe that's not maybe it's something that's been festering and
Jason David Frank's head for the last 2025 years and you know up until that
point he just thinks Van Damme has it off for him so with that mindset
maybe Van Damme just wanted to meet and greet him but Jason David Frank because
of his mindset and was his belief is that he thought it was just a setup it's
really hard to say again and say he said he said type thing I'm not really saying
one of them's right one of them's wrong could just been a misunderstanding that
festered for 20 years and continues to this day but one of the
things that I find interesting we could really let's break down the fight so
these are both accomplished martial artists who do you think would win in a
real fight now Jason David Frank is the bigger man if you just go by their
height Van Damme is around five nine Jason David Frank surround five eleven
in their prime fight would be pretty amazing I'd say if it were an MMA or
kickboxing match realistically should be a welterweight fight 170 with that said
VanDam VanDam and bloodsport his prime probably the mid-180s he's probably he's
still in really good shape it's not as big I'd say he's probably 171 70s now
Jason David Frank quite the opposite if you look as build in the early Power
Rangers show 511 thin athletic probably weighed 170 maybe not nearly as
muscular as van Damme pretty athletic though but if you look at his MMA career
he actually fought light heavyweight definitely a little out of shape a lot
of the amateur fighters are he actually did take an amateur fight a heavyweight
as well and against this guy who was six five he got a nice win over him but
realistically if the fight were to take place anything can go down on the street
I mean there could be eye gouges or big groin shots but if you're talking about
like an MMA or even a kickboxing match Jason David Frank definitely has the age
advantage he still has more youth on the side though both men are are getting up
there Van Damme's 59 right now Jason David Frank is in his mid 40s they were both
in his prime it's really hard to say who would win depends on the rules because
if they were both in the prime Jason David Frank didn't really have the
grappling background he really started training wrestling and he's got a I
believe a blue belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu now but even really started
trading that until 2006 so that scuffle in 2017 if they went to the ground he'd
probably have the advantage it was a straight up kickboxing match it could go
either way obviously you're talking about one man
with the size advantage but they both cut weight let's say they kept it
professional made a real fight out of it fought at 170 really hard to say who
would win who do you guys who do you guys think would win let me know in the
comments section if you think this beef will continue
they'll make nice may be able to do a movie together someday who knows but who
do you think would win in their prime or even in a fight right now based on those
death data right there that are just provided so anyway that's the video guys
hope you enjoyed that I thought it was interesting Van Damme versus the Green
Power Ranger it's really been going back for 20 years now if you're interested in
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