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Thanks to Ray One of the officers sent by the army to retrieve Van Damme is a young Forest Whittaker, watch him in the scene where they try to use chopsticks!

Thanks to richTV Bolo Yeung (Chong Li in the movie) was born in 1946, making him 42 years old when Bloodsport was made!

Rewind Archive The majority of Bolo Yeung's lines are exactly the same as Bruce Lee's in Enter the Dragon, in which Bolo appeared.

Thanks to Tom Hinkle Bolo Yeong is NOT the actor's real name. His real name is Yang Sze, BUT Bolo is the name of the character he played in Enter the Dragon. I guess he figured it had more recognition and sounded cool.

Rewind Archive Van Damme does his trade mark splits a total of Seven times during the film.

Thanks to Steve The video game that Frank Dux and Jackson played when they met in "Bloodsport" was called Karate Champ.

Thanks to Cosimo Torello JC Van Damme played Frank Dux. Allegedly, Frank Dux tried to sue JCVD, he claimed he had helped VD direct his 1996 film "The Quest", but JCVD never gave him any credit on the film. Frank Dux lost the case though, his evidence got lost in an earthquake!

Thanks to Larry Michel Qissi, ("Bloodsport", "Kickboxer") also plays "Moustaffa", One of the foreign legion goons sent to America to retrieve Leon in "Lionheart". That guy is the "Rich Little" of the martial arts world.

Thanks to JUSTIN It's stated in the credits (and the IMDb) that Victor Wong-(big trouble in little china) is in the movie, but where is he?

Thanks to Movie Guy Bloodsport is Van Damme's highest grosser and put him on the map. This was the film that had Hollywood knocking at his door. Although it made $11,806,119 (by the numbers.com), it was said to have a worldwide gross of over 100 million and for 1988, this was true blockbuster status. Also, the film was huge in Asia given the subject matter.

Thanks to Jeff Bailon JCVD first appears as an extra in the 80's movie Breakin' . He is seen very prominently with another future Bloodsport fighter at the first beach dance scene dancing in the background.

Thanks to J.C. Hollis JCVD was signed on to play the Predator opposite Arnold in the orignal Predator movie. When he was given the role for Bloodsport, he was cast, hired, fitted and on the set of Predator wearing the suit daily. He used this bit of info to gain the role in Bloodsport and impress the producers. After he secured the role he allegedly screwed up several takes on purpose so they would fire him and he could begin work on Bloodsport.

Thanks to Brian Throughout most fight scenes in the movie you can hear a cat meow over and over for some reason. Once you notice it, you'll never be able to ignore it.



Update: Not a cat, but rather a sitar.

Thanks to Ray Donald Gibb, who played Van Damme's street fighter buddy, also played "Ogre" in all "Revenge of the Nerds" movies.

Thanks to Arjun Medhi The Van Damme's Tanaka Sensi is the same dude in the intro scene in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom with Indiana taking Kate Kapshaw from these Japanese ganagsters.

Thanks to Eric Draven Michel Qissi who appears as one of the fighters (the tall one who gets his leg broken by Chong Li), also plays Tong Po, the main bad guy, in Van Damne's 'Kickboxer' as well as its sequels.

Thanks to James Noble In various magazine interviews, Qissi - a long-time friend of Van Damme's (he also has a small role in A.W.O.L) - claimed to have choreographed and re-edited many of the fight scenes WITH JCVD, who always took sole credit in public.

Thanks to RE Zuleta The original "Bloodsport [1987]," similar to "Kickboxer [1989]," spawned four 'Direct-to-Video' The first sequel, "Bloodsport: The Next Kumite (1996), stars 'Daniel Bernhardt' who replaces the lead role of 'Jean Claude Van Damme (Frank Dux)' as a rookie-character named 'Alex Cardo.' The film also stars, "The Karate Kid's," 'Pat Morita' as 'David Keung' along with the only returning character from the first film 'Donald Gibb ("Revenge of the Nerds' " Ogre)' co-starring as Ray 'Tiny' Jackson. 'Bernhardt' would later star in three more 'Bloodsport,' Direct-to-Video, mediocre sequels: two are entitled, "Bloodsport 3 (1997)" and "Bloodsport 4: The Dark Kumite (1998)."

Rewind Archive One of the competitors that makes it to the third and final day of competition is a Caucasian Muay Thai boxer character named "Paco", played by Paolo Tocha. Tocha also played an inmate who causes trouble for Van Damme's character in a cafeteria scene in "Death Warrant" and was on set (for technical advising of fight scenes apparently as he was only shown talking in the special features) of the Van Damme flick "In Hell"

Also, the actor playing a Korean wrestler (often mistaken for a Japanese sumo wrestler) in "Bloodsport" also plays a dockside henchman in Van Damme's "Double Impact". He doesn't fight in that scene; he just gets kicked in the face by JCVD when he thinks someone is snooping about the dock's illegal activities.