

This is the film that highlighted the potential and skyrocketed the career of Michael Jai White and Scott Adkins. He uses MMA techniques and groundwork in the fights quite effectively and is one of the most outstanding martial arts action films ever made. The reason it’s here though is because Donnie Yen wanted to represent MMA within the fight scenes as a way of introducing it to Hong Kong movie goers. This film is actually more of a thriller surrounding a Vietnamese gang kidnapping an undercover cop and his girlfriend.


Whist it’s more a drama than an action film it does has some very cool fights mixed into the story and is quite authentic in it’s portrayal of Mixed Martial Arts. This is perhaps the most popular MMA film out there about two brothers competing against each other both inside and outside the Cage. It has some decent fights and is a pretty entertaining film. In identical fashion to the Karate kid, he meets a skilled bully who makes his life hell and learns MMA to fight back in a final competition at the end of the film. One of the earlier entries to explore MMA in film, this mainstream movie follows a young guy named Jake trying to fit in within his new town. So we’ve previously explored the MMA vs Martial Arts Movie entertainment argument, so let’s put the two together! Here are the top MMA Themed Martial Arts Movies currently out there! Never Back Down This is very well represented in certain films.

Regardless of what people say, MMA is as much a style these days as any traditional martial art with it’s specific outlook on unarmed combat with the blending of striking and grappling arts. We want solid action and film-making surrounding the theme of Mixed Martial Arts competition and style. Boyka: Undisputed IV (2016) is the latest installment of the long running Undisputed series with Scott Adkins back again as Yuri Boyka the most complete fighter in the world.Despie being the fourth in the series this movie not let me down when it not only still continue the glory tradition of the previous parts but also help it to became the most underrated action franchise in the world.After escaping the prison Boyka now a free man tried to hold back his violent personality while showcase his talent to the world but bad luck start happen one again so now he not only has to fight for his life but also fight for what he think is right and wrong.The fight choreography in this movie is as good as ever when each fighter has a chance to show of their skill including Boyka with his infamous flying kick that make my blood boil every time.The thing make me surprise the most is how much emotion Scott pour in Boyka character through his action and journey.There’s some really ordinary films out there starring UFC fighters but I don’t want to waste your time with the sub-standard films.
