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Apparently Besides Believing He Can Act, Steven Seagal Also Thinks He Invented the Front Kick

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When Anderson Silva mentioned in his post-UFC 126 fight interview that Steven Seagal taught him the front kick that he knocked Vitor Belfort out with Saturday night most of the MMA community were willing to give…

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When Anderson Silva mentioned in his post-UFC 126 fight interview that Steven Seagal taught him the front kick that he knocked Vitor Belfort out with Saturday night most of the MMA community were willing to give the Hard to Kill, Out for Justice Lawman the benefit of the doubt, but when the Marked for Death, Above the Law Glimmer Man told reporters that he invented the textbook front kick, we weren’t the only ones who called bullshit.

Here’s what Seagal had to say to MMA Heat’s Karyn Bryant about Silva’s win:

"I couldn’t have been happier, because right before he walked out I said to him, ‘Stay away from him for the first, you know, two, three minutes, just kind of get him frustrated and fake low and come high and do that kick I’ve been teaching you and kick him in the head or the face. He did exactly what I said and exactly what I wanted to happen and I was very, very proud of him…I was raised in Japan under some of the greatest karate masters and jiu-jitsu masters to live in our time and I learned that kick 40 years ago or 30 years….35…I don’t know — a long, long time ago and I worked for the last 35 years or so to perfect it."

Steven Seagal Talks About Teaching Anderson Silva Front Kick to the Face

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LAS VEGAS — MMA Fighting spoke to martial arts movie star and a good friend of Anderson Silva‘s Steven Seagal about teaching Silva the move he finished Vitor Belfort with at UFC 126, how he met Silva and whether he would have competed in the UFC had MMA been popular 20 years ago.

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Sure Anderson Silva May Have Steven Seagal as a Trainer, But Vitor Belfort Has Mike Tyson

(If Vitor walks out at 126 to Iron Mike’s version of "In the Air Tonight," bricks will be shat. Pic props: Sherdog)It looks like Vitor Belfort has one-upped Anderson Silva’s secret training weapon.

If you recall, prior to his UFC 117 b…

(If Vitor walks out at 126 to Iron Mike’s version of "In the Air Tonight," bricks will be shat. Pic props: Sherdog)

It looks like Vitor Belfort has one-upped Anderson Silva’s secret training weapon.

If you recall, prior to his UFC 117 bout with Chael Sonnen, the longtime UFC middleweight champion spent some time with 7th-dan Aikido black belt Steven Seagal to learn slap blocks, wrist locks and throat strikes — none of which helped him from being dumped on his ass and pounded on for the majority of five rounds by the testosterone deficient Republican.

After trying in vain to secure Ralph Macchio to help him prepare for his upcoming UFC 126 bout with Silva, Belfort had to settle for the next best thing: Mike Tyson.

Machida Training with Steven Seagal (VIDEO)

Lyoto Machida is taking a cue from teammate, UFC Middleweight Champion, Anderson Silva and adding Actor/Martial Artist, Steven Seagal to his team of trainers in preparation for his UFC 123 Lightheavyweight Main Event fight with Quinton “Rampage” Jackson. In the video below, Seagal offers several techniques to add to Machida’s arsenal and advises him […]

Lyoto Machida is taking a cue from teammate, UFC Middleweight Champion, Anderson Silva and adding Actor/Martial Artist, Steven Seagal to his team of trainers in preparation for his UFC 123 Lightheavyweight Main Event fight with Quinton “Rampage” Jackson. In the video below, Seagal offers several techniques to add to Machida’s arsenal and advises him where he went wrong in his bout against Mauricio “Shogun” Rua which lost him the UFC Lightheavyweight title, though it appears Seagal may be offering a bit of bad advice with a few illegal moves including throat punching.

Anderson Silva was dominated by Chael Sonnen in his last fight, but maybe that had more to do with PEDs than with Seagal. We shall see what Machida does with what Seagal has taught him…

Video: Steven Seagal Is Just Throat-Striking the Sh*t Out of Lyoto Machida

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On last week’s Bum Rush epsiode, we ragged on Quinton Jackson for training with actor/stuntman/fighter Lance Gibson, whose 4-5 MMA career includes appearances in the UFC, SuperBrawl, and Shooto, and whose theatrical credits…

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On last week’s Bum Rush epsiode, we ragged on Quinton Jackson for training with actor/stuntman/fighter Lance Gibson, whose 4-5 MMA career includes appearances in the UFC, SuperBrawl, and Shooto, and whose theatrical credits include "Bouncer," "Security Guard," and "Doorman." Of course, Jackson’s upcoming UFC 123 opponent is Lyoto Machida, a serious martial artist. That’s why, like Anderson Silva before him, Machida is taking aikido lessons from Steven Seagal. Nope, we see nothing worth mocking here whatsoever.

Anderson Silva Tells Critics to Lay Off Steven Seagal

Admit it, when you were younger “Above the Law” was the sh-t; Steve Seagal was breaking arms, throwing dudes around like rag dolls, you may have been one of the thousands of kids to beg their parents for Aikido lessons as a result. Of course, for most, their love affair with Seagal soon waned, due […]

Admit it, when you were younger “Above the Law” was the sh-t; Steve Seagal was breaking arms, throwing dudes around like rag dolls, you may have been one of the thousands of kids to beg their parents for Aikido lessons as a result. Of course, for most, their love affair with Seagal soon waned, due in no small part to the dozens of straight-to-the 99 cent-bin quality films that the actor spawned. If you’re a regular MMA forum goer then you also know that you won’t often hear Seagal’s name mentioned in the same breath as say Helio Gracie, unless of course, the actor is somehow involved in the punch line.

Why all this talk about Seagal? Well if you weren’t too gooned while watching UFC 117, then you probably noticed that the actor accompanied Anderson Silva to the Octagon. A while back footage surfaced of Silva training with Seagal and “The Spider” seemed pretty damn impressed with some of the stuff the “Lawman” was busting out. Well, in a recent interview with Tatame, Silva had this to say to those people (you know who you are), who have been dissing Seagal after seeing him Saturday night.

“It’s a bad joke, he’s a great master and a great coach who was there with me, helped me all the time a lot. On the beginning of my trainings, we showed me some techniques which worked out and he deserves the respect of all of us. He’s a great master and a good person. I believe people have to respect him.”

Who are we to argue with the champ? Besides, we prefer our limbs unsnapped.