Ron Van Clief
Ron "The Black Dragon" Van Clief is a martial arts legend. Born in Brooklyn, New York in 1943, he started martial arts training in his early teens. At 5 feet 10 inches and 190 pounds, Van Clief was fast, powerful, and tough. He won 10 New York State Full-Contact Karate Championships. He won multiple Karate Point-Fighting Titles. By the early 1970s he had earned his 10th Degree Black Belt. His karate record was reported to be 110-8. In 1994 at age 51, he launched a comeback on December 16, 1994 fighting former World JuJitsu Lightheavyweight and Ultimate Fighting World Champion Royce Gracie. The Black Dragon landed one good punch, but was taken to the canvas where after a valiant battle was choked into submission, thus ending one of the greatest fighting careers in martial arts history.
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Credits
- 2023 · Enter the Clones of Bruce as Self
- 2021 · Snow Black as Jerrod Camden
- 2020 · The Hanged Man: The Story of Ron Van Clief as Self
- 2020 · That's Brucesploitation! Making Fist of Fear, Touch of Death as
- 2019 · Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks as Self
- 2018 · Hot Lead Hard Fury as Solomon Link
- 2001 · Blazin' as Davis
- 1999 · Colorz of Rage as Diciple
- 1995 · Top Fighter as Self
- 1994 · UFC 4: Revenge of the Warriors as Self
- 1993 · Death by Misadventure: The Mysterious Life of Bruce Lee as Self
- 1980 · Fist of Fear, Touch of Death as The Boxer
- 1979 · Kung Fu Fever as Black Dragon
- 1978 · Way of the Black Dragon as Bill Eaton
- 1978 · The Squeeze as Duke
- 1976 · The Super Weapon as Himself
- 1975 · Bamboo Trap as
- 1975 · Black Dragon's Revenge as Black Dragon
- 1974 · The Black Dragon as The Black Dragon