: Today, Josh Barnett’s Bloodsport —a hybrid professional wrestling/MMA event—carries the name to honor the film’s spirit of raw, realistic combat.

What makes Bloodsport stand out from its "chopsocky" peers like American Ninja is its purity of focus. The plot is simple: Frank Dux (Van Damme), a U.S. Army captain, deserts his post to honor his dying master by competing in the Kumite in Hong Kong. Bloodsport

: Donald Gibb as Ray Jackson, the lovable American brawler who provides the emotional stakes when he is brutally defeated. 3. The Setting: The Kowloon Walled City

Bloodsport May 2026

: Today, Josh Barnett’s Bloodsport —a hybrid professional wrestling/MMA event—carries the name to honor the film’s spirit of raw, realistic combat.

What makes Bloodsport stand out from its "chopsocky" peers like American Ninja is its purity of focus. The plot is simple: Frank Dux (Van Damme), a U.S. Army captain, deserts his post to honor his dying master by competing in the Kumite in Hong Kong.

: Donald Gibb as Ray Jackson, the lovable American brawler who provides the emotional stakes when he is brutally defeated. 3. The Setting: The Kowloon Walled City