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Ron Van Clief
Brooklyn, New York, USA
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 p…
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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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2023
Enter the Clones of Bruce
Movie Self
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2023
The Hanged Man: The Story of Ron Van Clief
Movie Himself
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2021
Snow Black
Movie Jerrod Camden
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2020
The Hanged Man: The Story of Ron Van Clief
Movie Self
- 2020
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2019
Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks
Movie Self
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2018
Hot Lead Hard Fury
Movie Solomon Link
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2012
The Black Kung Fu Experience
Movie Self
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2001
Blazin'
Movie Davis
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1999
Colorz of Rage
Movie Diciple
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1995
UFC 7: The Brawl In Buffalo
Movie Other
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1995
Top Fighter
Movie Self
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1994
UFC 4: Revenge of the Warriors
Movie Self
- 1994
- 1993
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1980
Fist of Fear, Touch of Death
Movie The Boxer
More credits
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1979
Kung Fu Fever
Movie Black Dragon
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1978
Way of the Black Dragon
Movie Bill Eaton
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1978
The Squeeze
Movie Duke
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1976
The Super Weapon
Movie Himself
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1975
Bamboo Trap
Movie
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1975
Black Dragon's Revenge
Movie Black Dragon
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1974
The Black Dragon
Movie The Black Dragon
