No.8: Jason Statham
Jason Statham is one of the most popular action-movie stars of the 21st Century and he’s also one of MMA’s biggest celebrity fans.
“That is by far my favorite sport, the only thing that holds my attention,” Statham said of MMA back in 2007.
The 5ft 10″, 172lb Statham is a natural athlete who actually completed for Great Britain as a diver at the 1990 Commonwealth Games before turning his attention to becoming a movie star.
At the time he also trained in Kickboxing, Judo and Kung fu and he’s since gone on to train in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, obtaining his purple belt under Renzo Gracie, while he’s known to put his skills to good use by performing all the stunts in his movies.
However, though he has more credentials than most to become a fighter, Statham isn’t in a hurry to take an actual fight.
“No, that’s for the real fighters…they are the real heroes,” Statham told CombatBear in 2014.
