Jason David Frank
Posted on April 15, 2011, 03:07 AM by doomsdayapexDoes the name ring a bell? Well, it should if you were a Mighty Morphin Power Ranger fan in the 90's.
That's right MMA fans, Tommy Oliver aka The Green/White/Red Power Ranger is kicking ass and taking names... in real life.
Apart from moonlighting as a model/actor, Jason apparently has been training for his MMA debut since 2005. He's been training with the likes of Eddie Bravo, Melvin Guillard and Cung Le.
Now before the criticism begins, let me note that Jason is an accomplished martial artist and not just a random t.v. star seeking another 15 minutes of fame. In fact, Sensei Frank is a 7th degree black belt in American Karate, a 'high-level' purple belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, winner of Master Toddy's Full contact Muay Thai tournament and a nationally ranked competitor in both Kickboxing and Karate from 1988-1990. In addition, Jason was inducted to the Black Belt Hall of Fame in 2007 and World Karate Union Hall of Fame in 2003 (along with winning the 'Master of the Year' award).
Jason David Frank signed a four fight contact with SuckerPunch Entertainment in 2010 and made his amateur debut shortly after (fighting all four fights in 2010). Frank quickly took out the competition and compiled a 4-0 record (2 KO/TKO - 2 submission). Immediately after his fourth win, Jason was booked for two pro MMA bouts [at Texas Cage Fighting: Puro Combate] with Jose Roberto Vasquez and Jason Guida (Clay Guida's brother). Frank defeated Vasquez via Rear-Naked Choke in the first round but due to injury, Guida was forced to withdraw, days before the fight.
So at this point, Jason David Frank stands at 1-0 in professional MMA, and has expressed desires to fight in Strikeforce or Bellator. At age 37, Frank will probably never be champion but I just found this bit of news quite interesting as a fellow martial artist and fan of the show.
Evildoers of MMA, beware. The Green/White/Red Power Ranger might be fighting for your organization next.
Fun Fact: Jason David Frank is the founder of the MMA clothing line/apparel "Jesus Didn't Tap".
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he was recently involved with assaulting a teen selling shirts at some MMA event if i remember correctly
Oh yea, I forgot about that XD
From what I heard the kid was actually 22 years old. It had something to do with the guy stealing merchandise. I think he mocked Jason too when he said Jesus Didn't Steal Gloves. In my opinion, I think the guy asked Frank to play the Dragon Flute and he lost it.
Whatever, the guy hasn't been the same since Kimberly left him.
...I should stop.
I also heard he wanted to fight Van Damme for ignoring him at his own movie (I think it was the Power Ranger film) premiere 16 years ago.
Hmmm, sounds like the guy has anger issues.
your prob right, i didnt pay much attention to it when i read about the incident, it didnt make him look good though from what i remeber
yess thats what mma needs these days. more fighters with anger issues. much better than watchuin wrestekers
just noticed he has 3 first names for his name
Lol, me too. His name sounds so unnatural.
don't follow him on twitter/fb he posts spamspamspamspam alienware advert spamspamspamspam and all his fans are insane power rangers fans with their tongues up his arsehole and don't realise how sad it is that they all talk like he's their best friend.
just sayin.
True, but if he manages to win maybe 4-5 bouts then we could see him in Strikeforce.
Although the guy appears to be both a douche and drug addict, he does possess some talent for fighting inside a ring/cage. He has decent KO power and an active guard.
needs to come out to the cage in the green suit with the musical dagger.
Power Ranger is stealing fights on main cards, by using his weak ass martial arts acting background.
He fights out of Texas, where i am from, and i have personally seen him fight. He has been challenged by numerous fighters of the same level, yet he still will only take fights with debuting or losing record fighters.
He will already be a main card attraction, so why wont this guy take fights with equal caliber and deserving fighters??? Because he is a chump, and is milking his crappy ass acting career for all its worth....
I guess that being a ****ing power ranger should make you jump ahead of countless fighters, who have worked there asses off to get on the undercards of larger shows. This ****ing joker just thinks he can get signed by using his name....
**** this dude, and **** this article, this guy deserves no praise or publicity