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Scott Edward Adkins (born 17 June 1976) is an English actor and martial artist. He gained prominence with his portrayal of the Russian prison fighter Yuri Boyka in the American film Undisputed II: Last Man Standing (2006), a role he reprised in its sequels Undisputed III: Redemption (2010), which won him an Action on Film Award for Breakout Action Star, and Boyka: Undisputed (2017), which won him a Jackie Chan Action Movie Award for Best Action Movie Actor. His early acting credits include minor roles in the Hong Kong films The Accidental Spy (2001), Black Mask 2: City of Masks (2002), and The Medallion (2003), and the American films Special Forces (2003), Unleashed (2005), and The Pink Panther (2006). His first lead role was as Casey Bowman in the American martial arts film Ninja (2009), a role he reprised in the sequel Ninja: Shadow of a Tear (2013). He has since been cast in several mainstream films in supporting roles, such as The Expendables 2, Zero Dark Thirty (both 2012), Ip Man 4: The Finale (2019), and John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023), though most of his lead roles have been in direct-to-video films or limited theatrical releases, such as Close Range (2015), Savage Dog (2017), Accident Man(2018), Triple Threat, Avengement (both 2019), Legacy of Lies (2020), Castle Falls (2021), and Accident Man: Hitman's Holiday (2022). Adkins has been practising martial arts since the age of 13, when he took up taekwondo and earned his black belt at age 19. He is also trained in the styles of judo, kickboxing, capoeira, Krav Maga, Jeet Kune Do (JKD), and Wushu. Description above from the Wikipedia article Scott Adkins, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Scott Adkins
Ivan Voynov
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Po Lee is the father of two children. He is the son of Hong Kong migrants, as a child he was bullied in Chinatown and thus learned many martial arts from Master Yip, served in the army, worked as an LAPD detective, after the death of his father he is the owner of the Lotus Palace restaurant. The family is poor and in debt to the Chinese mafia, and they want their money back. Mafia boss Brandon Fong sends men to kidnap his daughter May. Po goes to save her, thanks to the art of kung fu, karate, judo, taekwondo, jaet kun do and hapkido, he defeats all Fong's men and saves his daughter. Fong tells him if he doesn't have his money and wants to save family and the restaurant, then he has to fight for him as a pro fighter in minor league of mixed martial arts. Lee agrees. The family fears he will be seriously injured or die. 1st match he fights Gruber and wins by KO in 1:30. Then he wins over Karpov, and even in a rematch. He defeats Buathong, Kang, Rover and Rizal in a victorious campaign. He gets a UFC contract and becomes the oldest fighter. After winning over Cruz, Voynov, Chieng, Yamaguchi, Zhao, Mellvile, Kagawa, Nakata, Lung, he reaches the top 15. He is offered a match with Ferreira, but he cheats and blinds Lee during the fight, and he loses. But Po defeats him in retaliation. He is offered a fight for the Welterweight title, no one believes him, He won over Louis. In the credits scene, McGregor returns to the ring. Pacquiao wants the fight for the best Asian of all time.
