Ivan Gene LeBell (born October 9, 1932) is an American martial artist, instructor, stunt performer, stunt coordinator and professional wrestler born in Los Angeles, California. LeBell has also worked on over 1,000 films and TV shows and has authored a number of books.
In 2000, he was promoted to 9th dan in jujitsu and taihojutsu by the United States Ju-Jitsu Federation (USJJF). On August 7, 2004 LeBell was promoted to 10th Degree by the World Martial Arts Masters Association and in February 2005, he was promoted to 9th dan in Traditional Kodokan judo by the USJJF.
Competing in the heavyweight division, LeBell won the AAU National Judo Championships (both heavyweight and overall) both in 1954 and 1955. On December 2, 1963 in Salt Lake City, Utah, LeBell participated in a match with former top ranked middleweight boxer Milo Savage in a special challenge match. The bout came about after a writer named Jim Beck made a challenge to any judoka that if they could defeat a boxer he would award them $1000 of his own money.
Joseph James "Joe" Rogan (born August 11, 1967) is an American martial artist, stand-up comedian, actor, writer and color commentator. He is best known for playing Joe Garrelli on the NBC sitcom NewsRadio, commentating for the Ultimate Fighting Championship, hosting the NBC reality show Fear Factor and The Joe Rogan Experience podcast.
Rogan was born in Newark, New Jersey. His paternal grandfather was Irish and the remainder of his ancestry is Italian.
In 1981, at age fourteen, he became a practitioner of Kenpo Karate before transitioning to Taekwondo. He eventually gained a 2nd dan black belt. A four-time state champion in Massachusetts, in 1987 he was the USA Taekwondo U.S. Open Champion. In 1996, he began training in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu under Jean Jacques Machado, eventually earning his brown belt. In addition, he holds a brown belt in 10th Planet Jiu-Jitsu under Eddie Bravo.
He also practiced and competed in kickboxing.
In 1994, he co-starred on the Fox comedy Hardball as Frank Valente, the young, ego-centric star player on a fictional professional baseball team. From 1995 to 1999, he co-starred on the comedy NewsRadio. He portrayed Joe Garrelli, the electrician at WNYX, a news radio station in New York City. In 2002, he appeared on the episode "A Beautiful Mind" of Just Shoot Me as Chris, Maya Gallo's boyfriend. In 2011, Rogan played his first major character in a movie in the Kevin James movie Zookeeper. He is slated to play himself in an upcoming action-comedy starring Kevin James called Here Comes the Boom, set to be released in the summer of 2012.
Ronda Rousey (born February 1, 1987) is an American judoka and mixed martial artist and the current Strikeforce Women's Bantamweight Champion. She has finished all of her opponents by armbar in the first round. She formerly trained at the Olympic Training Center in Wakefield, Massachusetts under guidance of Jimmy Pedro and is now part of Team Hayastan in Santa Monica, California.
Rousey trains under Gokor Chivichyan and Edmond Tarverdyan of the Glendale Fighting Club in Glendale, CA. Rousey also trains with Leo Frincu and Gene Lebell, along with Team Hayastan fighters such as Manny Gamburyan, Karen Darabedyan, Sako Chivitchian and Sevak Magakian. She is managed by Darin Harvey of Fight Tribe MMA.
Rousey is currently the #1-ranked pound-for-pound female MMA fighter in the world by MMARising.com, and is ranked #1 at 135 pounds and #2 at 145 pounds according to the Unified Women's MMA Rankings.
At just 17, Rousey qualified for the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, becoming the youngest judo player in the entire Games. Also in 2004, Rousey won a gold medal at the 2004 World Junior Judo Championships in Budapest, Hungary.
Bruce Lee (born Lee Jun-fan; 27 November 1940 – 20 July 1973) was a Chinese AmericanHong Kong actor,martial arts instructor, philosopher, film director, film producer, screenwriter, and founder of the Jeet Kune Do martial arts movement. He is widely considered by many commentators, critics, media and other martial artists to be the most influential martial artist and pop culture icon of the 20th Century. He is often credited with changing the way Asians were presented in American films.
Lee was born in San Francisco to parents of Hong Kong heritage but was raised in Hong Kong until his late teens. Lee returned to the United States at the age of 18 to claim his U.S. citizenship and receive his higher education. It was during this time that he began teaching martial arts, which soon led to film and television roles.
His Hong Kong and Hollywood-produced films elevated the traditional Hong Kong martial arts film to a new level of popularity and acclaim, and sparked a major surge of interest in Chinese martial arts in the West in the 1970s. The direction and tone of his films changed and influenced martial arts and martial arts films in Hong Kong and the rest of the world, as well. He is noted for his roles in five feature-length films: Lo Wei's The Big Boss (1971) and Fist of Fury (1972); Way of the Dragon (1972), directed and written by Lee; Warner Brothers' Enter the Dragon (1973) and The Game of Death (1978), both directed by Robert Clouse.
Steven Frederic Seagal (born April 10, 1952) is an American action film star, producer, writer, martial artist, guitarist and reserve deputy sheriff. A 7th-dan black belt in Aikido, Seagal began his adult life as an Aikido instructor in Japan. He became the first foreigner to operate an Aikido dojo in Japan.
He later moved to the Los Angeles, California, area where he made his film debut in 1988 in Above the Law. By 1991, he had starred in three successful films, and would go on to achieve greater fame in Under Siege (1992), where he played Navy SEALs counter-terrorist expert Casey Ryback. However both On Deadly Ground (1994, which he directed) and Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995) did poorly in theaters. During the later half of the 90s, he starred in three more theatrical films and a direct-to-video The Patriot. Aside from Exit Wounds (2001) and Half Past Dead (2002), his career shifted almost entirely to direct-to-video films (often low budget productions and shot in Europe or Asia). Between 1998 to 2009, he appeared in a total of 22 of these. At the age of 59, he returned to the big screen as Torrez in the 2010 film Machete. As of 2011, he's currently busy with the third season of his reality show Steven Seagal: Lawman.
Joe Rogan Experience #423 - Gene LeBell
MMA History - Gene Lebell VS Milo Savage, 1963
Roots of Fight - Gene LeBell vs Savage featuring Ronda Rousey
Gene LeBell talks about Bruce Lee
Joe Rogan talks about Steven Seagal getting choked out by Gene Lebell
Gene LeBell interview part 3: Ali vs. Inoki, Steven Seagal, BJJ vs. catch-wrestling
Steven Seagal Denies Getting Choked Out by Gene LeBell
Chuck Norris and Bob Wall Roasting Gene LeBell
Gene LeBell cowardly taunting Steven Seagal again
Ronda Rousey defends her "Uncle" Gene LeBell after Steven Seagal called him delusional
Xtreme Media Presents: Gene Lebell Chokeouts
Judo Gene LeBell Documentary - Live Reaction from Gene & Joe Rogan
Roddy Piper Talks MMA and Judo Gene LeBell
Bruce Lee beats Gene LeBell
Joe Rogan Experience #423 - Gene LeBell
MMA History - Gene Lebell VS Milo Savage, 1963
Roots of Fight - Gene LeBell vs Savage featuring Ronda Rousey
Gene LeBell talks about Bruce Lee
Joe Rogan talks about Steven Seagal getting choked out by Gene Lebell
Gene LeBell interview part 3: Ali vs. Inoki, Steven Seagal, BJJ vs. catch-wrestling
Steven Seagal Denies Getting Choked Out by Gene LeBell
Chuck Norris and Bob Wall Roasting Gene LeBell
Gene LeBell cowardly taunting Steven Seagal again
Ronda Rousey defends her "Uncle" Gene LeBell after Steven Seagal called him delusional
Xtreme Media Presents: Gene Lebell Chokeouts
Judo Gene LeBell Documentary - Live Reaction from Gene & Joe Rogan
Roddy Piper Talks MMA and Judo Gene LeBell
Bruce Lee beats Gene LeBell
Gene LeBell Demonstrates on Brian Redban (from Joe Rogan Experience #423)
Lebell tecniques
Ronda Rousey: Judo Gene LeBell Says She's the Best He's Ever Seen
UFC's Gegard Mousasi Perfects Cross Face Technique w/ "Judo" Gene LeBell
Interview de Gene LeBell
Chuck Norris - Roasting of Gene LeBell - 2003
Gene Lebell: Bruce Lee in the UFC, Ronda Rousey, if anybody can beat her, Judo in MMA, Jimmy Kimmel
Gene LeBell scares to confirm choking out Steven Seagal (1/2)
Gene LeBell is a pathetic buttlicker
MMA 1 on 1 Judo Gene Lebell interview Part 1 1st U.S. sanctioned MMA fight, Pro & Catch Wrestling!
One-on-one with Gene Lebell pt. 2 - Movies, Elvis Presley, Bruce Lee, Ronda Rousey
Gene LeBell Badbeat 6 Interview
Gene LeBell Interview Outtake
Deadspin/SI interview about Steven Seagal getting choked out
Inside America's Gyms, Gene LeBell
LeBell - Rousey Would Have Bruce Lee For Lunch
Submission Radio 21/12/14 Bas Rutten & Gene Lebell + UFC Fight Night Brazil
Cousin Sal Pranks Aunt Chippy at Ceramics Class
Sensei Chris Hadlock @ Gene Lebell's & Gokor Chivichyan's martial arts school in Hollywood Ca.
Old School & Flower Sweep LeBell Telephone Lock Separator Gene Catch Wrestling!
Roddy Piper in 1977