Ron Van Clief

Biography

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.

Known For

Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks

Top Fighter

Enter the Clones of Bruce

The Black Dragon

The Squeeze

Fist of Fear, Touch of Death

Kung Fu Fever

Black Dragon's Revenge

All Movies (22)

• Enter the Clones of Bruce2023 · as Self
• The Hanged Man: The Story of Ron Van Clief2023 · as Himself
• Snow Black2021 · as Jerrod Camden
• The Hanged Man: The Story of Ron Van Clief2020 · as Self
• That's Brucesploitation! Making Fist of Fear, Touch of Death2020
• Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks2019 · as Self
• Hot Lead Hard Fury2018 · as Solomon Link
• The Black Kung Fu Experience2012 · as Self
• Blazin'2001 · as Davis
• Colorz of Rage1999 · as Diciple
• Top Fighter1995 · as Self
• UFC 4: Revenge of the Warriors1994 · as Self
• UFC 4: Revenge of the Warriors1994
• Death by Misadventure: The Mysterious Life of Bruce Lee1993 · as Self
• Fist of Fear, Touch of Death1980 · as The Boxer
• Kung Fu Fever1979 · as Black Dragon
• Way of the Black Dragon1978 · as Bill Eaton
• The Squeeze1978 · as Duke
• The Super Weapon1976 · as Himself
• Bamboo Trap1975
• Black Dragon's Revenge1975 · as Black Dragon
• The Black Dragon1974 · as The Black Dragon