6. Guy Ritchie – Black Belt – Judo & Brazilian Jiu-Jits
Guy Ritchie is a director. We know this. But he’s a famous director and he has acted, so to speak, so we included him on the list. Back in the early 2000s, Ritchie and Jason Statham started training together to get in shape. Statham wanted to carve out an action career and Ritchie wanted to be able to fight, so they helped each other.
Last year, Ritchie was awarded his black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu by his trainer Renzo Gracie, making it his second black belt (he earned his Judo black belt some time earlier). When asked who would win in a fight between the two friends, Statham had this to say:
“He has better chances to achieve good results. We started training Jiu-Jitsu many years ago. We first started out in a garage, where we parked our cars, then later we moved over to a gym. This was 10 years, no maybe 12 years ago. He works hard, he’s a good fighter.” Sounds like Statham thinks he could beat Ritchie.
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