A few years ago actor Jason David Frank was used to hearing the familiar sound of fans yelling, "Go, go Power Rangers!" but now he's ready to hear the roar of a different crowd.
The former action star from the hit series "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers" has officially made the move to mixed martial arts, and while training with UFC lightweight Melvin Guillard, he hopes to make his real fighting experience as successful as he did on television.
Frank signed on with Suckerpunch Entertainment recently and hopes to make his professional debut in the very near future.
"I was supposed to fight in 2007, but it fell through. In truth, I've wanted to put the work in until I'm ready," Frank said in an interview from the Suckerpunch website. "I know I have a target on my back. Everyone is going to want to beat up the Green Ranger. But I am no Kimbo; I've been training for a very long time. I wanted to get in there before, but I got injured. But I'll be ready when the time comes."
The actor-turned-fighter is adding a ground game to what he believes is already an impressive stand-up resume, but he knows it's a long road to not only becoming a mixed martial artist, but a successful mixed martial artist.
"My style was missing the ground fighting. I have my blue belt in BJJ from Gracie Baja now, but we needed to have that ground game integrated into Tose Kune Do. There was a blank there. So we added wrestling, BJJ, etc., to it," Frank said. "Melvin Guillard has really helped add the wrestling. I needed to get with someone who could put it all together for me, and that was Saul Soliz. And he's done it. He's a good, hardcore trainer."
Proud of his time as the Green Ranger on the popular television show, Frank is ready to move onto new goals, and he hopes to conquer MMA the same way he did television.
"Just to go out there and do my best, and prove that I'm a real fighter," Frank said about his goals in MMA. "I'm not looking for any les specifically. Ultimately, I want to give my fans something to watch and be proud of."
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He was like the worst power ranger ever, the only reason people liked the green ranger was cause of the dragon zord and the flute"Just to go out there and do my best, and prove that I'm a real fighter," Frank said about his goals in MMA. "I'm not looking for any les specifically. Ultimately, I want to give my fans something to watch and be proud of.
Jason > Tommy
maya from lost galaxy>>>>>>jason>>>>>>>tommy
only cause she goes topless in two movies
You watched lost Galaxy? That Gay. I watched the one after Might Morphin. After that, Power Rangers.
I think I watched Big Bad Beatleborgs after that then Pokemon consumed me, then DBZ.
even at 38 amy jo johnson(OG pink ranger) is still hot
Green/White Ranger was always my fave.Good luck to him.
^ I agree. The green/white ranger rocked.
It didn't hurt that I had a huge crush on him back in the mid 90's .
He's gonna get his green ass kicked
For me, Jason will always be the leader of the power rangers, but Tommy was cool too.
Holy crap Maya is totally hot.
Best of luck to him, hope he's ready for the challenge.
son that is no lie ... I would smash the ever living out of that
^ bunch of s. i only watched badass cartoons as a kid and "read" playboys!
Pretty much the same as Iron, watched it when I was a kid but then Pokemon came along and that was really all I watched.
Tommy is like the only Power Ranger who stayed a Power Ranger his entire life. I remember flipping through the channels and I saw him on a recent (within a couple years) version of the PR.
I remember seeing him on MTV's "Unzipped" show, which was like softcore softcore porn and it blew my mind.
It's morphin time!
Power Rangers are what started the whole "lets gay up our children" TV show trend. It's their fault we have shows that allows the TV to watch the children (Elmo, Barney, Telle-tubbies) Im glad I was too old for that when it came out. Seriously, the first time I saw it on TV my neighbors 11 year old was watching it.... I actually felt embarrassed for him after I watched 5 minutes of it.
to steal a bit from Dave Chappelle, I grew up watching a womanizing rapist (Pepe Le Pew), a stereo-typed Hispanic mouse (Speedy Gonzalez and his cousin Slow Poke Rodriguez), a puppet vampire/pimp (The count in Sesame Street) an addict addicted to cookies like it was crack (Cookie Monster) and a homeless guy who lived in a in' trash can (Oscar The Grouch).
does anyone know if there is any truth to the rumor that the Red Ranger is now doing gay porn?
You're all nuts. The Green Ranger was the ing badass.
I'm still betting this doesn't end well.
lol, he forsure has a target on his back.
lol mma
i'm real in glad i never liked power rangers
Um, all but one of those shows were on tv before the Power Rangers.
Well crap I'd like to see that. He'll need that talking sword for his corner...
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