mind offically blown

Whoa! Check out the "Jesus Didn't Tap" tattoo!

This is the best news ever. Now I have 3 MMA fighters I actually like.

The Green Ranger Is Now an Mixed Martial Arts Fighter -- No, Seriously
"an" Mixed Martial Arts Fighter?

For fucks sake, you're not even trying anymore are you?

OMFG. I sincerely apologize for every Green Ranger figure I smashed with a hammer in the back of Toys R Us. Sweet Jesus balls, please forgive. Who the FUCK would have thought this?

Its ok for the ytpos, Rob. I'd be all a twitter typing whiel starring at that sjhit to. heh.

Whoa, whoa, whoa. Tommy was the White Ranger? How about a spoiler alert, you bastard?

If he's really brave, he'd show up in the uniform minus the helmet. How cool would that be?

Yeah! I heard that Goldar was after a rematch!

My bad. I had the title as "an MMA Fighter" first, realized it would leave a word dangling alone on the second line, and changed "MMA" but forgot the "an." Thanks, Captain Flunky, for pointing out my error in the most insulting way possible.

I can't help but think "overcompensation" what with the tats and all, but I guess it really all comes down to whether or not he can fight, huh?

So what weight division is he in? Hopefully heavyweight so we can finnaly see who wins out in a super hero versus pro wrestler fight.

I'd probably crap my pants if he had the Power Rangers theme as an entrance song.

*_* Wow, he's even hotter than he was back then...

I second the Green Ranger suit fighting and the Power Rangers intro entrance.

In fact, now I'll watch the UFC JUST BECAUSE OF THIS.

When Melvin Guillard is the best name you have to drop... well, at least he's starting small.

But the Green ranger thing is going to be the source of much trash talk, I'm sure.

Also, is that a Gerber's baby tattoo on his pec?

The thing to realize is that this guy has won several major (non-mixed) martial arts competitions. Which doesn't *entirely* crossover, but he apparently has the technical talent, and not just skill at hollywood-fighting. Now, can he take a punch or an armbar? Who knows.

(yeah, I checked out his bio on wiki when I first heard the news).

Gods, I beat him in a regular martial arts tournament (2-0, but the second was very close on the judgment) way, wayyy back when he and I were both kids.

I was surprised to see him in Power Rangers.

Now I am even more surprised. But I do have to say; both giant brass balls and doing what you want. That does deserve respect.

From his wiki page: "Frank did not attend MMPR co-star Thuy Trang's funeral"

Did anyone else know that the yellow ranger died!?!?!

Hey thanks for reading my e-mail about this Rob! Green Ranger as a UFC fighter will be sooo awesome!

If I beat his ass, can I have Kimberly?

In case anyone is unfamiliar with the sport/company the brand name on his gloves is 'Jesus Didn't Tap' which is, in my humble opinion, one of the coolest religion/sports tie-ins ever and waaaaaay better than that John 3:16 crap.

Hopefully is corner man will dress up as Alpha.

Fuck ya man!

Anyone else remember The Green Rangers theme song? "GOOOOOOOOOO GREEEEEEEEEEEEN Ranger Go!" So badass, I'll be humming it as he gets curb stomped.

@GCJ:
The Yellow Ranger died the week of 9-11-01, so news of her death was hardly reported on. Most people were unaware of her death for years.

The headline should have read: "Former Power Range with World's Worst Tattoos Becomes Ultimate Fighter".

@Frito -
"Ay yiyiyiyi! The Green Ranger is getting his butt handed to him! Quick Zordon, throw in the towel!"

He needs to use the Summoning the Dragonzord song as his theme... He WAS the Green Ranger. But the man must have really big cojones. Everyone and their mothers would want to beat the Green/White, Red Zeo, Red Turbo, Black Dino(Thunder) Ranger... He is THE Power Ranger, period.

Putting the "Mighty Morphin" in "MM"A!

Jason might have played in Power Rangers, and that might be a bit hard for him to shrug off publicly. But let it be said, Power Ranger or not, he's no punk. He is a legitimate martial arts expert. Now whether or not he can bring that into the ring against different styles of fighting remains to be seen. But he can kick your ass. It just is a matter of what hulk he faces in that ring.

Lest we all forget the name Royce Gracie who was a small and feisty little shit who kicked some major ass in the UFC.

ok! so he used to punctuate ALL of his kung fu "yaaaaa!"'s with a short staccato "si!" which will never ever leave my memory, no matter how hard I try.

as long he comes out fighting with some nonsensical ya/si pattern that doesn't match up with any movements he's making, I will bet on him every time.

yaaaa! si! si! ya! si! yaaaaa!

awesome.

HOLY SHIT! I can't believe all those tats. I remember I had the huge crush on him when I was younger. But damn...

I always thought he could've goen to Hong Kong and made a mint being the guy to lose at the nd of at least 2-3 Jackie Chan movies. Guess Dinotunder wR hurrah...

I agree Punkie, fully and completely.... just.... holy shit...

Now I have to start watching UFC...

I feel like I should say something considering what a huge power rangers fan I was when I was a kid. I like power rangers so much that when I got older and started using eBay I bought some of the old zords online that I never got for Christmas.

I am glad to hear that Jason David Frank is going on to newer greater things. The only other thing I can think of him being on since power rangers was MTV's Undressed and that show has been off the air for awhile.

Sad to hear that Thuy Trang died.

This is actually very old news. JDF has been dabbling in MMA for quite a while now. In fact, last year when he was doing the convention rounds he started challenging Austin St. John (the Red Ranger) to a cage match. JDF has a massive ego though, folks. When you meet him in person you can just tell. He truly believes that he's the greatest thing in the world.

Someone mentioned JDF shrugging off Power Rangers. He's not trying to do so in the least so it's not an issue. In 2002 he returned for a 10 Red Ranger team-up called "Forever Red" as part of Power Rangers Wild Force. In 2004 he returned as the Black Ranger (that's his fourth color overall for those who are counting) for the entire Power Ranger DinoThunder season. As full of himself as he can be, JDF has never bitten the hand that fed him.

Regarding Thuy Trang, yes she was killed in a car crash in 2001. Oddly enough, that's when fake rumors surfaced that Amy Jo Johnson (Pink Ranger) died. Because of that people didn't know what to believe so it wasn't until months to years later that old fans fully believed the truth about Thuy. Current fans knew though because there was an "In Memorium" for her at the end of a Power Rangers Time Force episode soon after her death. But the Pink Ranger rumor is more why people weren't sure than the fact that it happened around 9/11.

For some real fun people should look up more current pictures of David Yost (Blue Ranger.) The guy has NOT aged gracefully.

Is this nerd news/humor? It must be a slow day.

This is the best reason to watch MMA since Brock Lesnar decided it's time to punch people in the face for real. Yes, I will be watching. And I think it's time to switch back to my "Go Green Ranger" ringtone.

No fair. :( I had this before Yahoo! and Sports Illustrated, and even sent you the tip earlier this week with the Ninja Turtles info. :(

Sorry for the double-post, but Dangurous: as I mentioned elsewhere, I want to see a matchup between the Green Ranger and the former WWE Champion.

Damn! this fucking made my day!

And yet, MMA still remains as one of the most pointless sports since another shit sport.

Do you know how late you guys are on this...He's been on the underground circuit for like 3 years +...

Oh BTW hahahahahahahaha@ Hope his corner dresses like Alpha!

Even better with David Yost, he was a producer on Temptation Island. And I still wish they could've convinced Amy Jo Johnson to guest star on Dino Thunder to kind of close that Tommy/Kim loop...she's one of those actually trying to stay away from Power Rangers.

JDF is definitely no slouch as a martial artist, though. I don't know what his submission/ground game is like, but he's a major player with strikes. He's actually blended several styles into his own that he teaches, and is a karate hall of famer. His schools have also been recognized for excellence. So anyone going into a fight with Frank thinking they're taking on an actor that was a Power Ranger is probably going to get their ass handed to them...much like, had Mazzagatti not stood up Mir and Brock in their first fight for what I still think was no good reason, people underestimated Brock as a MMA fighter.

As for weight class, he looks like he could be welterweight or middleweight, no? Plus according to that wiki article, it looks like his 2007 fight didn't happen because they changed it to an exhibition boxing match, and Frank thought it was an MMA fight, so he opted out.

I heard about Thuy Trang's funeral a few years ago; the reason he didn't go to her funeral is that his brother died in the same timeframe.

I'm interested to see this, for certain.

He is hot... I think I'll google him for more shirtless MMA goodness :3

nice to see he has found a new career and also use of his skills from his old power ranger days and should be interesting to see his skills put to the test. since he is a target. for most in the ring will want the bragging rights of finaly kicking a power rangers butt

Rob, can you please remove Scott Hall's comment?

Go Go Power Rangers indeed!

The real Green Ranger!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODfwqbWJVxw

he's also walking in with the worst mixture of tattoos... he deserves a beating just for that. I mean come on: he has a baby's face on your chest? really? Who thinks that looks good?

And what is that one on the back of his arm? "Jesus Don't +ap.." what a Keg? Out? That ass?

Where'd all those damn tats come from? He sure didn't have them when he started playing Tommy 15 years ago!

Now I'm gonna watch MMA fights to see him kick ass. GO GREEN RANGER GO!

I look forward to seeing him get beaten horribly.

A recent interview with him at a convention appearance:
http://heropower.livejournal.com/83315.html

I'll admit, the first thing I thought of when I heard this news is Tommy's "Si! YAAA! Si! Si! YAAAAHH!" God, I hope he does this when he's really fighting.

Also, the second Black Ranger, Adam Park, is JOHNNY YONG FUCKING BOSCH.

@BadNflu3nce: Adam Park is also a pretty well known voice actor for a lot of anime's; probably his best roles are Ichigo in Bleach and Lelouch Lamperouge in Code Geass.

This is so fucking cool.

the Dude
The baby's face is his 2 year old daughter.

I had such a crush on him when I was younger, in fact I'm pretty sure he was my first crush. Damn it is going to be cringe worthy to see him get ass handed to him.

He really is a black belt in karate so he can fight. We just have to get past the fact that he was a Power Ranger. If Brock Lesnar and Bobby Lashley can do it then so can Jason David Frank.

In any case, if the going gets tough, he can always get his Dragonzord.

No seriously, green was my favorite Ranger.

Word!

This is cool, but I'd be much happier to know that the original Pink Ranger is now doing porn.

Hey, you're all thinking it.

How can he have a tat of a porn star gerber baby but not of a green ranger?

For those thinking hes just going to get smashed, hes not new to the sport. As others noted hes a 7th Degree Black Belt in Karate, and hes got either a Blue Belt or Purple in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, so even he starts to get his ass kicked, Im sure he can handle his own.

Its not easy to get a blue or purple belt in BJJ, thats lots of work and lots of training and dedication. Im sure he'll do fine. Si Si yaaaahh!!!! Fuck yeah, I'll be cheering for the Green Ranger. If anything he should at least come in with green and white trunks.

yes it's true that jdf was fighting before, but now it's time for the big show and that's why it's news. go on youtube to see him fighting. it's only news because it's time for the big leagues. if his ring entrance involves the flute sound in any way, we all win.

:( Im so sorry to hear that Thuy Trang died! Bless her!

C'mon for those of you who actually read a fucking bible, you would know Jesus tapped like a bitch. "Father. Why hast thou forsaken me?" Sounds like he tapped like the Little Drummer Boy to me.
Trust me. I used to be Catholic, but then I got better.
I got no love for people who go out and fight and "carry crosses" for their faith and say they promote Christianity. Cause, well, if you read the bible, Jesus never beat anyone up either. I'd take the time and find the actual bible verse, but it would lost on 99.9% of Christians who would deny it anyways. Go ahead, use the fucking book when it's to your advantage.

if Brock Lesnar can do it....

... I say good luck to him.

Good luck Green Ranger!
Maybe i should watch his match once or twice since i never missed the first 2 seasons of power rangers , lol.

jason you are my biggers fan you pland green ranger whint ranger red zeo ranger and red tuble ranger and the black ranger too i am not a good spell you are so cool good luck and let the power bepent you from mark patterson.

wow this is so incredibly fake.

Regarding as to why He didn't go to Thuy Trang's funeral is because his brother, who some might remember from Zeo who played Tommy's long lost brother, also died around the same time. And I do believe that the funeral was during the same day as Trang's or may have been a day before or after