Funny MMA • Renato Laranja • Freddie Lee • Boxing Drama • Charlie Zelenoff

Let's explore some angles of YouTube & Martial Arts. There are some interesting podcasts, some comedy, and also a bit of drama.

YouTube Trolling Gone Too Far?

The Charlie Zelenoff saga. A kid with a habit of showing up in various gyms to challenge people to boxing matches. He claims to be 100-0 but has not been seen winning against any actual boxers.

 Charlie counts his wins from local gyms where he challenges people to 'light sparring matches' only to unleash haymakers trying to knock them out.  In his YouTube videos he regularly issues challenges and insults to various people ('haters') and boxing champions, including Deyontay Wilder who accepted a challenge which lead to one of the many viral video beatings Charlie has received. What exactly drives him to do this is unknown. His father can be seen helping him record some of his videos.

Renato Laranja - Heel Jiu Jitsu

A playlist featuring some cool history but also countless times champion Renato Laranja who probably has the most real life confrontations and demonstrations of Jiu Jitsu as well as Youtube videos.

 YouTube Martial Arts Sifu Banned after posing with gun.

A youtuber known as Sifu Freddie Lee previously called out Renato saying 'Jiu Jitsu is ineffective'. Now he got involved with even deeper drama and allegedly received threats after challenging other martial artists and fighters. He felt prompted to make a video where he wielded a pistol and exclaimed "Real combat is serious", his video has since been removed from YouYube.

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 Freddie Lee moved to Vimeo but is still posting on his girlfriend's YouTube.The tone of his videos has changed drastically now there are mostly exercise tips on his girlfriend's channel.
Update: The girlfriend's channel now becomes the new freddie lee channel, I believe, and he is back on YouTube.

The Martial Artist On A Quest To Expose Fake Martial Arts

The saga of Xu Xiaodong is best told be YouTuber Fight Commentary Breakdowns but Vice did a good documentary piece as well.

Xu is a Chinese mma fighter who has challenged and beat Tai Chi masters and other traditional martial artists, and has received a lot of backlash which forced him into hiding. But now they have made him really angry.