Who is the director of a film which featured the winner of FX's inaugural MMA competition?
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Fight Life Fight Life is a feature-length documentary on the sport of mixed martial arts. The film is directed by independent filmmaker James Z. Feng and produced by RiLL Films. The film focuses on the lives of professional mixed martial arts fighters outside the cage, primarily profiling Jake Shields, and Lyle Beerbohm. The film unveils the sport of Mixed martial arts and what it takes to be a modern-day professional fighter. Many notables MMA stars and experts are featured in this film, including: Nick Diaz, Gilbert Melendez, Chuck Liddell, Frank Shamrock, Miesha Tate, John McCarthy, Julianna Pena, Michael Chiesa, Herschel Walker, Sam Sheridan, Mark Coleman, Tyron Woodley, Ryan Schultz, Matt Lindland, Mike Swick, and Cody McKenzie. In 2013, "Fight Life" went on to win the Best Documentary Award at the United Film Festival.
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Michael Chiesa Michael Keith Chiesa ( ; born December 7, 1987) is an American mixed martial artist. A professional MMA competitor since 2008, Chiesa was the winner of FX's inaugural . He currently fights for the UFC in the lightweight division where he is the #9 contender in official UFC rankings.
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The Vault (film) The Vault is a 2017 American thriller film directed by Dan Bush and written by Dan Bush and Conal Byrne. The film stars Francesca Eastwood, Taryn Manning, Scott Haze, Q'orianka Kilcher, Clifton Collins Jr. and James Franco. The film was released on September 1, 2017, by FilmRise.
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Matthew Riddle Matthew Fredrick "Matt" Riddle (born January 14, 1986) is an American professional wrestler and former mixed martial artist. A professional MMA competitor since 2008, Riddle made a name for himself by appearing on SpikeTV's "The Ultimate Fighter 7", and went on to go on a four-fight win streak in the UFC before he was fired after testing positive for marijuana in February 2013. In 2014, Riddle began training for a career in professional wrestling, and made his debut in February 2015. In 2016, readers of the "Wrestling Observer Newsletter" recognized him as the wrestling Rookie of the Year and the Most Improved wrestler of the year.
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Rory Markham Rory Markham (born March 25, 1982) is an American professional mixed martial artist, stuntman and actor who most recently competed in the Welterweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. A professional competitor since 2003, currently fighting in XFO MMA. Markham has also formerly competed for the IFL, representing the Quad Cities Silverbacks.
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Never Surrender (film) Never Surrender is a 2009 film about an MMA champion who finds himself fighting in illegal underground cage fights. The film's cast features a number of real MMA fighters. It was filmed in Los Angeles, California and was produced by Destiny Entertainment Productions. It is distributed in the United States by Lions Gate Entertainment.
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Series 7: The Contenders Series 7: The Contenders is a 2001 dark comedy directed by Daniel Minahan. The film is presented as a marathon of the seventh series of an American reality television show called "The Contenders," where six people, picked at random from a national lottery, are each given a pistol and forced to hunt and kill each other for the cameras. The film is a dark satire of the reality television genre. It stars Brooke Smith as Dawn, the reigning champion from the fifth and sixth series.
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Cung Le Cung Le (Vietnamese: "Lê Cung" ; born May 25, 1972) is a Vietnamese-born American actor, retired mixed martial artist and Sanshou kickboxer. He competed as a middleweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), holding a record of 2–2 with the organization. In Sanshou, he is a former International Kickboxing Federation Light Heavyweight World Champion, having a professional Sanshou record of 16–0 before moving to mixed martial arts (Le also held a kickboxing record of 17–0). He defeated Frank Shamrock to become the second Strikeforce Middleweight Champion before vacating the title to further pursue his acting career. Le is perhaps best known in mixed martial arts for competing in Strikeforce, holding a record of 7–1 with the organization before its demise.
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Kickboxer 4 Kickboxer 4: The Aggressor is a 1994 direct-to-video release martial-arts film directed by Albert Pyun. The film is the fourth entry in the "Kickboxer" series. This was the last film to star Sasha Mitchell, who reprises his role as David Sloan.
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Jason Dent Jason William Dent (born June 12, 1980) is an American mixed martial artist. The Lightweight competitor has held several regional championships, most recently he won the International Fighting and Boxing League (IFBL) Welterweight Championship. He runs the GriffonRawl MMA Academy in Mentor, Ohio, and previously hosted an MMA oriented radio talk show on WWGK Radio ("AM 1540 KNR2") in Cleveland. and was a competitor on SpikeTV's "".
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Rob Wilkinson Rob “Razor” Wilkinson (born February 22, 1992) is an Australian mixed martial artist. He is the middleweight champion for Australia Fighting Championship and BRACE. Wilkinson currently fights in Middleweight division in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC).
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Matt Arroyo Matthew Vincent Arroyo (born September 1, 1982) is an American professional mixed martial artist. He was featured on the Ultimate Fighting Championship reality television show "", fighting on Team Serra. He fights out of Tampa, Florida with Gracie Tampa, under Royce Gracie black belt Rob Kahn.
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The Hurt Business The Hurt Business (stylized as "THE HURT BUSINE$$") is a 2016 American documentary film about mixed martial arts, its history, and rise from a stigmatized, fringe event to a mainstream sport. It is directed by Vlad Yudin and narrated by Kevin Costner.
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Final Girl (film) Final Girl is an American action thriller horror film directed by Tyler Shields in his directorial debut, written by Adam Prince, based on the story by Stephen Scarlata, Alejandro Seri, and Johnny Silver. It stars Abigail Breslin, Alexander Ludwig, and Wes Bentley. Breslin plays a young woman who is trained from childhood to defeat a group of high school boys who hunt and kill their female classmates. Cinedigm gave it a limited release in cinemas and through video on demand on August 14, 2015.
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Tough Guy Contest The Tough Guy Contest, founded in 1979 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania by CV Productions, Inc., introduced regulated mixed martial arts competition in the United States and established the first MMA league.
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Bleed for This Bleed for This is a 2016 American biographical sports film written and directed by Ben Younger and based on the life of former world champion boxer Vinny Pazienza (officially Vinny Paz since 2001). The film stars Miles Teller as Pazienza, with Aaron Eckhart, Katey Sagal, Ciarán Hinds, and Ted Levine in supporting roles.
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Combate Americas Combate Americas is the first Hispanic mixed martial arts sports and media franchise. It was founded in August 2011 by UFC co-creator Campbell McLaren. It premiered on Mun2 on February 23, 2014.
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Jason Von Flue Jason Lee Von Flue (born August 1, 1975) is an American mixed martial artist, who is perhaps most notable for appearing on the second season of "The Ultimate Fighter". A professional competitor since 1999, he has competed for the UFC, WEC, Strikeforce and King of the Cage.
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Tekken 2: Kazuya's Revenge Tekken 2: Kazuya's Revenge (also known as Tekken: A Man Called X) is a 2014 American martial arts film directed by Wych Kaos and is the prequel to the 2009 film "Tekken", itself based on the fighting game series of the same name. The film stars Kane Kosugi, Rade Šerbedžija, and Kelly Wenham. Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa and Gary Daniels reprise their roles as Heihachi Mishima and Bryan Fury, respectively.
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Cuban Fury Cuban Fury is a 2014 British romantic comedy film directed by James Griffiths, written by Jon Brown, and starring Nick Frost, Rashida Jones and Chris O'Dowd. The film was a minor box office success but received mixed reviews from critics.
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Tony Ferguson Anthony Armand "Tony" Ferguson (born February 12, 1984) is an American professional mixed martial artist currently competing in the Lightweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). A professional competitor since 2008, Ferguson was the winner of . He is currently #2 in official UFC Lightweight rankings.
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Impulse (2010 film) Impulse is a 2010 suspense thriller short film starring Chris Masterson and written and directed by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods. The film is about the last day on earth as deadly events unfold around a man (Chris Masterson) racing to his final and most significant act. The film made its debut on the closing night of the 2010 LA Shorts Fest and was later invited to the Sofia Independent Film Festival alongside "The New Tenants" and "The Hurt Locker". "Impulse" was picked up for distribution by Shorts International and is available worldwide on iTunes, DirecTV, Dish Network and AT&T Uverse.