Review of Cagefighter

Cagefighter (2020)
4/10
Entertainingly Unrealistic
25 January 2023
Warning: Spoilers
It's fun to watch the fight but it would have been better if Reiss Gibbons didn't get his ass kicked for three rounds straight. Obviously as the protagonist he was going to win the rematch, that's not the problem. It's the fact that he showed little to no offense in the rematch and STILL won with a guillotine turned rear naked choke that's the problem. In the real world, the refree would have stopped the fight in the second round, if not first.

Speaking of the real world, I am confused on the decision to have Jonathan Good play a fictional movie pro wrestler named Randy Stone instead of his real life pro wrestling ring name Jon Moxley. It doesn't make sense especially with you have other pro wrestlers in the movie using their real name and real life pro wrestling promotion All Elite Wrestling going by it's initials AEW, and using footage from their own program. IMO, the entire cast should have just used either their real names or the entire cast should have used fake ones.

I also think Jonathan Good should have been the protagonist and the movie be about him going from pro wrestler to MMA fighter. It would have been more entertaining to watch it from his characters' perspective not to mention more shocking if he would have lost the belt in the rematch against Alex Montagnani. Although I do think Alex should beat him in a fight, whether it be the rematch or a random trilogy match.
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