“I wanna fight him” – Kyle Noke once revealed Steve Irwin wanted to fight Vin Diesel
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Steve Irwin wanting to fight Hollywood star, Vin Diesel
Kyle Noke is considered one of the most popular Australian MMA fighters who fought in some of the top MMA promotions in his professional career. During this time, Noke got the opportunity to meet iconic television presenter Steve Irwin. In a podcast episode of ‘The Grange TV’, Noke opened up about how he was hired by Irwin.
During the conversation, Noke revealed that Irwin was fascinated with combat sports and wanted to train properly. He said, “We used to train at the zoo every morning … He actually built us a cage at the zoo to train in. He loved it that much, at one point, he was willing to throw his whole career away just to have a fight and then we came up with the idea of having a charity fight — which still wasn’t okay with his producers at all. They still didn’t want it.”
Noke also revealed how ‘The Crocodile Hunter’ took him to the movies where he saw superstar Vin Diesel. According to Noke, Irwin was planning to fight the Hollywood star and was actually serious about it.
Noke revealed, “But I remember he made me go to the movies once … He said, ‘We’re going to watch a movie, it’s the Pacifier with Vin Diesel’. That’s a kids movie. He said, ‘Yeah, I wanna fight him though so I wanna size him up and see what he looks like.”
Later that year in 2006, Irwin had a fatal incident when a stingray stabbed his chest, and Irwin died shortly afterward. Irwin was immensely popular and the news about his demise was saddening. Unfortunately, he never got the opportunity to fight Vin Diesel. The Fast and Furious actor who himself loved combat sports, would have loved to have a sparring session with the late Steve Irwin.
Ronda Rousey trained combat sports enthusiast Vin Diesel’s daughter
Vin Diesel is one of the most popular stars in Hollywood and has always been one of the fittest actors of all time with a great physique. Diesel was always into training and even videos of him practicing combat sports went viral on the internet. During the shoot of his film Fast and the Furious 7, the Hollywood star had a workout plan including weight training and combat sports which helped him to take his body to a different level.
Diesel has also taught his kids the importance of combat sports. His daughter Hania Riley also trained with Diesel’s co-actor and UFC female superstar, Ronda Rousey.
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Talking about his daughter, Diesel said, “I made a decision early on that I was going to do everything in my power to empower her to handle it herself. Because of her ‘auntie’ Ronda Rousey, she is now an orange belt with stripes in judo. I’m dealing with it early. I’m creating a beast and I want her to be able to say ‘No means no.” Certainly, Ronda helped Riley to learn Judo and taught the little girl how to protect herself and every moment.
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