Scott Adkins’ training video for ‘Undisputed 3′

Scott Adkins Fanz has just kindly notified us of a new video released on Youtube that shows British-born martial arts star Scott Adkins training for his role in Isaac Florentine’s upcoming film UNDISPUTED 3. I don’t understand why but the U.K. spits out more martial arts screen talent than Hong Kong and Thailand combined.

The actor powers his way through a grueling session that looks more like training for an upcoming championship MMA match than a movie. This, ladies and gentlemen, is what a real martial arts movie star looks like. It’s months of blood, sweat and tears for 90 minutes of glory. Seriously, check out those lightning-fast kicks. There is no undercranking going on here. He is the real deal, right up there with Tony Jaa and Donnie Yen. Get any of these guys in a quality international movie together and fans’ heads would start spontaneously exploding all over the world.

Adkins is returning to the role of prison fighter Uri Boyka, this time as the protagonist forced to fight for his freedom in a series of mixed martial arts matches.

I knew this guy was going to go far the minute I took notice of him in Florentine’s SPECIAL FORCES. He’s still waiting for his big break but Florentine has been doing a great job of keeping him busy in direct-to-video films that keep on getting better. Florentine is gradually heading towards his big break as an action director too. Both of these guys and no doubt many of Florentine’s longtime associates need to be involved in big-budget theatrical action and martial arts movies.

Watch for Adkins as “Weapon XI” in X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE when it arrives in theaters May 1st. He will next be appearing in Florentine’s NINJA, which is now in post-production and scheduled for release later this year. If you haven’t seen this guy in action already check out UNDISPUTED 2 and THE SHEPHERD: BORDER PATROL where he goes up against Jean-Claude Van Damme.

Tags: Isaac Florentine, MMA, Scott Adkins, Undisputed 3 (2010), upcoming