“Cobra Kai”: Meet the UFC stars that appear in the series

“Cobra Kai”: Meet the UFC stars that appear in the series

Netflix welcomed season 5 of “Cobra Kai” last week, with characters played by fighters who shine in the UFC octagon.

The cast of “Cobra Kai” has several actors who play main and recurring characters in the series. In the fifth season, we had the return of Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio), Johnny Lawrence (William Zabka) and Miguel Diaz (Xolo MaridueƱa). However, the series is also known for its cameos, and some UFC fighters have made their way into the cast.

Among them is Tyron Woodley, a former UFC welterweight champion. Woodley plays Master Odell and has guest appearances in five of the new season’s 10 episodes. Master Odell is one of the new henchmen of the dreaded Terry Silver, and enters the scene due to the expansion plan he created.

Another MMA, Mixed Martial Arts, UFC fighter who is in the fifth season of “Cobra Kai” is also welterweight Stephen Thompson, who plays Master Morozov, another of Terry Silver’s henchmen who is also part of the plan. the valley. The curious thing is that Thompson has a specialty in karate and has already faced Tyron Woodley in the Octagon.

Finally, we have Eryk Anders, a middleweight fighter who plays Vicente, a Mexican fighter involved in organized crime who is related to Miguel’s father, Hector Salazar. Anders’ character confronts Johnny Lawrence in a fight, which was posted on Netflix’s YouTube:

Check out the synopsis of the fifth season of “Cobra Kai”: “After the shocking result of the Regional Tournament, Terry Silver seeks to expand the Cobra Kai empire and make the region dominated by the style of ‘merciless’ karate. With Kreese in prison and Johnny Lawrence away from karate to repair the damage he has done, Daniel LaRusso has to ask someone from his past for help. “

Season 5 of “Cobra Kai” is available on Netflix and has ranked # 1 globally, in Brazil and the United States in Netflix’s Top 10, accumulating already 106.7 million hours watched in the first week of broadcasting. wave alone.

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