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Stephen Dorff details crash course in MMA as he prepared to play ‘beast of a man’ in new film ‘Embattled’

Actor Stephen Dorff has played a lot of roles during his career.

He’s portrayed a criminal as well as a cop in recent roles such as True Detective season 3 on HBO. He’s become synonymous with past parts in films like Blade where he played a powerful vampire opposite Wesley Snipes.

In his new film Embattled, which drops on VOD on Nov. 20, Dorff plays Cash Boykins, a grizzled veteran and the best lightweight fighter on the planet, who also happens to be an absentee father to his sons. The movie is directed by Nick Sarkisov based on a screenplay from David McKenna, who is best known for writing films such as American History X and Blow.