Van Damme habría ganado de calle en cualquier época. El Seagull no es más que un fanfarrón y un chuloputas que no se ha enfrentado en su fruta vida a nadie ni ha competido porque el aikido es más un baile coreografiado que un arte marcial.
Aparte de la anécdota de la fiesta que dio el Restallone, hay otra, en la que se hizo sus cositas en los pantalones porque afirmaba que nadie lo podía estrangular y resulta que estaba el tito Gene LeBell por aquellos lares y le demostró que ni control respiratorio ni palos:
While serving as Stunt coordinator for the film Out for Justice, starring Steven Seagal, Seagal claimed that due to his aikido training he was 'immune' to being choked unconscious. It has been alleged that at some point LeBell heard about the claim, and gave Seagal the opportunity to prove it. LeBell is said to have placed his arms around Seagal's neck, and once Seagal said "go", proceeded to choke him unconscious. LeBell was requested to confirm the story publicly in an interview with Ariel Helwani in 2012, but he avoided answering the question, albeit implying that the incident was true.[16] He was quoted as "When we had a little altercation or difference of opinion, there were thirty stuntmen and cameramen that were watching, but when Ariel asked Gene to confirm if there were really thirty stuntmen watching, Gene turned back from that saying. Sometimes Steven has a tendency to cheese off the wrong people, and you can get hurt doing that."[17] On the other hand, when Seagal was asked about the incident, he directly denied the allegations, calling LeBell a "pathological scumbag liar," and offered the name of a witness who could prove Lebell had fabricated this rumor.[18] The claim garnered a heated response from LeBell's trainee Ronda Rousey, who assured Seagal was the one lying and declared "If [Seagal] says anything bad about Gene to my face, I'd have to make him crap his pants a second time."[19]