<Li> Michael Pataki as Nicolai Koloff: Trainer, promoter, and manager of Ivan Drago . </Li> <P> LeRoy Neiman plays the ring announcer in the Creed - Drago match . Burgess Meredith appears as Mickey Goldmill in archive footage . Appearing as themselves are singer James Brown and commentators Stu Nahan, Warner Wolf, R.J. Adams, Barry Tompkins and Al Bandiero . </P> <P> Wyoming doubled for the frozen expanse of the Soviet Union . The small farm where Rocky lived and trained was in Jackson Hole, and the Grand Teton National Park was used for filming many of the outdoor sequences in the Soviet Union . The PNE Agrodome at Hastings Park in Vancouver, British Columbia, served as the location of Rocky's Soviet bout . </P> <P> Sylvester Stallone has stated that the original punching scenes filmed between him and Dolph Lundgren in the first portion of the fight are completely authentic . Stallone wanted to capture a realistic scene and Lundgren agreed that they would engage in legitimate sparring . One particularly forceful Lundgren punch to Stallone's chest slammed his heart against his breastbone, causing the heart to swell . Stallone, suffering from labored breathing and a blood pressure over 200, was flown from the set in Canada to Saint John's Regional Medical Center in Santa Monica and was forced into intensive care for eight days . Stallone later commented that he believed Lundgren had the athletic ability and talent to fight in the professional heavyweight division of boxing . </P>

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