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yours truly
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If he were fighting old school UFC rules (ie the 90's) I reckon he would have been really good.
He looked like a wily, intelligent fighter who could adapt his style. No fancy kicks just quick decisive moves.
He wasn't just a Chinese kick boxer, he used whatever worked.
He looked like a wily, intelligent fighter who could adapt his style. No fancy kicks just quick decisive moves.
He wasn't just a Chinese kick boxer, he used whatever worked.
Depends on the fighter. In his weightclass, if he could stay on his feet (and judging from his quickness he would be able to) he would most likely beat anybody in pure striking.
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You guys are fucking delusional - he was not a professional fighter but a movie fighter. Yes, he is basically the grandfather of MMA and yes, he was smart as fuck but a guy like Jose Aldo would destroy him.
If you don't know how good Jose Aldo is, please don't refute my argument.
If you don't know how good Jose Aldo is, please don't refute my argument.
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I think that is the more intriguing hypothetical. Not whether he could beat current MMA champs but rather how far he would have made in the early UFC days, when nobody really knew anything about modern MMA training/tactics.
IMHO, the MMA women today would own Bruce Lee in a fight if he doesn't cheat and take pain killer among other drugs.
Bruce Lee would tear any MMA fighter apart.
To quote Dana White who called Lee the "father of mixed martial arts" stating: "If you look at the way Bruce Lee trained, the way he fought, and many of the things he wrote, he said the perfect style was no style. You take a little something from everything. You take the good things from every different discipline, use what works, and you throw the rest away."
Nuff said.
To quote Dana White who called Lee the "father of mixed martial arts" stating: "If you look at the way Bruce Lee trained, the way he fought, and many of the things he wrote, he said the perfect style was no style. You take a little something from everything. You take the good things from every different discipline, use what works, and you throw the rest away."
Nuff said.
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And unfortunately, and sadly IMO, lots of fanboys think that means he could have beaten Chuck in a real fight, even though I believe Chuck was the reigning Karate world champ at the time.
No, he couldn't have beaten Chuck. And HELL no, he wouldn't beat an MMA fighter, even if you transported him in his prime to now.
As mentioned before, he was a TV fighter. Yes, he could kick some ass in real life, too....but he never competed in a single tournament with the best fighters in the world.
Hell, if Kimbo Slice had gone straight from internet fights to the movies never went to MMA, people would be saying the same thing about him, especially if he died later on at a relatively young age.
Bruce Lee, Navy SEALs, Green Berets, whatever else elite military units without legit MMA training would get demolished in the octagon against the elite MMA fighters of today under MMA rulesets
A street brawl, however, it could go either way.
yours truly
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Woosta, after checking out Aldo on yt, Bruce Lee would have definitely kicked his arse. Probably with chi alone, maybe with a little dim mak thrown in for good measure.
Lee would have finished him by morphing into a dragon and devouring him in flames then flying off.
This probably would have happened.
Lee would have finished him by morphing into a dragon and devouring him in flames then flying off.
This probably would have happened.
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that's a fair argument, but people dismissing the father of MMA simply because they were wearing diapers years after he died, and assume he is nothing more than an actor, is completely asinine.
lolclowns.
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WaTaGuMp
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woosta has nancy boy as avatar.
like he knows anything.
Be nice, its obvious he knows more about MMA than anyone in the world.
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sure, but he emulates a nancy boy rooskie like he wants to have his babies.
it's almost as creepy as the pony boy running around these forums.
(though I imagine woosta is a pretty decent and entertaining fella to hang with; not so much the other...)
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zinfamous
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eh, I say the same thing about spidey, and I fundamentally disagree with him 98% of the time.
I tend to be rather amiable that way, IRL. :\
No need to explain yourself, Zin. You are one of the few here that can give your opinion without trying to sway folks to your way of thinking.
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He would need to learn the ropes of modern MMA first. In his prime teleported through time to now and thrown into the octo with no time to train he would get destroyed.
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maybe.
but if you give him 1 minute to warm up, he'd own anyone. ...is 1 minute warm-up enough time to train?
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well, it is for Bruce Lee. he is the original destroyer of worlds.
I'm sure with his skills he would have been a top MMA fighter if that was his profession. But since he didn't train for that, we'll never know. Part of the training is to do full contact sparring every day. That means taking blows to the head and body, every day.
Plus, at lower weight classes, there are guys that are tough enough to take everything the best striker in the world can dish out. That's why the higher weight classes are more popular, because there are guys that can knock anybody out with one punch.
I think he did some rumbling on the streets when he was younger and is pretty tough. I would not say he is so much quicker than anybody else that it would be one-sided.
The martial artists of his day and today give him a lot of respect, that's good enough for me.
It would have been nice if he took the Gracie Challenge back then too. Maybe he did, the results might be a secret.
I really enjoy seeing guys get into the ring or octagon who use his style of fighting. They look so compact and dangerous, but unfortunately, I've never seen any of those fighters be very successful.
Plus, at lower weight classes, there are guys that are tough enough to take everything the best striker in the world can dish out. That's why the higher weight classes are more popular, because there are guys that can knock anybody out with one punch.
I think he did some rumbling on the streets when he was younger and is pretty tough. I would not say he is so much quicker than anybody else that it would be one-sided.
The martial artists of his day and today give him a lot of respect, that's good enough for me.
It would have been nice if he took the Gracie Challenge back then too. Maybe he did, the results might be a secret.
I really enjoy seeing guys get into the ring or octagon who use his style of fighting. They look so compact and dangerous, but unfortunately, I've never seen any of those fighters be very successful.
I'm sure he would do really well if he trained for MMA. The dude was in amazing shape and had trained many different martial arts. No reason he shouldn't do well.
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