Would Bruce Lee own every UFC/K1/etc fighter out there?

[jinduy]

i know you guys think he will rock Mike Tyson from an old thread...

what about UFC's best fighters?

 

[jtusa]

Bruce's speed and agility was unmatched and if he were alive and in his prime today, would still be unmatched. That man was supernatural.

 

[anxi80]

kareem would want a rematch from 'game of death' and give him a run for his money.

whew, made my obligatory kareem reference for the day. i think bruce would still be in top form, even to this very day.

 

[jinduy]

Originally posted by: jtusa4
Bruce's speed and agility was unmatched and if he were alive and in his prime today, would still be unmatched. That man was supernatural.

it's kind of hard to imagine that since I've never seen many of his performances (except enter the dragon), and you know movies make the fighter look cool. look at van dam !

 

[ed21x]

Bruce Lee was lethal, and his moves were meant to striaght up break people. UFC is more like submission fighting/grappling/ close quarter combat. so it really depends on how large the arena is, and what restrictions you're going to put on one another.

 

[Literati]

Are you serious? Silva would dismantle Bruce. Sakuraba, and there are probably a grip of other people that could.

But Wanderli Silva comes to mind first.

Don't get me wrong, Bruce is great. I have rare footage of... ugh I just check I lost it. Anyways, I had rare footage of him full contact sparring etc. And he fought then like he did in his movies. Quick in control aggressive on point and powerfull but c'mon, let's be realistic, he would not be able to hang with the best MMA fighters of today.

http://216.40.244.4/highlights/30-WanderleiSilvaHQ.zip

 

[omniviper]

i always thought bruce lee and jackie chan were at par when i was 5. boy was i mistaken. bruce is wicked. jackie's a joke

 

[Literati]

Originally posted by: jinduy
i know you guys think he will rock Mike Tyson from an old thread...

[little jon] HHHHHHHHHHHHWWWWWHAAAAAAAAAAAT?[/little jon]

This is just crazy. Are we talking a prime Tyson? We can't be, we must be talking about Tyson when he was 11, you can't be talking about a prime Mike.

 

[LuNoTiCK]

Bruce Lee would get dismantled by any UFC fighter or Pride fighter (except giant Silva).

 

[oldirtythao]

the fightin style Bruce created was a mix of kung fu and street fight... so i think he could prolly hold his own vs UFC fighters... but i'm not sure if he could beat them...

Like the previous poster said they're more of a submission type fighters...

That being said, i bet you if you ask anyone of those martial artist today, they would all think highly of bruce lee, he is a legend

 

[91TTZ]

Bruce Lee definitely was great, but he's also the object of much hype. Most of what people know about him they saw in movies or documentaries. Also, when you die at your peak you reach a kind of "supernatural" status in the minds of people because you don't get to see them losing or declining. In your mind they might as well be invinsible and never lose.

But he was a strict martial artist (not a wrestler), and we've seen how well they match up against mixed wrestling/martial arts disciplines like Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. He would get humbled in the UFC. Maybe he could win the lightweight weight class, but he's not going to win the overall contest.

 

[BW86]

Bruce Lee > anyone

 

[Literati]

I'm not taking anything away from Mr. Lee. In fact the guy was my idle growing up. Every freeform essay I ever did in school up until college was on the guy.

Anyways, I'm just saying we need to be realistic.

 

[TuxDave]

Originally posted by: MantisFistMonk
I'm not taking anything away from Mr. Lee. In fact the guy was my idle growing up. Every freeform essay I ever did in school up until college was on the guy.

Anyways, I'm just saying we need to be realistic.

It's really hard to say. With people like Mike Tyson in his prime, if he hits you, you're KO'd. But the same goes with Bruce Lee. If he hits you, you're dead.

 

[imported_Reck]

bruce lee wouldn't stand a chance. UFC guys have simply perfected the art of one on one combat....

 

[Doggiedog]

Martial arts have evolved so much from when Bruce Lee was around. Unless he learned how to adjust to all the grappling techniques out there, I doubt he'd have a chance.

 

[illusion88]

Bruce Lee != Coke

 

[jlee]

Bruce Lee had to slow down for film..imho, that's wickedly fast. However, I'm not at all familiar with these other guys..so I dunno.

http://www.fightingmaster.com/masters/brucelee/brucelee.htm

 

[meltdown75]

Originally posted by: Reck
bruce lee wouldn't stand a chance. UFC guys have simply perfected the art of one on one combat....

I agree. Bruce Lee might get 10 punches/kicks to Randy Couture's face before Couture even had a chance to blink, but what good would that do? His head is cement. He'd grab Mr. Lee and snap him in half imho. Granted, it would be interesting to see.

 

[CarlKillerMiller]

Originally posted by: anxi80
kareem would want a rematch from 'game of death' and give him a run for his money.

whew, made my obligatory kareem reference for the day. i think bruce would still be in top form, even to this very day.

My respect for you has grown. I didn't think anyone else on these forums had seen game of death.

WAX!

 

[Jpark]

to me a man that can break a swinging one inch thick board packs a punch. IMO After being hit 10 times by a punch or kick like that would take anyone down, I don't care who they are. Lee>*

 

[psteng19]

Originally posted by: meltdown75

Originally posted by: Reck
bruce lee wouldn't stand a chance. UFC guys have simply perfected the art of one on one combat....

I agree. Bruce Lee might get 10 punches/kicks to Randy Couture's face before Couture even had a chance to blink, but what good would that do? His head is cement. He'd grab Mr. Lee and snap him in half imho. Granted, it would be interesting to see.

Bruce Lee's punches are not a normal fighter's punches.
Any blow he lands would disable his opponent.

 

[meltdown75]

UFC > Lee

 

[Baked]

Originally posted by: BW86
Bruce Lee > anyone

/thread

Anybody who thinks those UFC guys are for real is toking some serious stinky.

 

[meltdown75]

Originally posted by: Baked

Originally posted by: BW86
Bruce Lee > anyone

/thread

Anybody who thinks those UFC guys are for real is toking some serious stinky.

Yeah UFC is fake. mm hmm. yep