How would Bruce Lee, at his peak, fare in the UFC?

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Well Bruce was also proficient with martial art weapons, like nunchaku. I don't think any MMA fighter could beat Bruce Lee with any weapon short of a gun.
 
You can't grapple someone you couldn't touch. Bruce Lee stressed footwork just as much as he stressed strikes. Not to mention, that he was one of the first people to put importance on grappling.
 
Give me a fucking break. I'm sure Bruce Lee was a capable martial artist, but he was an actor. You can't objectively evaluate his skill by watching Enter the Dragon. And most of the superstars in UFC/MMA are just as genetically talented as Bruce may have been in his prime.

Fact is: We'll never know.
 
Aesius said:
Give me a fucking break. I'm sure Bruce Lee was a capable martial artist, but he was an actor. You can't objectively evaluate his skill by watching Enter the Dragon. And most of the superstars in UFC/MMA are just as genetically talented as Bruce may have been in his prime.

Fact is: We'll never know.
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That's /thread right there.
 
yacobod said:
most of these ppl need to take off their rose colored sun glasses and get real, bruce would get taken down and beaten on for 3 rounds if not subbed, hell i'm not so sure he'd even be able to win a fight standing when you factor in dirty boxing, MT clinch, cage n pray tactics, and the like.

and karate fighters faired horribly in the original or early UFC tournaments.

this thread is completely retarded.
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He wasn't a karate fighter though. If Bruce had decent grappling I could see him knocking out guys. He would lose fights though. One thing that we do know about bruce lee is that he was a martial arts nut.

Bit-Bit said:
You can't grapple someone you couldn't touch. Bruce Lee stressed footwork just as much as he stressed strikes. Not to mention, that he was one of the first people to put importance on grappling.
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lol no footwork can protect you totally from being taken down.
 
Bit-Bit said:
You can't grapple someone you couldn't touch. Bruce Lee stressed footwork just as much as he stressed strikes. Not to mention, that he was one of the first people to put importance on grappling.
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I can't really tell if half of you are serious or just doing over the top Chuck Norris type jokes.
 
yacobod said:
you can't develop world class wrestling or submissions/sub-defense between matches, obviously his striking would be good, but he would have huge holes in his game, usually 1 dimensional fighters don't fare very well in mma.
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Most UFC champions have been EXTREMELY one dimensional
 
Jeff-DSA said:
If you took a man of Bruce Lee's ability and gave him access to today's techniques, he'd dominate in whatever weight class he wanted. People forget that he was unnaturally fast and he hit very, very hard. Techniques are more advanced today, but he'd learn them, perfect them, and probably improve upon them just as he did back then.
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The only answer. Bruce Lee was a very dedicated person so even if he did lose a few matches, he'd learn and then dominate.
 
alr1ghtstart said:
Um, in the present UFC, he'd probably get whooped.
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I think he would be good, just not great. There are legit fighters that say he was fast and strong for a guy his size. I think he would be a threat to anyone, but would be beatable.
 
People need to remember that Bruce didn't just train kumg fu. He trained with some of the best of his time in different aspects, including grappling.
 
I don't think Bruce would agree to MMA rules, either. He seems like a no holds barred type of guy. Dude could fucking poke out your eyes before you even thought you were fighting.
 
dream said:
I can't tell if you're overestimating Bruce Lee's fighting ability or if you're not giving modern day fighters enough credit. It's one or the other though.

This whole thread feels like it's a step away from talking about chi and pressure point death strikes.
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There's this aura of mistique and invincibility around Bruce Lee that's really hard to let go of for people. In a way, he's the last bastion of traditional martial arts, even though he was the one to start breaking away from tradition.
 
WinFonda said:
I don't think Bruce would agree to MMA rules, either. He seems like a no holds barred type of guy. Dude could fucking poke out your eyes before you even thought you were fighting.
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And replace them with your testicles.
 
Bruce Lee has formidable striking ability. He beat the pulp out of many people during his street fights.

His style was tailored for chaotic street fights. I think in his own weight class, he could do pretty well. Not sure about his grappling though.
 
If Tong Po told Eddie Alvarez he bleeds like his girlfriend Mai Li and that Mai Li was a good fuck, do you think Eddie would beat him to death?
 
What's to say that bruce wouldn't just master a ground style of fighting so he could compete?

I think that he's do pretty well
 
agrajag said:
There's this aura of mistique and invincibility around Bruce Lee that's really hard to let go of for people. In a way, he's the last bastion of traditional martial arts, even though he was the one to start breaking away from tradition.
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He isn't a bastion of TMA though. He cross trained in grappling and boxing. He even implemented both into his movies.

And Bruce would have a hard ass time landing a kick that he has to load up for in MMA. The type of kick you guys are talking about takes time prepare. Time that he wouldn't have in a match.
 
firehawk12 said:
Yeah, because UFC is all about ground game Bruce Lee would get his ass kicked.
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Yes, because it's simply impossible for Bruce to learn any ground techniques.
 
firehawk12 said:
Yeah, because UFC is all about ground game Bruce Lee would get his ass kicked.
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Well in the UFC anyone that can strike usually sees multiple take down attempts. So the longer the fight goes the greater the chances of it going to the ground are.
 
charsace said:
He isn't a bastion of TMA though. He cross trained in grappling and boxing. He even implemented both into his movies.
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Did you even read my post? I know he didn't practice TMA (his base is Wing Chun, though) but that's what people associate his movies with.
 
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