Would Bruce Lee win UFC fights had he been still alive and willing to compete?

[Maui Jim]

Another non skilled punk ass answer
When people mention Bruce Lee its a good sigh they don't know jack shit
Do you know shit punk ass because jack left town?

[El Luchador]

Sounds

Originally posted by Maui Jim
Can we end this "what if shiiitt"?
Bruce would get his ass turn inside out and back again.
He was just a fuccckin actor with a soap box to stand on called Hollywood.
All these new comers to this forum spouting the "what if of a dead man don't fly.
There's never been an actor who could really fight anyway.

Like Someone is Jealous

Did U try & be an Actor & they Stuck U in the Back as a Janator
on a Set boooooooo hoooooooooo

[jubaji]

Originally posted by Maui Jim
What's that suppose to me pin head?

...?

One more time, in English please?

[Maui Jim]

What's that suppose to mean pin head?

[jubaji]

Originally posted by Maui Jim
Can we end this "what if shiiitt"?
Bruce would get his ass turn inside out and back again.
He was just a fuccckin actor with a soap box to stand on called Hollywood.
All these new comers to this forum spouting the "what if of a dead man don't fly.
There's never been an actor who could really fight anyway.

are you an actor?

[Maui Jim]

Can we end this "what if shiiitt"?
Bruce would get his ass turn inside out and back again.
He was just a fuccckin actor with a soap box to stand on called Hollywood.
All these new comers to this forum spouting the "what if of a dead man don't fly.
There's never been an actor who could really fight anyway.

[El Luchador]

Yes!

Bruce would have done fine i belive this, Becuse Bruce Was a crosstrainer.

He had fast hands & Feet & often Trained
With Gene Lebell & Wally Jay.

Bruce was a Mixed Martial Artisit
Long Before it was CooL to Be 1

[jules]

Originally posted by FUH-Q
well, i wasnt refering to MT, i was only talking about bruce lee.


however, of my three MT instructors (two are thai) they all say that you should never attempt to kick a competent opponent above the ribs. if that persons upper defense is that bad use your hands and elbows. am i saying you should NEVER kick higher than the ribs, hell no, but you had better be VERY carefull and set it up correctly or you will get dumped on your a$$.

so basically they are saying the same thing that i just said. "Don't force an attack rought take what's open, dont force the issue". Besides Samko is famous for his impartialness to his high kicks.

[Garth Barnard]

If you listed all of the good fighters that went on to live their potential - they all reached a peak and sustained it, before most of them were defeated and gracefully retired.

With all due respect to Bruce, if he had reached his peak, sustained it, was dfeated, and then retired - do you think that this topic would ever had been discussed? I think not.

With Bruce there are too many if's, but's and maybe's for us to assume that he would've progressed to be the best fighter of all time, even though some truely believe that he is/was - which is fine by me.

Garth Barnard.
B.F.M.A.A.

[FUH-Q]

well, i wasnt refering to MT, i was only talking about bruce lee.


however, of my three MT instructors (two are thai) they all say that you should never attempt to kick a competent opponent above the ribs. if that persons upper defense is that bad use your hands and elbows. am i saying you should NEVER kick higher than the ribs, hell no, but you had better be VERY carefull and set it up correctly or you will get dumped on your a$$.

[jules]

Originally posted by FUH-Q
actually bruce was not the generic karate kicker. he used a lot of MT and sivat as well as other "better" kicks. he also wrote that there is no reason to kick someone above their ribs and very much so believed in MT and sivat.

I strongly disagree. There is no "anti-high kick belief" in MT. It might not overly focus on high kicks but there prejudice against high kicks in MT. It's all about attacking what is open.

[FUH-Q]

my bad, do you think the grammar gods will ever forgive me.

[Maxetai]

Originally posted by FUH-Q
actually bruce was not the generic karate kicker. he used a lot of MT and sivat as well as other "better" kicks. he also wrote that there is no reason to kick someone above their ribs and very much so believed in MT and sivat.

FUH-Q,
It's Savate and not sivat.
And yes, Bruce Lee did adopt a lot of Savate type Kicks and some MT kicks along with other striking techniques like knees and elbows.

[FUH-Q]

actually bruce was not the generic karate kicker. he used a lot of MT and sivat as well as other "better" kicks. he also wrote that there is no reason to kick someone above their ribs and very much so believed in MT and sivat.

[darrianation]

Originally posted by Toudiyama[NL]
So you mean when he was in his prime but I see poeple thinking he would have adjusted it to fit the needs of MMA
But did he ever compete to begin with, so we have something to compare, apart from some stories about some fights, not a lot is really know about his fighting abilities
He had insight, that's right, but he wasn't the only one.

As far as I kow he didn't train full contact like MT fighters do, so I don't see how people can think he would survive

Taken that most think Karate TKD kung fu snapkicks are useless in MMA and he did snapkicks, how could he survive

Seriously, I don't know but am just amazed at how shure people are he would kick ass in MMA

You make some good points here but I think Bruce (as a progressive thinker) would have adjusted his training to make himself more competitive in the MMA arena. Who’s to say he would compete at all. I really don't know but it seems to me that he wasn't interested in competition. He was more into taking martial arts and making it effective, and practical. He was a rebel and a self thinker that thought out of the preverbal box. He seemed much more interested in self-defense than anything else. He may have stubbed his nose at the NHB tourney’s and went about his business who’s to say.

However this thread is all theoretical and what might happen if he was here, or if the UFC/Pride was around then, so there is a lot of room to play with this.

The one thing I do believe is that he was a good athlete and he had an incredible mental toughness and that goes a long way. In the end who really knows what would happen. We are just giving our opinions.