Bruce Lee vs Gracie?!?

[Carson]

Bruce Lee was an actor. I'll take any mma fighter over him

[Bryan Brown]

Bruce Lee was an actor. I'll take any mma fighter over him

Randy Couture is an actor. Bruce was a fighter 1st, then became an actor.

[Enrique "Kiko"]

How can you finish a martial art? There is no end.

I finished Hamster style kung fu under Sensei Choda Boy, but I was forced to stop practicing by the government because it is deemed "too brutal" for anyone to use in any situation.

[Emir Mehovic]

theirs multiple pictures of bruce wearing a black belt what more proof do u want... i think its stupid how people say they let him wear a black belt bullshit. bruce lee was a monster he would deafeat any gracie bruce lee knocked out multiple martial art experts within seconds... what makes the gracies any different

[Patrick Carey]

theirs multiple pictures of bruce wearing a black belt what more proof do u want... i think its stupid how people say they let him wear a black belt bullshit. bruce lee was a monster he would deafeat any gracie bruce lee knocked out multiple martial art experts within seconds... what makes the gracies any different

Bruce lee was amazingly famous, so this question should be easy to answer.

Who gave him his black belt?

[Frank R.]

theirs multiple pictures of bruce wearing a black belt what more proof do u want... i think its stupid how people say they let him wear a black belt bullshit. bruce lee was a monster he would deafeat any gracie bruce lee knocked out multiple martial art experts within seconds... what makes the gracies any different

Did you not read anything in this thread, especially the Joe Lewis interview where he specifically said Bruce was not a figher? Probably to much to read but it is very interesting and it will most likely be hard to swallow.

[Emir Mehovic]

i read the joe lewis interview the guy doesnt know what hes talking about how would he know if bruce lee was a fighter or not if he never witnessed any of bruce lees fights i said who bruce got his black belt from multiple times.

[Chris Herzog]

Bruce trained with "Judo" Gene LeBell, after Gene physically embarrased him on the set of the Green Hornet. Bruce was NOT a black belt in Judo, but developed a long term relationship with Gene. Judo lineage is realitve easy to trace, as there are governing bodies.

Bruce was inspiration for most of us, I have alot of respect for popularizing the martial arts, and for breaking the mold of traditional martial arts. But there is NO evidence of him being a fighter, on the contrary most of the evidence is against it. The doesn't take anything away from the fact he was an amazing teacher and innovater.
Bruce (and Chuck Norris) were two of the driving forces behind me starting to train.

The reality is, Chuck was far more of a competitor/fighter than Bruce was. This doesn't take away from Bruces reputation (which happens to get Bruce supports all upset) it actually is a testament to everything else he accomplished.

[Muhammad Abdou]

bruce lee knew the twister... no way he would have lost

[Aab]

i read the joe lewis interview the guy doesnt know what hes talking about how would he know if bruce lee was a fighter or not if he never witnessed any of bruce lees fights i said who bruce got his black belt from multiple times.

um cuz he trained with Bruce and was a friend of his maybe? The same thing that Mike Stone or Chuck Norris would say as in the Chuck video I posted a while back. He already is considered the greatest Martial Artist of all time don't make him more than he is. He wasn't interested in fighting. If he was he would have done like Ali, sugar ray, and Joe Lewis did. Find someone to train you and fight, not spend all day on a movie set. Bruce wanted money and to "honestly express himself." What better way to get that than through the big screen.