OK, this question gets brought up a lot and as the resident JKD guy, Ill chime in. There are many factors to this question but it boils down to the ground game. You cannot take Bruce in his "Prime" and compare him to a fighter of today. Bruce against a fighter of equal weight, yesteryear, would be very dominant. His Judo, wrestling and sambo were very very good. Its like putting Royce Gracie against Jake Sheilds. Its just a different game now. To be fair, if Bruce was young today JKD would look completely different. Bruce would probably be a student of Eddie as well as teaching stand up or MMA. The fact still remains that he is the single most influential figure in martial arts history. With out Bruce most of us would not be here today.
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I agree. Bruce Lee is the father of MMA. He was the first person to come up with the concept of mixing martial arts. Ground fighting wasn't popular at all when Bruce Lee was around. In fact it was nothing but a murmur. If he was around today he would definitely advocate the use of Jiu Jitsu, I think.
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There are guys out side mma the are awesome but don't fight in a cage and to compare them to mma fighters is kinda silly thats like saying who would win in a fight a shark or a lion it depends on where they are. for some info click here http://www.fightingmaster.com/masters/index.htm
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He would get killed by an average varsity high school wrestler.
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he would get killed Tylenol....................thats how you troll
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cause high school wrestlers know how to fight? right. Originally Posted by 3rdeye
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Not trolling. A decent wrestler would smash Bruce Lee, "in his prime". Bruce Lee had no ground game, with no ground game Kung fu is dead. Originally Posted by sly
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How would a wrestler finish Bruce Lee, pin him?!
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Hold him down and rape him anyway he wanted. Bruce did not train off his back. Originally Posted by JeffRace727
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no, without Royce Gracie none of us would be hear. Grand Master Helio, was proving gracie jiujitsu in the 30's when bruce wasn't even born yet, lets not mix movies with actual practical real revolutions, with tangible results. in fact , movies have done a real number on the american martial arts psyche
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