Bruce Lee vs BJ Penn

[Emir Mehovic]

Bruce in his prime vs Penn right now. Who wins an mma match?

[Enrique "Kiko"]

If Bruce was receiving the evolved MMA training that we have today, who knows? I'd definately give the speed advantage to Bruce. But if you took Bruce with his training from when he was alive and in his prime, vs a BJ Penn with modern training and put em in the cage, same weight class, well, Bruce would have simply been owned on the ground =(. And I'm a HUGE fan of Bruce Lee.

[Emir Mehovic]

My opinion-Bruce Lee would kill Bj.He would be to fast and i think he would be the 1st guy to ko Bj.People are gunna say"yeah but this is mma ,bruce new nothing of the ground game".Watch the opening scene from Enter the dragon bruce makes a guy tap from a straight arm-bar.Game of death against the big guy at the end he applies an arm triangle.Bruce Lee new plenty about the ground game as he was well versed in judo.But Bj wouldn't be able to get near Bruce to take him down due to his amazing footwork and handspeed.In summing up Bj wouldn't be able to cope with Bruce's speed or power and Bruce would finish Bj.All theory of course we will never know but thats my take on it, i would love to see more opinions on this.

[Matt "Gumby" Glach]

Who wins? Those corporate fat cats, they're who wins! They always fucking win!

[Nate Hollyfield]

Who wins? Those corporate fat cats, they're who wins! They always fucking win!

lol.
But in all seriousness, I feel like we cant know this answer. Speed goes to Bruce Lee, of course. But BJ is a hero on the ground, and thats the truth.
All in all though, it just seems like this would be hard to call.
For example, I think a Velociraptor would destroy a Tiger, but who knows...

[DarbyBarby]

Bruce lee was a bad dude but I think the legend of Bruce lee is better then the real Bruce lee I think bj Penn would beat his ass.

P.s a velociraptor would tear up a tiger haha

[Aab]

Are you crazy he's a Thai Boxer!? Then I must show him...........................Jeet Kune Do!

[CLEM JOLLY]

Hi
We have all seen the evolution of mma from first UFC days where Royce destroyed all and sundry with his ground game, to todays well rounded fighters. The ground game is still an area where if you are unskilled and you meet a skilled roller, you gonna get hurt. But the stand up guy has shown, with good stand up, you dont get to ground. We all seen good rollers get knocked out! There is a difference between swinging wildly and landing luckily and GOOD SOLID STANDUP, and I think Mr Lee had that, so less chance of luck and more chance of well placed attack. Mr Penn, must surely though be fav. on ground.....Winner? whoever dominates their art wins, in my humble opinion. Thanks
Clem

[Max Hernandez]

bruce lee was a hollywood martial artiest. he would get killed.

[Aab]

Honestly Lee never fought. He was about self defense not fighting for points are in the ring. Joe Lewis said his style resembled that of Muay Thai before his death. Lee was concerned with Movies. You don't spend 12 hours a day on a movie set if you want to be a professional fighter. A guy 5 foot 7 125 pounds would have to rely on his speed (which he had) and strikes down the center line (which JKD believes in) . Lee was big on bill jee (finger jab to the eyes) , groin kicks and such.