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i was talking to a friend yesterday and he just sent me this to post on his behalf
"JKD is not very well suited to "survive" in UFC. it is mainly for self defense- for real no holds barred fights. UFC is not really no holds barred coz there are still rules- no eye gouching and biting. well, JKD actually teaches eye jabs and i even heared that bruce lee once bit an opponent in a fight.
in a street fight, imagine a grappler attempting to attack, a JKD practitioner would just poke his eye and the fight's over but on that note a JKD practitioners are generally known for their speed so altho i personally think bruce lee wqould not necessary win the UFC i would be suprised if he didnt advance very very far.
and regardless it doesnt change the fact that bruce lee was a great martial artist but he was also a pioneer.
also to everyone who says he was just an actor and not a real fighter i have some information for you
Defeated British boxer Gary Elms by knockout in the 3rd round in the 1958 Hong Kong amateur boxing championships by using Wing Chun traps and high/low level straight punches. Before he met Elms in the finals, he knocked out three boxers in the first round. Hawkings Cheung, his fellow Wing Chun street fighter, witnessed the event.
Bruce Lee knocked out Wong Jack-Man in Oakland, California in a 1965 no-holds barred challenge match. It was Lee's last official fight. It lasted three minutes.
Lee knocked-out Chung, a Choy Li Fut fighter, in Hong Kong in a 1958 Full-Contact match. The match was refereed by Wong Shun-Leung.
Lee knocked-out Uechi in 10 seconds in a 1962 Full-Contact match in Seattle. It was refereed by Jesse Glover.
According to HK stuntman Phillip Ko Fei, Bruce was challenged by a tiger/crane kung fu stylist who was an extra who claimed Lee was a phony on the set of Enter the Dragon. Lee, who was furious of the claim, accepted the challenge to prove that his martial arts were indeed the real deal. The fight only lasted 30 seconds with Bruce pummeling the the kung fu man with a series of straight punches to the face, low line kicks to his shins/knees/thighs and finally ended with the guy being smashed to the wall with his hair pulled and his arms trapped by Bruce. After Lee forced the kung fu stylist to submit, he showed some class by telling him to go back to work instead of firing him. This fight was witnessed by Fred Weintraub & Bob Wall.
but of all the bruce lee facts i know this one is by far my fav
In the popular Nintendo game/anime series, Pokémon, the fighting type monster Hitmonlee is based on Lee
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