EA Sports UFC - Bruce Lee VS Jose Aldo Featherweight Championship `Welcome to the fight everyone has been wanting to see Bruce the Dragon Lee VS Jose Aldo..I will be controlling Bruce of course hope you guys enjoy!!` [video=youtube;isKI7MZtndY]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isKI7MZtndY[/video] `Seeing as how Bruce Lee's fists were so fast he had to tone it down for the movies, so they could capture it on camera well enough for the audience to see, I wouldn't be surprised if Aldo quite literally never saw it coming when Bruce Lee whoops him in nothing flat.` *** `All Kidding aside..Bruce Lee was constantly improving his skills and was a brilliant fighter. If he was resurrected out of the blue today he would be demolished in the UFC, but he was never afraid to take what worked from different styles and apply it to his skill set. `If the UFC was a big part of martial arts when he was alive he would have adapted, learned and been very dangerous. I always felt "Kenny Florian" (remember him?)...gave us the closest look of what Bruce Lee might have fought like in the UFC....but of course add Bruce's speed, adaptability and strength IMO he would have been nearly impossible to beat. People forget he wasn't just a great fighter...he was a genius in the art of fighting`
Bruce Lee wasn't only an artist of martial arts, he was also a factual fighter. When he arrived in the United States he tried and study also Western Box and he fought, being able to win a title in 1958, by K.O. at 3rd round, against Gary Elms [inter school champion]. So he was adaptable to ring combats [his main experience was about fighting in free rooms]. His limit was physiological, since his body structure was not suitable for great weights and charges of work [he suffered of a heavy injury just lifting weights to increase his muscle mass].
Forget the UFC, if resurrected today Lee would get smoked by a decent D1 college wrestler. God forbid he got into the ring with a good Thai specialist like Buakaw. Lee was hot stuff for his time, and a very good athlete, but in today's world of MMA his take on 1 vs 1 combat is pretty far off the mark.
Yeah lot's of myth surrounding Lee...my tae kwon do instructer back in those days just smiled and chuckled at the stories, "ah hollywood" would be his only comment...
Myth, film was edited to make martial arts appear faster...do a google search for an interview with joe lewis...lewis trained with lee and exposes the truth...
The thing is you got to give Lee the proper chance to train for such combat. No he wouldn't be resurrected and just go in and beat up on Jon Jones, but I believe he could still do some damage given the opportunity. He was very fast and pretty damned strong for his small frame. But give a guy with his talent and potential a good year or so to train in the sport, im pretty sure we would see a hell of a fighter. But yes, still beatable in this venue.
