130lbs vs. 200+??? Hahahaha…not in any world…
Who cares if he could fight as well as legends say?
He made kick ass movies. Hell, Jet Li made kick ass movies–and he’s a wushu guy. (But he’s probably fast enough to whip people his size–that is, five feet tall, 130 lbs.
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Fighting ability does not = good movies. Good movies do not = fighting ability.
I think Tony Jaa has made the 2 best martial arts films in the last twenty years or so, but I still wouldn’t rank him as any kind of fighter.
Know of any UFC fighters making legendary films? Not me–they all suck when it comes to film entertainment, because there’s no excitement to throwing punches and 'rasslin (unless you splice in the soap opera storylines of the WWF:rolleyes: ). But they can duke it out in the octagon just fine.
What Bruce Lee had was personality. His sponsorship of MA–all MA’s–helped make their study more popular and widespread. There’s schools in backwater towns all over the country. It’s because of people like him than most citizens can get a little Eastern training, even in the dreadful Bible Belt.
And please don’t talk about Bruce vs. Lidell. This is purely ridiculous. Even in tournaments and UFC, there’s weight classes. Stick a 130 lb. MMA’er vs. lil’ Brucie, and I’d bet on Brucie every time.
He had blinding speed and remarkable power (for someone his size).
And as for the issue of juicing…there’s plenty of MMA’ers juicing. Not all. But plenty of amateurs—all you have to do is ask…
