Erik Competitions, at least at the time, were more point matches. Neither he nor Joe Lewis (who would go on to train with Bruce later) liked them. Or at least, that’s what I took from Joe’s interview.
Bruce lee would be a 3 weight world champ, BW, FW, LW and undefeated, number 1 pound for pound best fighter in mma in today's world. imagine him at a press conference haha
@@justsomeguywithoutamustach8969 Not really man, not all MMA guys today are that great, Bruce is by far the smartest mainstream martial artist, fighting isn't just about power and speed, it's also about IQ. Most top MMA fighters aren't even the strongest nor fastest, but the smartest. I honestly dunno which MMA fighter is smarter than Bruce Lee. lol.
@@justsomeguywithoutamustach8969 he'd adapt though. His mindset, philosophy, work ethic and athleticism would have meant he would have embraced the latest technology and training techniques and evolved.
As much as I love Wonderboy I think these days it'll be damned near impossible for him to get a 170 belt. He's a striking specialist in a sea of sharks that are well-rounded and are good at everything. Do you really see him beating Kamaru, Colby, Leon Edwards or Gilbert Burns?
Joe Lewis and Bruce may have had a rocky history. But Joe Lewis who fought the best in the world, saying Bruce was one of the hardest hitters, is a tribute to Bruce's legacy and his frequent obsessive thoughts about fighting. There was a big difference between Bruce the fighter and Bruce the showman. He could blend the two so well.
Joe is a flip flopper one minute he said how amazing Bruce was and then there's another video where he's bad mouthing him with Bob wall Also bad mouthing him, which ironically Bob wall threatened to fight Steven seagal for doing the exact same thing, Lewis and wall are liars
@@ruger51995 Joe was jealous and used to talk down about Bruce Lee. He never denied Bruce's teachings made him better. But later in life, he admitted Bruce's strength and brilliance. Also he said they never sparred, yet other witnesses (including Joe's ex girlfriend) mentioned they did and that Bruce was getting the better of him. Either way Stephen Thompson ended up revealing a secret gold nugget from Joe Lewis. Not only did Joe Lewis say Bruce hit like a heavyweight, he was one of the hardest hits Joe felt. Another interview and Joe said he never felt Bruce's sidekick, but that Bruce caught him with a punch. Putting these two pieces of info together probably meant that Bruce's punches hit hard af.
@@ruger51995 -dude, read Pollys book- Bruce Lee a life. What happened between Lee and Lewis is explained. Joe’s wife lied to him, and said Bruce made a pass at her. Joe confronted Lee concerning his wife’s allegations. Bruce responded by saying... is that really what u believe Joe?, and said that a few times, then Bruce called in Linda, his wife and said Linda, I want u to hear this. That’s when Joe realized his reality. They divorced, and years later Joe would state that his wife was always jealous, Or wanted to start trouble between him, and his male buddies. That same night Lee called Joe back on the phone , and chewed him out. Their relationship was never the same , because Bruce wrote him off as a former friend. That’s one of reason Joe would vacillated between praising Lee, and bad mouthing him. It got complicated because of the lying, scheming wife. Do your own research on this relationship.
Had Bruce Lee been in his prime today he probably would have been the first 3 or 4 belt champion holding all of them at the same time in different weight divisions. In UFC that would have been Flyweight , Featherweight , Lightweight and yes even at 170lbs! He was light enough to get down to Flyweight and Featherweight and strong enough and fast enough to compete at 155lbs and 170lbs.
That was one of the best natural lesson of the Man , Brue Lee I have watched in years, and I grew up in the 70's watching all of the Bruce Lee movies that were made 💯💯💯, fantastic break down by Steven Thompson 👍🙏🙏🙏
Bruce Lee more than anybody in recent history has promoted martial arts and mma. He didn't create mma, but was probably responsible for it becoming so hugely popular.
If there is a single UFC fighter i hope becomes champ before the end, it has got to be Wonderboy. And he has the mindset i think. Question is, can he get past the top of the WW divison right now? He beat Masvidal, but we've got some killers like Edwards and Burns, Covington, Usman. Maybe a rematch with Woodley? If he wins that, get him a fight with one of the aforementioned guys and maybe then he can get another title shot?
Rickson Gracie "Everything Bruce Lee spoke was the true essence of martial arts...and his philosophy about fighting was a 100% correct." Anderson Silva "Wing Chun and the Bruce Lee stuff saved my life inside the cage." Bruce trained 5 years of judo, he trained wrestling, judo and some jiu-jitsu with Champion grappler/wrestler Gene Labell. Lee also trained with Small Circle Jiu-jitsu and trained boxing, he used movies from muay thai, karate, wing chun, etc. He was mixing the same Martial Arts we mix in MMA today and in a very similar way! Obviously his grappling and wrestling wouldn't be on level with today's MMA, but according to Gene, Bruce was still "a good grappler"
I think Wonderboy just said that Bruce Lee wouldn't be able to hang with UFC fighters of today. "It wouldn't be fair." I disagree. I think he'd wipe the floor with them.
Yeah. I'd guess he would certainly be able to hold his own, even with his skills from then. Especially against other strikers of today. We just don't know enough about his wrestling, grappling and ground skills. And I agree with Stephen: would Bruce be in his teens now, he for sure would become a multi champ and P4P king!
Tao of JKD has judo/jiu-jitsu, wrestling, kickboxing with elbows/knees/headbutts, it has Gi grappling, weapons arts. It literally is entirely about mixing martial arts. Striking/grappling/wrestling like modern MMA
Yes i have the Tao of JKD book published in the 80s it was my dads. He was way ahead of his time, so I just laugh when people say bruce was just an actor. When he was alive people said the same thing and challenged him, guess what happened lol Sammo Hung mentioned in an interview that when Bruce was in Barcelona he respectfully challenged all the martial arts schools in the area.
Jim Kelly who did compete himself thought Bruce Lee was “ the greatest martial artist that ever lived” ... that seems over the top but he clearly was highly impressed with him . I can’t believe the guy didn’t write a book or have one ghost written by someone ... did he simply make that up ? Was he just trying to preserve the Bruce Lee legend ? What was he doing by saying that ?
Telling the truth? Dude, not everything is a conspiracy. Don’t make things harder than they should be. Jim Kelly said that. If a great martial artist says that about Bruce, you don’t need to try and tangle it up, and say he was lying to preserve legacies. Geez. Some people are just born without brains.
Palpa - meme That’s pretty mean of you to say that . I was actually trying to stimulate some adult discussion . Jim Kelly does have something to gain because he is part of the Bruce Lee legend as is Chuck Norris and Bob Wall etc ...doesn’t mean they’re bad guys or anything but his statements leave a lot of questions ... even interviewers have been left perplexed .
For this who keep saying actor better remember he was in street gangs and always having street fights that’s why his parents sent him to America. Actors don’t have schools and their own style of the martial arts. The martial arts are what they are today bcuz of Bruce the things most are doing now he was doing then. He revolutionized the Martial arts and was a one in a life time phenomenal human being when the most high made him he broke the mold afterwards bcuz there will never be another with the complete package that he had the skill, the presence, and the intellect. His students say they’ve see Bruce spar your favorites and beat them all including Joe Lewis Jim Kelly said he wouldn’t give the names out of respect but nobody could touch Bruce….Nobody
Bruce Lee actually was looking at Muay Thai and judo and certain types of jiu jitsu, seriously there's interviews and it's included in books . The same judo is the same judo from 50years ago, still judo , just as an example. I understand wonderboy was walking on thin ice there people get pissed if u bad mouth Bruce, I also get pissed haha
@4:10 Nice! That IS a great quote, well put.00:10 "He has every one of Bruce Lee's films on vhs" Wellll....all four of them? Since tower of death was not a movie (its ten minutes of usable footage) there's only 3 chop sakis and only One Hollywood. The guy was not an actor, Lee was not only a real world fighter but a revolutionary (Lee only did the movie thing at the last 1.5 year of his life). @10:30 Very cool! Btw Your dad sounds super cool and keep up the great work in the octagon! Great vid here 🙂
People forget how great he was because he's not alive to show you. Thus all the negative comments from UFC fans. And then there is the Chuck Norris revisionist history.
Anserson SIlva,, Joe Leis, Chuck Norris, Sugar Ray Leonard, Mcgregor - all of them say Bruce would have been a great fighter today. Of course, if Bruce was fighting today, he would adapt and adjust to the current situation becasue he was highly intelligent and only used effctive techiniques. To compare his set of techniqies from 50 years ago to today’s techiniques is unfair.
Bruce Lee. What he should be known as was a master at self-promotion. How does a man in the span of roughly 5 years (in film and TV) manage to leave such a lasting impression on literally millions of people AROUND THE WORLD continuously for decades almost 50 years after his passing? And continue to inspire. (I was once a fan too...since I was a boy) If he were alive today. And had just come to the US in 2020 it would be interesting to see if he would still be as impressive. Because he'd have to eat his words. He'd be FORCED to compete in the MMA to prove his point. Televised. Photographed by 4k Camcorders and smartphones. He would need to be a champion. More impressive than a Floyd Mayweather. A world champion in several weight devisions. Unbeaten. Winning impressively. He said he didn't believe in competition or systems. He couldn't just "talk the talk" in 2020. His background would need to be undeniable. I'd love to have known if he could take a punch or kick. Was he really a "fighter" that could hold his own today against the world's elite pro fighters. In "exhibition" fights against guys like Floyd Mayweather (in his prime), even Mike Tyson (they said he hit like a heavyweight, could defeat heayweights-men..according to James DeMille. Though they weren't world champions. I would love for him to be the man many think he is today. Not just this "image" of a man they want him to have been. It gets me when I hear professional fighters go on about him knowing Bruce never even competed. I think blinded by his charismatic on-screen persona. His films...people go on and on about them. Fanboys. But don't ReALLY look at the choreography objectively. It was overdone IMHO (e.g. Enter the Dragon--Why would his character a martial arts expert--Shaolin Monk be helping the CIA--and not a CIA operative? Why in the movie did he not use Shoalin Kung Fu? Why did he have to use Kali sticks to beat a 70 year old fragile looking factor worker by the 2 jail cells? Beating him 20-30 times? 1 blow would have sufficed there...etc..He fights an army of Karate guys on an Hong Kong island..Mr. Han's..)..and he never gassed out going all out).
The fact he was able to have such lasting impact is testament to how good he was. No tournaments. No championships. Little documented proof of him actually having real fights. No social media or hype men screaming he’s number one. But yet he known the world over even decades after his death. I’m sorry but no amount of self promotion can create such a legacy. As for films. Forget about the plot and look a the man’s skill. No mere actor could move with that much speed and power. And lastly if Bruce Lee was transplanted to modern times he not only would be a major action star but a championship light weight fighter because he was a student of martial arts. He not only trained like a manic but studied many forms of martial arts.
MMA is a brainchild of Bruce Lee! For people to say that he would be behind in today's MMA is absurd! Bruce used to get flak for encouraging people to study as many different styles of martial arts as possible so that they could find what worked for them. Now some people are saying he may be missing out on some martial arts that didn't exist back then? How many new martial arts have sprung up since the days of Bruce Lee? BBJ is still jujitsu, right? It's still derived from the Japanese Jujitsu, right? Just as Krav Maga derived from a bunch of other traditional martial arts.
There was no UFC in Bruce Lee's time, only real fights with no rules or refs. Gene Lebel doesn't consider Bruce Lee a martial artist, calls him a great "athlete".... all due respect. this coming from a guy who believes Ronda Rousey was the greatest female fighter ever.
Overall dumb interview....ask Wonderboy some questions about his career and lets stop idolizing this movie star who wouldve gotten destroyed in an actual MMA fight.
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Bruce Lee one of the GOATS of martial arts and the Father of MMA.
Crazy to think he never competed
@@Vekenstein his philosphy was more about how to win a street fight, and the quest to useful techniques. He didnt like the BS of traditions lol
@@Vekenstein Competitions have rules that didn't fit into his philosophy of being free to use everything.
lmao
Erik Competitions, at least at the time, were more point matches. Neither he nor Joe Lewis (who would go on to train with Bruce later) liked them. Or at least, that’s what I took from Joe’s interview.
Wonderboy shows so much respect for Bruce Lee, it is so great to see and hear him. He is such a classy guy.
Mario "No Lives Matter" Yamasaki
😭💀
Lmfaoooooo
Goat of all refs
Only a warrior's life matters
Bruce lee would be a 3 weight world champ, BW, FW, LW and undefeated, number 1 pound for pound best fighter in mma in today's world. imagine him at a press conference haha
Why not flyweight? xD
In his era bruce lee would be undefeated
But in this era bruce lee would get destroy by mma fighters today.
@@justsomeguywithoutamustach8969 Not really man, not all MMA guys today are that great, Bruce is by far the smartest mainstream martial artist, fighting isn't just about power and speed, it's also about IQ. Most top MMA fighters aren't even the strongest nor fastest, but the smartest. I honestly dunno which MMA fighter is smarter than Bruce Lee. lol.
@@justsomeguywithoutamustach8969 he'd adapt though. His mindset, philosophy, work ethic and athleticism would have meant he would have embraced the latest technology and training techniques and evolved.
@@justsomeguywithoutamustach8969 that's like comparing a great car from the 1970s to a tesla today....
Stephen Thompson is an overall good guy! 💡 And listening to people talk about Bruce Lee never gets old! ☀️
Lmao Wonderboy said "Green Lantern" when he meant "Green Hornet" 😅
lmfao. i wasnt even sure what he meant (cause im not familiar with bruce lee movies), but that sure did confuse me :D
Lol bro
Hope Wonderboy comes back soon, I'd love to see him make another run at the title.
Same. His last fight against Luque was fantastic, I've watched it several times over lol
I think wonderboy would match up well against burns and Edwards
Or in general fighting some great fight 🤟🏼 dudes so gooood
As much as I love Wonderboy I think these days it'll be damned near impossible for him to get a 170 belt. He's a striking specialist in a sea of sharks that are well-rounded and are good at everything. Do you really see him beating Kamaru, Colby, Leon Edwards or Gilbert Burns?
@@Smorgasvord Yeah that's my worry as well. Usman and Colby in particular seem so difficult for anyone that isn' them, you know?
Bruce Lee - born: 1940, dies: never
it says a lot after 40 plus years of Bruce's death, we are still talking and missing him si much, like every day.
@@xyz-pf1yz 49 years
Bruce Lee was that kind of man who wants to be the best fighter he can be.
Bruce Lee: "The Father & Greatest".
Bruce Lee would have evolved past this this time. He was the king of evolving.
i refer bruce lee jkd as english language. english language is the only language that keeps evolving.
I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times.
Truly the NMF in the game. Nothing but love and respect for Wonderboy
Wonderboy is an amazing person.
MMA has caught up with bruce only because they followed in his footsteps.
*Dotun Akintoye should be the go-to reporter for all heartfelt interviews.*
Bruce, has developed millions of people since the 60s, a huge legacy! Thank you, "Little Dragon"!! 🙏☯
Joe Lewis and Bruce may have had a rocky history. But Joe Lewis who fought the best in the world, saying Bruce was one of the hardest hitters, is a tribute to Bruce's legacy and his frequent obsessive thoughts about fighting.
There was a big difference between Bruce the fighter and Bruce the showman. He could blend the two so well.
Joe is a flip flopper one minute he said how amazing Bruce was and then there's another video where he's bad mouthing him with Bob wall Also bad mouthing him, which ironically Bob wall threatened to fight Steven seagal for doing the exact same thing, Lewis and wall are liars
@@ruger51995 Joe was jealous and used to talk down about Bruce Lee. He never denied Bruce's teachings made him better. But later in life, he admitted Bruce's strength and brilliance. Also he said they never sparred, yet other witnesses (including Joe's ex girlfriend) mentioned they did and that Bruce was getting the better of him.
Either way Stephen Thompson ended up revealing a secret gold nugget from Joe Lewis. Not only did Joe Lewis say Bruce hit like a heavyweight, he was one of the hardest hits Joe felt.
Another interview and Joe said he never felt Bruce's sidekick, but that Bruce caught him with a punch. Putting these two pieces of info together probably meant that Bruce's punches hit hard af.
@@ruger51995 Bob Wall dissed Bruce??? How??
M S May I see said video where Lewis and Wall badmouthed Bruce? I highly doubt it exists, but if it does, I’d love to see it.
@@ruger51995 -dude, read Pollys book- Bruce Lee a life. What happened between Lee and Lewis is explained. Joe’s wife lied to him, and said Bruce made a pass at her. Joe confronted Lee concerning his wife’s allegations. Bruce responded by saying... is that really what u believe Joe?, and said that a few times, then Bruce called in Linda, his wife and said Linda, I want u to hear this. That’s when Joe realized his reality. They divorced, and years later Joe would state that his wife was always jealous, Or wanted to start trouble between him, and his male buddies. That same night Lee called Joe back on the phone , and chewed him out. Their relationship was never the same , because Bruce wrote him off as a former friend. That’s one of reason Joe would vacillated between praising Lee, and bad mouthing him. It got complicated because of the lying, scheming wife.
Do your own research on this relationship.
The joe luis bruce lee story is gold
Stephen Thompson is a genuine class act. Respect and admiration brother 👊👊👊
Had Bruce Lee been in his prime today he probably would have been the first 3 or 4 belt champion holding all of them at the same time in different weight divisions. In UFC that would have been Flyweight , Featherweight , Lightweight and yes even at 170lbs! He was light enough to get down to Flyweight and Featherweight and strong enough and fast enough to compete at 155lbs and 170lbs.
"At the end of the fight, they always show love." - Stephen 'Wonderboy" Thompson
Cut to the brawl after Conor vs. Khabib. ;o)
That was one of the best natural lesson of the Man , Brue Lee I have watched in years, and I grew up in the 70's watching all of the Bruce Lee movies that were made 💯💯💯, fantastic break down by Steven Thompson 👍🙏🙏🙏
"Green HORNET"...
No he loves Ryan Reynolds bro.... come on.
I unsubscribed from Chael Sonnen after he started shitting on Bruce Lee. I love Bruce, how can you not?
Him vs Leon edwards next! that would be fun to see.
Wonderboy is one the best martial artist of all time.
@Wonderboy - FYI...At Bruce’s heaviest, he was at 145 lbs.
Bruce Lee more than anybody in recent history has promoted martial arts and mma. He didn't create mma, but was probably responsible for it becoming so hugely popular.
UFC NEEDS TO GIVE STEPHEN MORE FIGHTS AND GIVE HIM A CHANCE TO GET THE BELT, MOST STYLISTIC AND MOST LIKEABLE FIGHTER ON THE ROSTER
TTD 4 LIFE
They've given him two chances, he's lost both. Sorry..
UrameshiRE
he still got 2 tries & failed..
If there is a single UFC fighter i hope becomes champ before the end, it has got to be Wonderboy. And he has the mindset i think. Question is, can he get past the top of the WW divison right now? He beat Masvidal, but we've got some killers like Edwards and Burns, Covington, Usman. Maybe a rematch with Woodley? If he wins that, get him a fight with one of the aforementioned guys and maybe then he can get another title shot?
Rickson Gracie "Everything Bruce Lee spoke was the true essence of martial arts...and his philosophy about fighting was a 100% correct."
Anderson Silva "Wing Chun and the Bruce Lee stuff saved my life inside the cage."
Bruce trained 5 years of judo, he trained wrestling, judo and some jiu-jitsu with Champion grappler/wrestler Gene Labell. Lee also trained with Small Circle Jiu-jitsu and trained boxing, he used movies from muay thai, karate, wing chun, etc.
He was mixing the same Martial Arts we mix in MMA today and in a very similar way!
Obviously his grappling and wrestling wouldn't be on level with today's MMA, but according to Gene, Bruce was still "a good grappler"
Go get that belt champ, America needs a champion of your caliber.
I think Wonderboy just said that Bruce Lee wouldn't be able to hang with UFC fighters of today. "It wouldn't be fair." I disagree. I think he'd wipe the floor with them.
Yeah. I'd guess he would certainly be able to hold his own, even with his skills from then. Especially against other strikers of today. We just don't know enough about his wrestling, grappling and ground skills.
And I agree with Stephen: would Bruce be in his teens now, he for sure would become a multi champ and P4P king!
Be water my friend...
Wonderboy forever ❤
Thanks wonderboy for that anecdote.
Bruce Lee GOAT
Tao of JKD has judo/jiu-jitsu, wrestling, kickboxing with elbows/knees/headbutts, it has Gi grappling, weapons arts. It literally is entirely about mixing martial arts. Striking/grappling/wrestling like modern MMA
Yes i have the Tao of JKD book published in the 80s it was my dads. He was way ahead of his time, so I just laugh when people say bruce was just an actor. When he was alive people said the same thing and challenged him, guess what happened lol Sammo Hung mentioned in an interview that when Bruce was in Barcelona he respectfully challenged all the martial arts schools in the area.
Great point thank you wonderfulBoy
Wonderboy forever
Wow, really, everyone was inspired by Bruce Lee who's into martial arts, I was more a ninja, Sho Kosugi guy in the 80s.
U need to talk to Uncle Chael he’s been downing on Bruce lately but besides that what a Personal intimate talk Wonder boy you’re the man
Chael is clueless sometimes. Dude's so full of himself.
Who cares about Chael lol he said bruce was a wimp lol Ignorance is bliss
awesome interview by Dotun! well done fella 😊
8:30 respect, please check out One Championship, his name is Rodtang Jitmuangnon, he doesn’t back down, and can take hits to the face.
my sons 5 inch ouch from any angle will hit you, he never misses a mailbox. that acceleration..
2:10 People who dont study jkd often dont understand. The 1-inch punch is actually a non-telegraphed jab...
Wonderboy is right on the money 💰 about Bruce Lee.
Jim Kelly who did compete himself thought Bruce Lee was “ the greatest martial artist that ever lived” ... that seems over the top but he clearly was highly impressed with him . I can’t believe the guy didn’t write a book or have one ghost written by someone ... did he simply make that up ? Was he just trying to preserve the Bruce Lee legend ? What was he doing by saying that ?
Telling the truth? Dude, not everything is a conspiracy. Don’t make things harder than they should be. Jim Kelly said that. If a great martial artist says that about Bruce, you don’t need to try and tangle it up, and say he was lying to preserve legacies. Geez. Some people are just born without brains.
Palpa - meme
That’s pretty mean of you to say that . I was actually trying to stimulate some adult discussion . Jim Kelly does have something to gain because he is part of the Bruce Lee legend as is Chuck Norris and Bob Wall etc ...doesn’t mean they’re bad guys or anything but his statements leave a lot of questions ... even interviewers have been left perplexed .
Bruce Lee Alexander of MMA
Who are all these casuals interviewing for ESPN??
Bro if you pay attention to the interview clearly he is somewhat of a fan of Martial Arts at least. He just wants Stephen's perspective.
ɮᴇᴄφᴍɪnɢ - War Robots u must not know what a casual is. Nor do u even know what fronting means lmfao
ɮᴇᴄφᴍɪnɢ - War Robots OK normie LMFAO
For this who keep saying actor better remember he was in street gangs and always having street fights that’s why his parents sent him to America. Actors don’t have schools and their own style of the martial arts. The martial arts are what they are today bcuz of Bruce the things most are doing now he was doing then. He revolutionized the Martial arts and was a one in a life time phenomenal human being when the most high made him he broke the mold afterwards bcuz there will never be another with the complete package that he had the skill, the presence, and the intellect. His students say they’ve see Bruce spar your favorites and beat them all including Joe Lewis Jim Kelly said he wouldn’t give the names out of respect but nobody could touch Bruce….Nobody
Great interview
I met Joe lewis at a seminar , the guy looked like he had cyborg hands … solid guy
That's it, I will spar wonderboy one day just for fun of course out of respect,my 2nd favorite Martial artist of all time
That was Awesome!!!!!
Bruce Lee actually was looking at Muay Thai and judo and certain types of jiu jitsu, seriously there's interviews and it's included in books . The same judo is the same judo from 50years ago, still judo , just as an example. I understand wonderboy was walking on thin ice there people get pissed if u bad mouth Bruce, I also get pissed haha
I’m not surprised. He had a whole library filled with books talking about all kinds of martial arts, traditional and modern.
@4:10 Nice! That IS a great quote, well put.00:10 "He has every one of Bruce Lee's films on vhs"
Wellll....all four of them? Since tower of death was not a movie (its ten minutes of usable footage) there's only 3 chop sakis and only One Hollywood. The guy was not an actor, Lee was not only a real world fighter but a revolutionary (Lee only did the movie thing at the last 1.5 year of his life).
@10:30 Very cool!
Btw Your dad sounds super cool and keep up the great work in the octagon!
Great vid here 🙂
WONDERBOY ALLLL DAY
Real recognizes real
He said green lantern lol no buddy, it's the green hornet!:D
he got the green and the black mask right lol
People forget how great he was because he's not alive to show you. Thus all the negative comments from UFC fans. And then there is the Chuck Norris revisionist history.
Who tf is this dotun akintoye. Never seen his interviews posted on this page before
Next fight for wonderboy ??
Come on Wonderboy don't act like you don't know Bruce Lee was 5'7 145 lb and it was Green Hornet
Hahaha
They all have at least one of them working for them to make it look like they're all about equality🙄
Anserson SIlva,, Joe Leis, Chuck Norris, Sugar Ray Leonard, Mcgregor - all of them say Bruce would have been a great fighter today. Of course, if Bruce was fighting today, he would adapt and adjust to the current situation becasue he was highly intelligent and only used effctive techiniques. To compare his set of techniqies from 50 years ago to today’s techiniques is unfair.
DANA WHITE SOUNDS LIKE WOODY FROM TOY STORY
Stephen Thompson has that Chad hairstyle
I remember watching bruce lee carrying green lantern in green hornet 😅
He meant Green Hornet Incase y’all were scratching your heads about Green Lantern.
Wonder boy forgot, Bruce Lee was right handed. Yet fighted left bc of fencing. Using right leg as sword jab.
Just like wonderboy.
Wonderboy fight with both orthodox and southpaw
Bruce Lee. What he should be known as was a master at self-promotion. How does a man in the span of roughly 5 years (in film and TV) manage to leave such a lasting impression on literally millions of people AROUND THE WORLD continuously for decades almost 50 years after his passing? And continue to inspire.
(I was once a fan too...since I was a boy)
If he were alive today. And had just come to the US in 2020 it would be interesting to see if he would still be as impressive. Because he'd have to eat his words. He'd be FORCED to compete in the MMA to prove his point. Televised. Photographed by 4k Camcorders and smartphones. He would need to be a champion. More impressive than a Floyd Mayweather. A world champion in several weight devisions. Unbeaten. Winning impressively. He said he didn't believe in competition or systems.
He couldn't just "talk the talk" in 2020. His background would need to be undeniable. I'd love to have known if he could take a punch or kick. Was he really a "fighter" that could hold his own today against the world's elite pro fighters. In "exhibition" fights against guys like Floyd Mayweather (in his prime), even Mike Tyson (they said he hit like a heavyweight, could defeat heayweights-men..according to James DeMille. Though they weren't world champions. I would love for him to be the man many think he is today. Not just this "image" of a man they want him to have been.
It gets me when I hear professional fighters go on about him knowing Bruce never even competed. I think blinded by his charismatic on-screen persona.
His films...people go on and on about them. Fanboys. But don't ReALLY look at the choreography objectively. It was overdone IMHO (e.g. Enter the Dragon--Why would his character a martial arts expert--Shaolin Monk be helping the CIA--and not a CIA operative? Why in the movie did he not use Shoalin Kung Fu? Why did he have to use Kali sticks to beat a 70 year old fragile looking factor worker by the 2 jail cells? Beating him 20-30 times? 1 blow would have sufficed there...etc..He fights an army of Karate guys on an Hong Kong island..Mr. Han's..)..and he never gassed out going all out).
The fact he was able to have such lasting impact is testament to how good he was. No tournaments. No championships. Little documented proof of him actually having real fights. No social media or hype men screaming he’s number one. But yet he known the world over even decades after his death. I’m sorry but no amount of self promotion can create such a legacy.
As for films. Forget about the plot and look a the man’s skill. No mere actor could move with that much speed and power. And lastly if Bruce Lee was transplanted to modern times he not only would be a major action star but a championship light weight fighter because he was a student of martial arts. He not only trained like a manic but studied many forms of martial arts.
Speed kills.
Some people really sleep on Bruce Lee as a fighter....
Soooo dumb
the guy who was beaten by cliff booth .....come on.
@@mustaquimahmedtanbeer2437
He was beaten by Gene in the end of 50's early 60's
Bruce of late 60's and early 70's was literally unstoppable
@@mustaquimahmedtanbeer2437 and it was beaten cuz they didn't have a fight it was just that they were sort of mugging each other
Not some sadly, most people sleep on him and it’s disrespectful
@@PowPow-yp9rf i was joking dude. cliff booth is a fictional character.
green lantern...the comic books inspired wonderboy
Kung Fu is a Mix Martial Art
Wonderboy needs a "NEW HAIRSTYLIST" to inspire him...
Cant wait to see Brendan Snob completely change his opinion about bruce lee now lol
Yeh, he's a world champion flip flopper
Wonderboy should fight his dad
With wonderboy fighting in chuck Norris can't beat wonderboy
Should be called token akintoye
10:10
You have a job with ESPN and you choose to do the interview in the back seat of your car!?!? What!?
Maybe because it's Corona time and he decided to work from home 🤣🤣🤣🤣
MMA is a brainchild of Bruce Lee! For people to say that he would be behind in today's MMA is absurd!
Bruce used to get flak for encouraging people to study as many different styles of martial arts as possible so that they could find what worked for them. Now some people are saying he may be missing out on some martial arts that didn't exist back then?
How many new martial arts have sprung up since the days of Bruce Lee? BBJ is still jujitsu, right? It's still derived from the Japanese Jujitsu, right? Just as Krav Maga derived from a bunch of other traditional martial arts.
Wonderboy would beat Prime Bruce Lee
Dan Gable > Bruce Lee
steve was inspired by his mum lol
That’s stupid to try to put mcgregor in the same class as Bruce Lee...who is this guy....is he trying to insult Bruce Lee.
Who TF is dontun
There was no UFC in Bruce Lee's time, only real fights with no rules or refs. Gene Lebel doesn't consider Bruce Lee a martial artist, calls him a great "athlete".... all due respect. this coming from a guy who believes Ronda Rousey was the greatest female fighter ever.
Lebel said Bruce wasn't a martial artist? That's hard to believe.
Yeah...but LeBell taught Bruce jiujitsu, and Bruce taught LeBell his kicks. So....
I hope you get the strap.
had to turn off the video the moment stephen started comparing conor with bruce lee.
Watch the rest of it about Joe Lewis and maybe you'd understand.
Dawg... Bruce Lee is Conors hero and conor believes he would be a world champion. Its silly that people are still unaware of this.
Overall dumb interview....ask Wonderboy some questions about his career and lets stop idolizing this movie star who wouldve gotten destroyed in an actual MMA fight.
Wonderboy forever
Wonderboy forever