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I am a mere casual fan but I know a lot of posters here are serious fans so I would be interested to hear your answers to this question.

Bruce Lee reportedly weighed 141 lbs so he would be a featherweight. If he walked into a UFC match tomorrow how would he do fighting guys like Jose Aldo, Max Holloway, Conor MacGregor, Volkanovski?

I know it's all speculation, but given his conditioning, speed, power, skills and mindset, do you think Bruce Lee would dominate or get clobbered against those guys?

Seems to me there are some big unknowns like how was his chin and how would he do against BJJ specialists, but still curious to hear opinions.

He'd be beat into a living death.

At 141, he'd be a flyweight. And not a big one.

Regardless of his abilities, he's missed decades of MMA development. It would not go well for him.

Bantamweight Champ

I know Conor Macgregor talks a lot of sh*t but I did just see a video where he says Bruce Lee would be a world champion MMA fight today. i looked around and it seems there are a lot of different opinions on this question.

lobosloboslobos wrote:
I know it's all speculation, but given his conditioning, speed, power, skills and mindset, do you think Bruce Lee would dominate or get clobbered against those guys?.

If you want to see all those traits you just mentioned at its peak, then you need to look no further than prime Jose Aldo, who was honestly the best fighter I’ve ever seen, or at the very least, the one who put power and speed together like no one else.

Pure Muay Thai Aldo would f*ck Bruce Lee up so badly it’s not even funny. I always go back and watch Aldo highlights in his early 20’s cause that dude was a legit monster.

If Bruce Lee was born in 1990 and had today's training methods and exposure to the evolution of martial arts that has occurred over the past 30 years, maybe he would be a champion, who knows?

Bruce Lee using his technique from the 60s though...lol no.

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lobosloboslobos wrote:I know Conor Macgregor talks a lot of sh*t but I did just see a video where he says Bruce Lee would be a world champion MMA fight today. i looked around and it seems there are a lot of different opinions on this question.

Fighting has evolved so much since then. Reddzone said it best. He'd probably great if he were born in the 90s and had access to elite training methods the whole way but I just don't see how he gets passed the GOAT, Aaron Pico.