{"id":241922,"date":"2017-06-13T10:21:57","date_gmt":"2017-06-13T17:21:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=241922"},"modified":"2017-06-13T14:54:54","modified_gmt":"2017-06-13T21:54:54","slug":"video-incredibly-rare-footage-bruce-lee-full-contact-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/video-gallery\/video-incredibly-rare-footage-bruce-lee-full-contact-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO | Incredibly rare footage of Bruce Lee full contact sparring"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BruceLeeInfo\/videos\/1073202912810345\/<\/p>\n<p>Bruce Lee is widely believed to be the greatest martial artist of all time. With his knowledge of Wing Chun from IP Man, combined with his Jeet Kun Do, Lee showed the world a side of martial arts many had never seen.<\/p>\n<p>With that being said, many have always wondered how Lee would have faired in a mixed martial arts fight in present day. While Lee never competed in a martial arts fight, you can see footage of him in a full contact match above! <\/p>\n<p>According to the Bruce Lee fanpage which posted the video, Lee is fighting one of his top students, Dan Inosanto, while wearing protective gear because they weren&#8217;t allowed to compete without protective gear due to state rules.<\/p>\n<p>Check out the awesome, and extremely rare, footage above!<\/p>\n<p>This article first appeared on <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\">BJPenn.com<\/a> on 6\/13\/2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BruceLeeInfo\/videos\/1073202912810345\/ Bruce Lee is widely believed to be the greatest martial artist of all time. With his knowledge of Wing Chun from IP Man, combined with his Jeet Kun Do, Lee showed the world a side of martial arts many had never seen. 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