Bruce Lee was the first real mixed martial artist, gene lebell might be lying about trying bruce because he lies all the time and gets his stories crossed up
but Bruce Lee was friends with Hayward Nishoika, who was a judoka who competed in tournaments and is in the blackbelt hall of fame, and they did train together and fought each other, and he vouched for Bruce Lee's skill, saying the only way he could win is he lied on the ground and wait for him attack, and Bruce replied he would just walk away
He also trained boxing after seeing the weakness in wing chun which was his base
he even has on MMA gloves for striking and grappling before the SPORT WAS EVEN INVENTED, HE INVENTED THOSE GLOVES
Real fighters always vouch for bruce because he would only hang and train with certified cats
and they all vouch for him
you don't shyt about martial arts
once again MMA gloves on
arm bar
In Game of Death, Judo Side control, this before people even had inkling about some damn MMA ground game
he was a real martial artist, he studied all styles