After another pointless discussion about Lee and his ability to destroy every fighter who ever lived, I started looking up old footage and found the video of Lee on the heavy bag. That video is embarassingly bad. In another thread I believe Sinnister pointed out that his "one inch punch" is also just a gimmick. The guy he punches is standing squared up, which makes it easy to be pushed over, and Lee pushes his punch to push the guy down.
I also didn't realize that Lee never fought competitively, and most of his "fights" were against untrained street fighters in Hong Kong. He never fought against trained professionals, likely because he was protecting an image.
I respect Lee for being a physical speciman, and his study of martial arts. I think it's great that he realized there were a lot of flaws in Eastern MAs and wanted to adapt different styles. However, the legend of his fighting prowess is clearly better than his actual fighting prowess. I think it's hilarious that many feel he would be able to beat any current MMA fighter of any division.