Bruce Lee and Chinese Martial Arts has had the most profound effect on Street Fighter

[learis1]

Did Bruce Lee do a lot of real-world sparring or was he one of those artsy fartsy martial artists?

[Don_Barracuda]

I’ve trained in MMA for 8 years now (as a hobby), BJJ purple, amateur boxer and for me you got your tiers wrong. It should be:

S-Tier:

Wrestling, both freestyle and greco ( slams and takedowns are useful on the street. submissions not so much)
Krav Maga ( if full contact sparring is done, and training is done under a legit instructor)
Muay Thai (including elbows and knees)

A-Tier

Brazilian Jiu Jitsu ( with no-gi once a week and self defense included, speaking as a Brazilian who has trained it for a decade)
Sambo/ combat sambo ( exceptional martial art for self defense)
Boxing ( top conditioning, reflexes and solid foundation, plus endless realistic sparring. it’s my favorite sport)

Decent

Kali/Escrima ( under legit instructor, with full-contact sparring, etc)
Kyokushin Karate ( with some punches to the face allowed once in a while)
San Shou
Judo

Useless

Traditional Kung Fu
Karate ( Shotokan is decent if you do full contact sparring which is optional)
Capoeira

Complete bull, you can’t tier Krav Maga and Wrestling, their objectives are completely different, you have sport, exibition and self defence arts. Even then saying one is better than the other is also nonsense.

The man is always greater than the art.