Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c11.s5.t3.5

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Bruce Lee is the pioneer and founder of the World Martial Arts UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship, the largest mixed martial arts promotion company in the world, which hosts most of the top-ranked fighters in the sport), the father of MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) and Jeet Kune Do. Bruce Lee is also credited with being the father of the "Kung fu" genre in cinema. His emergence as a kungfu action star in Hong Kong film industry broke all the earlier impressions of earlier Chinese action films