In the movies? Aside from the obvious choice of Bruce Lee, I do enjoy watching others the likes of Donnie Yen and Jet Li. I really wish that Russell Wong could have made it successfully into the US films.
Also, throw in Michelle Yeoh for eye candy.
In the ring? Vitor Belfort. My favorite two memories of him were in the UFC, when he was first fighting a rather large individual named Scott Ferrozzo. Belfort was barely 200 lbs at the time, and David "Tank" Abbott was doing the commentary, claiming that "Roy Jones Jr. ain't gonna knock out Mike Tyson" and that "the rotund one will win."
In a matter of a few seconds, Belfort tosses out three stiff jabs at Ferrozzo's face, each one snapping his head back, and sends him crashing to the ground, where Belfort proceeds to start bashing away at Ferrozzo's head, until the ref pulls him off. Even in slow motion, you could only see a blur where Belfort's fists were.
The next moment was when Belfort fought Abbott, and basically beat him to a pulp. That's saying a lot, since Abbott could take a huge amount of punishment from strikes, but Belfort chopped him down in a hurry. Again, those hands flew out faster than almost anyone's.
While he lost to Tito Ortiz and Chuck Liddell, and Randy Couture, I still give him thumbs up for lasting all three rounds, for the entire length against these three fighters, who I think we can all safely say are pretty darn good.
