I just caught AMC’s Bruce Lee: A Warrior’s Journey, including “never-before-seen footage from his last and unfinished film Game of Death (1978), edited into its proper sequence according to Lee’s original notes.” That never-before-seen footage includes fight scenes with Dan Inosanto (Escrima), Ji Han Jae (Hapkido), and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
Bruce almost finishes Kareem with an arm-triangle choke. Later, he does finish him with a side-guillotine choke — after plenty of punching and kicking.
By the way, Bruce is 5’7″ and Kareem is 7’2″ — and the difference is far, far greater than even that sounds.