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@pascalo
I'm a bit late in this, but hey!
DFP, to be honest Wing Chun gets a lot of flak for not being effective because it usually doesn't contain any sparring. Now I am doing Wing Chun, and I didn't get completely murdered in my first sparring sessions just a couple of weeks ago, but there is definitely a lack of ground fighting and pressure testing in the curriculum.
Don't get me wrong, I love Wing Chun, and pretty much aim to complete the system. But there is no use in self delusion. Ring savy arts like Muay Thai and Boxing are much more used to pressure, therefore bound to succeed more.
But there are Kung Fu people in NHB / cage fighting. Sami Berik for example is a pretty successful Thai Chi fighter from London. Alan Orr is sporting his own brand of Wing Chun for NHB fights. It's just much more the exception, since Wing Chun usually attracts pasty white nerd guys like me :)
So don't believe the 'ultimate weapon' thing. If you can box properly, you'll probably take out most chunners out there, including me.
Edit: Also the above is not to say that there aren't any tough people in Wing Chun. I've met some great ones. If anyone wants some details about where I train etc, please PM.