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HOLY DAMN HELL at the inclusion
The GOAT of every Country, Region, State
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Oh, Siberia, never change.
Wow, never knew that Ubereem was from UK always thought Netherlands.
Shouldn't Big Jan B as former champion and slayer of Adesanya join Poland?
solid list.
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Isn't Denis Kang Canadian?List of every GOAT by Country, Region, State
(based on place of birth)
Help fill the list.
Who's not listed? Which should be changed?
Best in each category, noted in green.
Fighters raised elsewhere from an early age, noted by (r.Elsewhere)
_______________________________Algeria --
AFRICA
Angola -- Demarte Pena
Benin --
Botswanna --
Burkina Faso --
Burundi --
Cabo Verde --
Cameroon -- Francis Ngannou,Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou
Central African Republic --
Chad --
Comoros --
Congo (Zaire) --
Côte d'Ivoire --
Djibouti --
DR Congo -- Christian M'Pumbu
Egypt --
Equatorial Guinea --
Eritrea --
Eswatini --
Ethiopia --
Gabon --
Gambia --
Ghana --
Guinea --
Guinea-Bissau --
Kenya --
Lesotho --
Liberia --
Libya --
Madagascar --
Malawi --
Mali --
Mauritania --
Mauritius --
Morocco --
Mozambique --
Nambia --
Niger --
Nigeria -- Israel Adesanya, Kamaru Usman
Rwanda --
Sao Tome & Principe --
Senegal --
Seychelles --
Sierra Leone --
Somalia --
South Africa -- Trevor Prangley
South Sudan --
Sudan --
Tanzania --
Togo --
Tunisia --
Uganda --
Zambia --
Zimbabwe --
_______________________________
ASIA
Afghanistan -- Siyar Bahadurzada
Armenia -- Karo Parysian
Azerbaijan --
Bahrain --
Bangladesh --
Bhutan --
Brunei --
Cambodia --
China --
Georgia --
India --
Indonesia -- Fransino Tirta
Iran -- Gegard Mousasi (raised in.Netherlands)
Iraq -- Randa Markos* (G4G)
Israel --
Japan -- Taknori Gomi or Kazushi Sakuraba
Jordan --
Kazakhstan -- Kairat Akhmetov
Kuwait --
Kyrgyzstan -- Valentina Shevchenko* (G4G)
Laos --
Lebanon --
Malaysia --
Maldives --
Mongolia -- Jadamba Narantungalag
Myanmar (Burma) -- Aung La Nsang
Nepal --
North Korea --
Oman --
Pakistan --
Palestine --
Philippines -- Eduard Folayang
Qatar --
Russia (Asia) -- Andrey Koreshkov or Alexander Schlemenko
Saudi Arabia --
Singapore --
South Korea -- Chan Sung Jung or Dong Hyun Kim
Sri Lanka --
Syria -- Jarjis Danho
Taiwan --
Tajikistan --
Thailand -- Rambaa Somdet
Timor-Leste --
Turkey -- Alptekin Özkılıç
Turkmenistan --
United Arab Emirates --
Uzbekistan --
Vietnam -- Cung Le (r.California/U.S.A.)
Yemen --
_______________________________Albania --
EUROPE
Andorra --
Austria -- Gerald Turek
Belarus -- Andrei Arlovski
Belgium -- Tarec Saffiedine
Bosnia and Herzegovina -- Mirsad Bektić
Bulgaria -- Blagoi Ivanov
Croatia -- Mirko Filipovic
Cyprus -- Costas Philippou
Czech Republic --
Denmark -- Martin Kampmann
Estonia -- Dennis Smoldarev
Finland --
France -- Cheick Kongo
Germany -- Daniel Weichel
Greece --
Hungary --
Iceland -- Gunnar Nelson
Ireland -- Conor McGregor
Italy -- Alessio Sakara
Kazakhstan --
Kosovo --
Latvia -- Misha Cirkunov
Liechtenstein --
Lithuania -- Marius Žaromskis
Luxembourg --
Macedonia --
Malta --
Moldova --
Monaco --
Montenegro --
Netherlands -- Bas Rutten
Norway -- Joachim Hansen
Poland -- Joanna Jędrzejczyk* (G4G)
Portugal --
Romania --
Russia (Euro) -- Khabib Nurmagomedov
San Marino --
Serbia --
Slovakia -- Attila Végh or Ivan Buchinger
Slovenia --
Spain -- Daniel Tabera
Sweden -- Alexander Gustafsson
Switzerland --
Ukraine -- Fёdor Emelianenko (r.Russia)
United Kingdom -- Alistair Overeem (r.Netherlands)
Vatican City --
_______________________________Antigua and Barbuda --
NORTH AMERICA
Bahamas --Kimbo SliceYves Edwards
Barbados --
Belize --
Canada -- Georges St Pierre
Costa Rica --
Cuba -- Hector Lombard
Dominica --
Dominican Republic --
El Salvador -- Ivan Menjivar
Grenada --
Guatemala --
Haiti -- Yves Jabouin
Honduras --
Jamaica -- Uriah Hall
Mexico -- Jessica Aguilar* (G4G)
Nicaragua --
Panama --
St. Kitts and Nevis --
St. Lucia --
St. Vincent and The Grenadines --
Trinidad and Tobago -- Gary Goodridge
United States of America -- Jon Jones
DEPENDENT TERRITORIES --
Anguilla (UK) -- Carlos Newton
Aruba (Netherlands) --
Bermuda (UK) --
Bonaire (Netherlands) --
British Virgin Islands (UK) --
Cayman Islands (UK) --
Clipperton Island (France) --
Curaçao (Netherlands) --
Greenland (Denmark) --
Guadeloupe (France) --
Martinique (France) --
Montserrat (UK) --
Puerto Rico (USA) -- Jorge Rivera
Saba (Netherlands) --
Saint Barthélemy (France) --
Saint Martin (France) --
Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France) -- Denis Kang
Sint Eustatius (Netherlands) --
Sint Maarten (Netherlands) --
Turks and Caicos Islands (UK) --
US Virgin Islands (USA) --
_______________________________Argentina -- Santiago Ponzinibbio
SOUTH AMERICA
Bolivia --
Brazil -- Anderson Silva
Chile -- Pablo Villaseca
Colombia --
Ecuador --
Guyana --
Paraguay --
Peru -- Luis Palomino
Suriname -- Melvin Manhoef
Uruguay --
Venezuela -- Maximo Blanco
DEPENDENT TERRITORIES --
Falkland Islands (UK) --
French Guiana (France) --
South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands (UK) --
_______________________________Australia -- Alexander Volkanovski,
OTHERGeorge Sotiropoulos
New Zealand -- Robert Whittaker,Mark Hunt
DEPENDENT TERRITORIES:
Guam (U.S. territory) -- Joe Taimanglo
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Keys and Notes:
GOAT = Greatest in that particular State/Region/Country
Others = Other notable fighters
*G4G = Gender-for-Gender recognizing female fighters
Honorary = Notable contributors to MMA
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Topuria is fully Georgian not half, both of his parents are Georgians...
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I think Yoel Romero is the #1 Cuban over Lombard.
I've learned a lot from this thread about where fighters were born. I thought Ronda Rousey was born in North Dakota, and I thought Robbie Lawler was born in Iowa.
I've learned a lot from this thread about where fighters were born. I thought Ronda Rousey was born in North Dakota, and I thought Robbie Lawler was born in Iowa.
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Anyone know the specifics regarding Robert Whittaker's place of birth/nationality? -- My understanding is that he was born in New Zealand, but says he's Austrailian...
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Pretty cool thread regardless
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You could classify him as either tbh. He's likely a dual citizen.
NZ mother, Aussie Father. Born in NZ but raised in Australia. Since his Dad is Australian it would only be a matter of applying to be accepted as an AU citizen.
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Whittaker is new zealand haha wtf ? He is Australian
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You think Rich Franklin is more GOAT than UFC HW GOAT Miocic?_______________________________
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
The West
The Midwest
- Alaska -- Bristol Marunde
- Arizona -- Don Frye(?)
- California -- Dan Henderson - Bruce Lee, Gene LeBell
- Colorado -- Benson Henderson (r.Washington)
- Hawaii -- BJ Penn
- Idaho -- Jared Rosholt
- Montana -- Keith Jardine
- Nevada -- Frank Mir
- New Mexico -- Carlos Condit
- Oregon -- Chael Sonnen
- Utah -- Scott Jorgensen (r.Idaho/Alaska)
- Washington -- Randy Coutur
- Wyoming -- Nate Marquardt
The Northeast
- Illinois -- Matt Hughes
- Indiana -- Miguel Angel Torres
- Iowa -- Pat Miletich
- Kansas -- Bobby Lashley
- Michigan -- Dan Severn
- Minnesota -- Sean Sherk
- Missouri -- Tyron Woodley
- Nebraska -- Jake Ellenberger
- North Dakota --
- Ohio -- Rich Franklin
- South Dakota -- Brock Lesnar
- Wisconsin -- Anthony Pettis
The South
- Connecticut -- Brennan Ward
- Maine -- Tim Sylvia
- Massachusetts -- Kenny Florian
- New Hampshire --
- New Jersey -- Frankie Edgar
- New York -- Jon Jones
- Pennsylvania -- Eddie Alvarez
- Rhode Island --
- Vermont --
- Alabama --
- Arkansas -- Alan Belcher
- Delaware -- Din Thomas
- Florida -- Jorge Masvidal
- Georgia -- Ken Shamrock (r.California)
- Kentucky -- Demetrious Johnson (r.Washington)
- Louisiana -- Daniel Cormier
- Maryland -- Sara McMann (*G4G)
- Mississippi --
- North Carolina -- Jason Miller
- Oklahoma -- Johnny Hendricks
- South Carolina -- Stephen Thompson
- Tennessee -- Rampage Jackson
- Texas -- Joseph Benavidez (r.New Mexico)
- Virginia -- Brandon Vera
- West Virginia -- Brian Bowles
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BRASIL
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Norte
Nordeste
- Acre --
- Amapá --
- Amazonas -- Jose Aldo
- Rondônia --
- Roraima --
- Pará -- Helio Gracie, Carlos Gracie
- Tocantins --
Centro Oeste
- Alagoas --
- Bahia -- Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, Amanda Nunes (*G4G)
- Ceará -- Thiago Alves
- Maranhão -- Zuluzinho
- Paraíba -- Luiz Firmino
- Pernambuco -- Raphael Assuncao
- Piauí --
- Rio Grande do Norte -- Renan Barao
- Sergipe --
Sudeste
- D.F.-Brasília -- Antonio Silva
- Goiás --
- Mato Grasso --
- Mato Grosso do Sul --
Sul
- Espírito Santo -- Ronaldo Souza
- Minas Gerais -- GLover Teixeira,
Rousimar Palhares- Rio de Janeiro -- Vitor Belfort
- São Paulo -- Anderson Silva
- Paraná -- Wanderlei Silva
- Rio Grande do Sul -- Fabricio Werdum
- Santa Catarina -- Junior dos Santos
_______________________________Hokkaidō
JAPAN
Tōhoku
- Hokkaido --
Kantō
- Akita -- Kazushi Sakuraba
- Aomori -- Masakatsu Funaki, Mitsuyo Maeda
- Fukushima -- Kazuyuki Fujita
- Iwate --
- Miyagi --
- Yamagata -- Ryo Chonan
Chūbu
- Chiba -- Kazuo Misaki or Hiroyuki Takaya
- Gunma -- Kyoji Horiguchi
- Ibaraki -- Hayato Sakurai
- Kanagawa -- Takanori Gomi
- Saitama --
- Tochigi --
- Tokyo -- Genki Sudo
Kansai
- Aichi -- Hatsu Hioki
- Fukui --
- Gifu -- Ikuhisa Minowa
- Ishikawa --
- Nagano --
- Niigata -- Yuki Kondo
- Shizuoka -- Shinya Aoki
- Toyama --
- Yamanashi --
Chūgoku
- Hyogo -- Dokonjonosuke Mishima
- Kyoto -- Masakatsu Ueda
- Mie --
- Nara -- Satoru Kitaoka
- Osaka -- Yoshihiro Akiyama
- Shiga -- Tsuyoshi Kosaka
- Wakayama --
Shikoku
- Hiroshima -- Kazuhiro Nakamura
- Okayama -- Megumi Fujii (*G4G), Kiyoshi Tamura
- Shimane --
- Tottori --
- Yamaguchi --
Kyūshū
- Ehime -- Yasuhiro Urushitani
- Kagawa -- Yoshiro Maeda
- Kochi --
- Tokushima -- Kano Jigoro, Satoru Sayama
- Fukuoka --
- Kagoshima -- Katsunori Kikuno
- Kumamoto --
- Miyazaki --
- Nagasaski -- Mizuto Hirota
- Oita --
- Okinawa -- Mitsuhisa Sunabe
- Saga --
_______________________________
CALIFORNIA
aka MMA Mecca
The Bay Area
Central Coast
- Alameda Co -- Chris Camozzi
- Contra Costa Co -- Ramsey Nijem
- Marin Co --
- Napa Co -- Jerry Bohlander
- San Francisco Co -- Danny Castillo, Bruce Lee
- San Mateo Co --
- Santa Clara Co -- Josh Thomson
- Solano Co -- Mark Muñoz* (born on U.S. base in Japan)
- Sonoma Co --
Los Angeles/So Cal
- Monterey Co -- Cain Velasquez (r.AZ)
- San Benito Co --
- San Luis Obispo Co -- Tim Kennedy
- Santa Barbara Co -- Chuck Liddell or Urijah Faber (r.Sacramento Metro/Placer Co)
- Santa Cruz Co -- Luke Rockhold
Lower California
- L.A. Co -- Dan Henderson (r.San Ber Co.), Gene LeBell
- Orange Co -- Gilbert Melendez or Tito Ortiz
- Riverside Co -- Ronda Rousey (*G4G), Cub Swanson
- San Bernardino Co -- Dominick Reyes, or Bobby Green
- Ventura Co -- Tony Ferguson (r.MI)
Sacramento Metro
- Imperial Co --
- San Diego Co -- Dominick Cruz (r.AZ) or Robbie Lawler
San Joaquin Valley
- El Dorado Co --
- Placer Co --
- Sacramento Co -- Tyson Griffin
- Sutter Co --
- Yolo Co --
- Yuba Co --
Sierra/East
- Fresno Co -- Cole Escovedo or Zoila Frausto (*G4G)
- Kern Co --
- Kings Co -- Chad Mendes
- Madera Co -- Lavar Johnson
- Merced Co -- Marvin Eastman
- San Joaquin Co -- Nick Diaz
- Stanislaus Co -- Michael McDonald
- Tulare Co -- Joe Soto
Upper California
- Alpine Co --
- Amador Co --
- Calaveras Co --
- Inyo Co --
- Mariposa Co --
- Mono Co --
- Tuolumne Co -- TJ Dillashaw
- Butte Co --
- Colusa Co --
- Del Norte Co --
- Glenn Co --
- Humboldt Co --
- Lake Co --
- Lassen Co --
- Mendocino Co --
- Modoc Co --
- Nevada Co --
- Plumas Co --
- Shasta Co --
- Sierra Co --
- Siskiyou Co --
- Tehama Co --
- Trinity Co --
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RUSSIA
- Central -- Mikhail Ilyukhin, Anatoly Kharlampiyev
- Far East -- Vasili Oshchepkov
- Northern Caucaus -- Khabib Nurmagomedov
- Northwest -- Sergei Kharitonov
- Siberia -- Andrey Koreshkov or Alexander Schlemenko
- Southern --
- Ural --
- Volga -- Oleg Taktarov, Viktor Spiridonov
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CANADA
Canada Notes:
- Alberta -- Jordan Mein
- B.C. -- Rory MacDonald
- Manitoba -- Joe Doerksen
- New Brunswick -- Ryan Jimmo
- New & Lab --
- NW Territories --
- Nova Scotia -- TJ Grant
- Nunavut --
- Ontario -- Mark Hominick
- P.E. Island --
- Quebec -- Georges St Pierre
- Saskatchewan --
- Yukon --
Carlos Newton was born in Anguilla a territory of the U.K.
Gary Goodridge was born in Trinidad and Tobago
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UNITED KINGDOM
U.K. Notes:
- England --
- East Midlands -- Dan Hardy
- East of England -- Liam McGeary
- London -- Alistair Overeem tied w/Bisping? (r.Netherlands)
- North East -- Ross Pearson
- North West -- Michael Bisping tied w/Overeem?
- South East -- Linton Vassell
- South West -- Brad Scott
- West Midlands -- Tom Breese
- Yorkshire & Humber --
- Northern Ireland -- Norman Parke
- Scotland -- Joanne Calderwood (*G4G)... and/or... Stevie Ray
- Wales -- Jack Marshman
- Michael Bisping was born in U.K. area of Cyprus; raised in North West, England
- Paul Daley was born in London; raised in East Midlands, England
- Jimi Manuwa was born in the Sacramento, California, U.S.A.; raised in the U.K. (somewhere?)
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Keys and Notes:
GOAT = Greatest in that particular State/Region/Country
Others = Other notable fighters
*G4G = Gender-for-Gender recognizing female fighters
Honorary = Notable contributors to MMA
Also no one for Czech Republic? No Jiri?
Alessio Sakara over Vetori? How old is this list?
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Yeah, long time since thorough update... and as it says in the OP, I ask for help filling the list.
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Ah ok, you can also add Chito Vera for Ecuador, Piotr Yan for Asian Russia, Makwan Amirkhani for Finland, Aleksander Rakic for Serbia, Giga Chikadze for Georgia, Weili Zhang for China, just off the top of my head.
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Weili for sure, Chito yeah, Yan is in the mix (Koreshkov) still young career... Georgia probably has others, but I'll add Giga... Aleksandar Rakić is a good one but he was born in Austria. Makwan Amirkhani was born in Iran (Mousasi).
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Good list but I would put Ignacio la jaula bahamondes instead of villaseca as best Chilean fighter due to having a better record with less losses and that superb spinning kick ko in his highlights.
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Feb 2023... any legitimate updates needed?
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MEXICO
MEXICO
Noroeste / Northwest
- Baja California -- Brandon Moreno
- Chihuahua -- Yair Rodríguez
- Sinaloa -- Irene Aldana (*G4G)
Noreste / Northeast
- Érik "Goyito" Pérez
Oeste / West (Pacific)
- Jalisco -- Alexa Grasso (*G4G)
Oriente / East (Gulf)
- Puebla -- Karina Rodríguez (*G4G)
- Veracruz -- Jessica Aguilar (*G4G)
Centronorte / Northcentral
Centrosur / Southcentral
Suroeste / Southwest
Sureste / Southeast
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