GOATs around the World -- by Country, Region, State

[CoffeeAndBeer]

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List of every GOAT by Country, Region, State (by place of birth)

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Who's not listed?
Help fill the list.

Best in each category, noted in green.
Fighters raised elsewhere from an early age are noted by "(r.Elsewhere)"

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ASIA

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Afghanistan -- Siyar Bahadurzada
Armenia -- Karo Parysian
Azerbaijan --
Bahrain --
Bangladesh --
Bhutan --
Brunei --
Cambodia --
China --
Georgia --
India --
Indonesia --
Iran -- Gegard Mousasi (r.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) --
Nepal --
North Korea --
Oman --
Pakistan --
Palestine --
Philippines -- Eduard Folayang
Qatar --
Russia (Asia) -- Alexander Shlemenko
Saudi Arabia --
Singapore --
South Korea -- Chan Sung Jung or Dong Hyun Kim
Sri Lanka --
Syria --
Taiwan --
Tajikistan --
Thailand -- Rambaa Somdet
Timor-Leste --
Turkey -- Alptekin Özkılıç
Turkmenistan --
United Arab Emirates --
Uzbekistan --
Vietnam -- Cung Le (r.California/U.S.A.)
Yemen --

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EUROPE

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Albania --
Andorra --
Austria --
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 --
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 --
Sweden -- Alexander Gustafsson
Switzerland --
Ukraine -- Fyodor Emelianenko (r.Russia)
United Kingdom -- Alistair Overeem (r.Netherlands)
Vatican City --

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NORTH AMERICA

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Antigua and Barbuda --
Bahamas -- Yves 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) --

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SOUTH AMERICA

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Argentina -- Santiago Ponzinibbio
Bolivia --
Brazil -- Anderson Silva
Chile --
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) --

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OTHER​

Australia -- George Sotiropoulos
Cameroon -- Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou
New Zealand -- Mark Hunt
Nigeria -- Anthony Njokuani

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*Females listed as Gender-for-Gender

ASIA GOAT(s)

五味隆典 / 桜庭 和志

EUROPE GOAT

Фёдор Влади́мирович Емелья́ненко

NORTH AMERICA GOAT

Georges St-Pierre

SOUTH AMERICA GOAT

Anderson da Silva

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[CoffeeAndBeer]

List of GOATS within MMA Powerhouses, by regions, states, and counties.

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U.S.A.

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The West

• Alaska -- Bristol Marunde
• Arizona -- Don Frye(?)
• California -- Dan Henderson, Bruce Lee-Honorary GOAT
• Colorado -- Benson Henderson (r.Washington)
• Hawaii -- Jay Dee 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 Couture
• Wyoming -- Nate Marquardt

The Midwest

• 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 Northeast

• 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 --

The South

• 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

• Acre --
• Amapá --
• Amazonas -- Jose Aldo
• Rondônia --
• Roraima --
• Pará -- Helio Gracie-Honorary GOAT
• Tocantins --

Nordeste

• Alagoas --
• Bahia -- Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
• Ceará --
• Maranhão -- Zuluzinho
• Paraíba -- Luiz Firmino
• Pernambuco -- Raphael Assuncao
• Piauí --
• Rio Grande do Norte -- Renan Barao
• Sergipe --

Centro Oeste

• D.F.-Brasília -- Antonio Silva
• Goiás --
• Mato Grasso --
• Mato Grosso do Sul --

Sudeste

• Espírito Santo -- Ronaldo Souza
• Minas Gerais -- Rousimar Palhares
• Rio de Janeiro -- Vitor Belfort
• São Paulo -- Anderson Silva

Sul

• Paraná -- Wanderlei Silva
• Rio Grande do Sul -- Fabricio Werdum
• Santa Catarina -- Junior dos Santos

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JAPAN

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... work in progress...
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JAPAN

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Hokkaidō

• Hokkaido --

Tōhoku

• Akita -- Kazushi Sakuraba
• Aomori -- Masakatsu Funaki, Mitsuyo Maeda
• Fukushima -- Kazuyuki Fujita
• Iwate --
• Miyagi --
• Yamagata -- Ryo Chonan

Kantō

• Chiba -- Kazuo Misaki or Hiroyuki Takaya
• Gunma -- Kyoji Horiguchi
• Ibaraki -- Hayato Sakurai... Tatsuya Kawajiri, Takeya Mizugaki, Mitsuhiro Ishida
• Kanagawa -- Takanori Gomi... Mamoru Yamaguchi, Shinichi Kojima, Norifumi Yamamoto, Kenji Kawaguchi, Yushin Okami, Caol Uno, Masakazu Imanari, Rumina Sato
• Saitama --
• Tochigi --
• Tokyo -- Genki Sudo... Akihiro Gono, Masanori Kanehara, Riki Fukuda

Chūbu

• Aichi -- Hatsu Hioki... Hidehiko Yoshida
• Fukui --
• Gifu -- Ikuhisa Minowa
• Ishikawa --
• Nagano --
• Niigata -- Yuki Kondo
• Shizuoka -- Shinya Aoki
• Toyama --
• Yamanashi --

Kansai

• Hyogo -- Dokonjonosuke Mishima
• Kyoto -- Masakatsu Ueda
• Mie --
• Nara -- Satoru Kitaoka
• Osaka -- Yoshihiro Akiyama
• Shiga -- Tsuyoshi Kosaka
• Wakayama --

Chūgoku

• Hiroshima -- Kazuhiro Nakamura
• Okayama -- Megumi Fujii (*G4G), Kiyoshi Tamura
• Shimane --
• Tottori --
• Yamaguchi --

Shikoku

• Ehime -- Yasuhiro Urushitani
• Kagawa -- Yoshiro Maeda
• Kochi --
• Tokushima -- Kano Jigoro, Satoru Sayama

Kyūshū

• Fukuoka --
• Kagoshima -- Katsunori Kikuno
• Kumamoto --
• Miyazaki --
• Nagasaski -- Mizuto Hirota
• Oita --
• Okinawa -- Mitsuhisa Sunabe
• Saga --

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[qw3rty]

I'd put "Best Fighters" instead of "GOATs"
I'm pretty tired of that expression

Jamaica - Uriah Hall?

 

[CoffeeAndBeer]

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CALIFORNIA

The Bay Area

• Alameda Co -- Chris Camozzi
• Contra Costa Co -- Ramsey Nijem
• Marin Co --
• Napa Co -- Jerry Bohlander
• San Francisco Co -- Bruce Lee-Honorary GOAT, Danny Castillo
• San Mateo Co --
• Santa Clara Co -- Josh Thomson
• Solano Co -- Mark Muñoz* (born on U.S. base in Japan)
• Sonoma Co --

Central Coast

• Monterey Co -- Cain Velasquez (r.AZ)
• San Benito Co --
• San Luis Obispo Co -- Tim Kennedy
• Santa Barbara Co -- Chuck Liddell
• Santa Cruz Co -- Luke Rockhold

Los Angeles/So Cal

• L.A. Co -- Dan Henderson (r.San Ber Co.)
• Orange Co -- Gilbert Melendez or Tito Ortiz
• Riverside Co -- Ronda Rousey (*G4G)
• San Bernardino Co -- Bobby Green
• Ventura Co -- Tony Ferguson (r.MI)

Lower California

• Imperial Co --
• San Diego Co -- Dominick Cruz (r.AZ) or Robbie Lawler

Sacramento Metro

• El Dorado Co --
• Placer Co --
• Sacramento Co -- Tyson Griffin
• Sutter Co --
  
• Yolo Co --
• Yuba Co --

San Joaquin Valley

• 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

Sierra/East

• Alpine Co --
• Amador Co --
• Calaveras Co --
• Inyo Co --
• Mariposa Co --
• Mono Co --
• Tuolumne Co -- TJ Dillashaw

Upper California

• Spoiler: No notable fighters

  • 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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Note:
- Urijah Faber was born in Santa Barbara (Chuck Liddell) and raised in Placer Co (Sacramento Metro).

 

[CoffeeAndBeer]

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CANADA

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• 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 --

Note:
Carlos Newton was born in Anguilla a territory of the U.K.
Gary Goodridge was born in Trinidad and Tobago