Which state produces the best fighters?

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Which state has gave us the best fighters.. boxing and mma

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Michigan - tony ferguson, cody stanman, daron cruickshank, james lee, Dan severn , kevin lee, bobby nash, myles jury, mike perry, drakur klause, joe warren 

Boxing -clarissa shields, bronco mckart, tony harrison 

That's off the top of my head

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I`m going to say California.

Way too many to list,but I will list the popular Northern Ca teams/gyms

AKA

Lion`s Den

Cesar Gracie

Team Alpha Male

The Pit

Somebody else can name the ones in Southern Ca because there were way more in So Ca.Especially if you count the teams that have disappeared.

Reign

Alliance

Hayastan 

Ruas Vale Tudo

Gracie Jiu Jitsu Torrance

RCVA

Kings

Team Quest

Black House

Beverly Hills Jiu Jitsu

Tito`s Punishment Training Center & Huntington Beach Training Center

There`s probably 5 more that I can`t think of.

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Estado do Rio de Janeiro

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I`m going to say California.

Way too many to list,but I will list the popular Northern Ca teams/gyms

AKA

Lion`s Den

Cesar Gracie

Team Alpha Male

Somebody else can name the ones in Southern Ca. 

Nowadays a lot of guys come from all over to train there. Back in the day is when those gyms were more likely to be filled with local guys I’d imagine 

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I just found probably 100-200 MMA & Martial arts schools in California.

http://tapology.com/gyms/state/ca

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Almost certainly Cali

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I`m having trouble with boxers.I pretty much gave up on boxing a long time ago.

Oscar De La Hoya

Canelo Alvarez

Yaqui Lopez

Tony "Little Red" Lopez

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Those boys in Florida are doing it right

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Muramasa - 

Those boys in Florida are doing it right

Where else besides ATT?

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Muramasa - 

Those boys in Florida are doing it right

Where else besides ATT?

Sanford MMA formerly known as Blackzilians

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Poverty

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Colorado, look it up 

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I did some searching and found the Elevation Fight Team & 303 Training Center. ^^^

Didn`t even find one UFC champion.Best that I found was Overeem & Gaethje.

https://www.tapology.com/gyms/611-elevation-fight-team

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Massachusetts:

Lauzon brothers, Florian, Gonzaga, Ricardo Funch, Jon Manley, Jon Howard, Jorge Rivera, Rob Font, Calvin Kattar, (I'm forgetting a bunch)

Schools: Sityodtong, Lauzons, Florians, SSSF, Team Link

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Massachusetts:

Lauzon brothers, Florian, Gonzaga, Ricardo Funch, Jon Manley, Jon Howard, Jorge Rivera, Rob Font, Calvin Kattar, (I'm forgetting a bunch)

Schools: Sityodtong, Lauzons, Florians, SSSF, Team Link

After I fought Peter Barrett I went to sityotong to train. I love that place

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Are you talking about people who are from a state or trained there? Training locations change, but New Mexico has influenced a lot of champions. As far as what state has the best fighters born in it, I think California and NY have to be up there but if you think about population density Minnesota and Michigan deserve a lot of credit.

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A state of poverty. 

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Hawaii definitely punches above its weight: two all-time greats in BJ and Max. Other high quality fighters like Browne, Tavares, Noons, Smolka and Yancy.

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Massachusetts:

Lauzon brothers, Florian, Gonzaga, Ricardo Funch, Jon Manley, Jon Howard, Jorge Rivera, Rob Font, Calvin Kattar, (I'm forgetting a bunch)

Schools: Sityodtong, Lauzons, Florians, SSSF, Team Link

I totally agree thats a great argument. Sounds like I’m cheering for the home team, but CA is a massive state of course they’ll have the largest amount of fighters. For a small state MA has produced not only great homegrown fighters, but also how many fighters had rebirths after going to see Mark Dellagrotte at Sityodtong to improve their striking? The list is massive. 

   I suspect the Midwest has a few states that are up there for for the top spot too.