Mike Maxwell
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What a hotbed of jiu-jitsu.
Yeah, it's like little fucking Brazil.
California, especially during the UFC's growing period, became one of the biggest hotbeds of jiu-jitsu in the world.
Yeah, they all went there.
They all went there because they could surf.
Probably climate-wise, fairly similar.
And then a ton of population to draw from to get students.
Especially in that LA area where people were already kind of like into Bruce Lee and Chuck Norris and shit.
And then, you know, you see hoists just fucking freak everybody out.
I mean, I watched all those early fights as a kid.
I had a friend's dad who would always fucking get the pay-per-view.