What is the country of origin for modern MMA?

I know this was probably said "tongue in cheek", but there are many that truly believe that and advertise that Bruce Lee was the "Father of MMA".

People forget that Bruce Lee was exposed to a lot of people already mixing styles before he became famous. Kajukenbo being a prime example.
It was only about 30% tongue in cheek.
 
I had to look.

It almost reminds me of that Italian sport where it's like football and MMA had a kid.
Calcio fiorentini? We played that when we were kids. Only it was called "Smear the qu..."
 
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