As was noted last May, Affliction and TapOut shirts are now as ubiquitous as Yankees caps. That alone should suffice as evidence that the sport has, finally, gone mainstream.
This video offers even more corroboration, and does so in rather humorous fashion. How popular is MMA? So popular that even the Black Israelites, when standing on [...]

Tonight on Spike TV, Nate Diaz will battle Melvin Guillard, in what many are calling an “elimination match.”
Diaz is coming off two losses in a row, to Clay Guida and Joe Stevenson.
So what? MMA isn’t baseball.
Diaz is still in his mid-20s. He needs time to develop, sure, but he’s an exciting fighter with a big [...]

Floyd Mayweather says that MMA is for white boys.
In a recent interview, boxing’s pound-for-pound best goes on a RANT – talking about everything from economics to the dangers of cohabitation with a woman. Buried in the middle, he says that MMA was created by white dudes who don’t have the skills (or the balls?) to [...]

We’re all still high after UFC 100.
It was a great show, with plenty of drama and even more dominance.
Lesnar looked unstoppable. George St-Pierre is unstoppable.
I don’t wanna spoil the party, but….the UFC belts seem pretty secure, right? I mean, I think we can all agree that GSP cannot be beaten at welterweight. Same goes for [...]

Continuing with our nostalgia week in honor of UFC 100, the Daily Scrap is proud to present “Top 3 Greatest Quotes in UFC History”.
This was a tough one, folks.
Here are the top three, in reverse order, plus context.
(3) The bronze goes to UFC President, Dana White. In his latest video blog, White is asked by [...]

Let’s face it, throughout the UFC’s 16 year history, plenty of fighters have been dicked over – bad calls by the ref, bad decisions by the judges, bad advice from their corner – the list goes on.
We could spend countless hours debating who really won Sanchez vs. Guida, or Bonnar vs. Griffin I…
But I don’t [...]

With UFC 100 just days away, the MMA blogosphere is getting nostalgic.
From Bleacher Report to CagePotato, lists are all the rage: Greatest Fights. Greatest Comebacks. Greatest Submissions. Greatest Events.
Prepare yourselves, fight fans! The Daily Scrap is ready to throw our hat into the ring, with “The Most Ironic Ending in the History of the UFC“.
Now, [...]

Nate Diaz is a badass.
He’s part of a new generation of grapplers, along with Dustin Hazelett and his older brother, Nick, who have given Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu an MMA reboot: Rubber Guard style!
Check him out for free this Saturday night, June 20, at the TUF 9 Finale on Spike TV. He’ll be fighting the always tough [...]

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu has evolved right alongside the sport of MMA. Its latest transition was sparked not by God, but by a bunch of stoners from California, led by Eddie Bravo, creator of the Rubber Guard.
In the last year we’ve seen a new generation of grapplers, most of them in their 20s and early 30s – [...]

Jake Shields will be fighting Robbie Lawler this weekend – Saturday night, June, 6, at Strikeforce on Showtime.
This could go either way, as Lawler is a big, strong kid with excellent takedown defense and knockout power in both hands. If Shields can get him on the mat, however, with a fair amount of time on [...]