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 [...]

We had several members of the Daily Scrap team posted on 33rd St and 8th Avenue in NYC to catch a glimpse of Gina Carano outside, under the summer sun, in a steel cage. [we took the high quality pic above with our handy MMA Daily Scrap camera phone; what can we say? we're writers, [...]

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 [...]

Even before last Saturday night’s TUF 9 finale got underway, British papers were heralding the rise of fighters from the UK.  The Daily Telegraph sports columnist Gareth Davies wrote:
“Fans of the UFC in the United States had better be prepared for the UK invasion of the UFC, which is clearly coming. MMA has exploded on [...]

Quinton “Rampage” Jackson will be one of the two coaches, along with Rashad Evans, on Season 10 of The Ultimate Fighter Reality Show.
Thank God.

Rampage is the most entertaining, charismatic athlete in mixed martial arts. Anyone who doubts this claim needs to check out Never Surrender – not to be confused with the similarly themed 1985 [...]

Photo Courtesy of Sherdog
I predicted the Machida victory, but I was only half-right, because that was much more than a victory, it was a certifiable ass-kicking.
Not only did Lyoto dominate on the feet, ending the fight with a devastating series of punches, but he out-wrestled Evans, as well, stuffing the wrestler’s takedown attempts with [...]

#1: Evans’s first takedown attempt
If Machida defends the takedown successfully, it’s gonna be a long night for Rashad. If Machida defends the takedown easily, night’s over for Rashad.
#2: Machida’s ground game
If the fight does indeed go to the ground, does Machida have the Jits to hold off the superior wrestler? Hugs don’t count, either. I’m [...]

New York City, the metaphorical bridge between progressive Europe and puritanical America, is once again trailing behind states like Iowa and Connecticut – first on the issue of gay marriage, and now on the issue of mixed martial arts. MMA is now legal in just about every state in the country, with the glowing exception [...]

The MMA world is buzzing this morning with the official announcement that UFC lightweight champ, BJ Penn, will take on #1 ranked contender, Kenny Florian, at UFC 101, on Saturday, August 8th, in the fighting city of Philadelphia. While it’s true that Florian deserves his shot at the title, I don’t see how he can [...]

Just finished watching ESPN’s E60 interview with Dana White. The piece was certainly exciting, much more nuanced than their trailer indicated. Buried in the story, however, was something which I found very significant, namely that Dana White is planning to open a wave of UFC gyms across the country.
I’ve joked in the past about how [...]