Diego Sanchez would beat BJ Penn at many things: Biblical trivia A foot race (over 100 meters) Reading comprehension in Spanish A body building contest Mainland America Geography Bee Unfortunately, Diego Sanchez will be fighting against BJ Penn tonight. His only chance is to push the pace, survive, go hyphy (see Urban Dictionary), and push the pace some more. Our prediction: BJ [...]

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 [...]

The main event of Saturday night’s UFC 101 lightweight title fight between champion, BJ Penn, and top-ranked contender, Kenny Florian, has been deconstructed on MMA blogs all across the internet. A number of experts are predicting that Florian will pull off the upset, but the emerging consensus is that BJ will win -  via decision or [...]

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 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 [...]

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, [...]