It’s brutal, it’s violent, and yet more and more people are watching the sport that was once banned from television for being too bloody. Now cage fights are prime-time TV events, and mixed martial arts, MMA, is a billion dollar industry, but far from the spotlight of the UFC everyday Americans are stepping onto the mat. What you’re going to see over the next several years is guys who were to play baseball, basketball, football will becoming involved in mixed martial arts instead.