Larry Gude said: ...or any combat sport is not now nor ever will be even remotely as big as NASCAR. I dunno, it's one of the few sports where the "average joe" can relate. He remembers a fight in high school or some guy hitting on his girlfriend and how he told him to piss off. But I think MMA has definitely grown beyond being the fad it once was. Hopefully MMA can keep people shady characters out of management, and it won't fade away like boxing.