In a sport known for unpredictability, fans are rarely surprised when someone well outside of the sport decides that they want to take a crack at MMA. You’ve got your comedians, your baseball players, adult performers, prankster actors, fitness models, and some that make noise but never get to fight (which is for the best).
But there’s something about the cage and the 4oz gloves that allows for any Tom, Dick and Harry to think that they have what it takes. Perhaps it’s the chaotic nature of the fights, or the everyman nature of the fighters themselves, facilitating the idea that any person can work through the required six months of sprawl training to get a taste of violence and glory.