In the White House, there's currently a petition to 'Declare mixed martial arts (MMA) the de facto national sport of the United States of America.' In order for the US government to make an official response on the petition, it needs 25,000 signatures by December 13th 2012. At the time of this article being published, the petition currently has17. Check out the petition below. https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/declare-mixed-martial-arts-mma-de-facto-national-sport-united-states-america/h09YF9BF