Kimbo Slice Action Figures? Is MMA that popular?

I’ll take your favorite sports figurine and I’ll raise you a broken arm and punctured lung.

Wow. Seriously? Has MMA truly gone THIS mainstream? I mean, I know that you can find the MMA on CBS (Yes!) and that ESPN has even jumped into the fray with their online show, MMA live, but sports figurines? More details from Yahoo! Sports,

Yes, you can own a one-of-a-kind Kimbo Slice figurine! It’s bendy. It’s life-like. Best of all, it comes with the pimp-fist chain! The listing does not specify if it has ear-busting-action, but you can use it to practice ground and pound. Don’t worry, no matter how much you punch him in the head, the ref won’t stop the fight.

Now, this Kimbo Slice figurine is definitely more of a novelty item and not mass produced (similar to the Terrelle Pryor doll), but it does make me wonder how far away MMA is from being picked up by a large figurine producer? You know your sport has truly arrived when someone takes the time to make little dolls of popular people in the sport (which I guess is why I’m still waiting for that Norm Chow figurine to hit the market). Obviously you need a strong fan base to be able to support the sale of sports dolls/figurines/action figures. So I guess the question is, “Just how mainstream is MMA?”

Yahoo! Sports: MMA Marketplace: Kimbo doll (gold chain included!)