Prepare for arm bars, ground-and-pounds, and TKOs: UFC will bring its signature mix of martial arts to the Verizon Center for the first time on October 1st.

Here’s a little scuffle that wasn’t caught in yesterday’s Crime in Brief, turning the Washington Nationals’ stadium into a typical Friday night in Adams Morgan. Deadspin and our neighbors to the north first broke this video of a fight that broke out during Friday night’s Nats/Mets game. It’s hard to tell who instigated the fight, but Gothamist seems to ruminate that alcohol played a large part in the ordeal. A tipster to Deadspin paints the scene: “It was a solid 5 on 5 brawl between some drunk nats fans and obnoxious new yorkers not unlike the one in toronto at ufc 129 … if anything actually little more crazy cuz no one jumped it to stop so it went for probably a full minute or so before police/security showed up.”

There are plenty of people out there who believe that fighting in professional ice hockey is something of an unnecessary distraction from the natural ebb and flow of the game. I am not one of those people. That said, it is with pride that I present to you this excellent video of an epic fight between the Caps’ brilliantly-mustachioed John Erskine and Atlanta’s Eric Boulton during last night’s 6-4 Washington win.

Yesterday, the Capitals traded for a pure fighter in D.J. King.