Michael Rome Archives: 06/2008

Well, not so secret anymore.  MMA Weekly confirms the speculation: According to many insiders, Wanderlei Silva – who also trains at Xtreme Couture and holds…

On top of doing an underwhelming job hyping the upcoming Jackson/Griffin fight, the UFC and Spike TV have scheduled the “Countdown to UFC 86” show…

Dave Meltzer reported in the print edition of The Wrestling Observer that the UFC is having a very hard time finding opponents for Lyoto Machida.…

Mike Chiapetta has a great piece up at MSNBC on the unlikely story of Kevin Burns: Just a day before the calendar turned to June, an…

The UFC is banking on Anderson Silva getting a highlight reel knockout win over James Irvin on July 19th.  While I do think that is…

At UFC 86, Chris Lytle fights Josh Koscheck in a fight a lot of people are overlooking. Koscheck, like many wrestlers that have been accused…

Robert Joyner reports at MMA Payout that CBS made an attempt to add Gina Carano to their July card, but her camp nixed the idea:…

Gracie Mag has a great interview up with Rodrigo Comprido covering his training with Brock Lesnar: GRACIEMAG.com: A lot of people think he doesn’t know…

MMA Weekly reports that Dan Henderson will return at UFC 88 to fight Rousimar Palhares: It appears that Dan Henderson’s return to the middleweight division…

On Elite XC’s July 26 CBS card, Nick Diaz will take on…Thomas Denny: EliteXC lightweight Nick Diaz (17-7) will meet former King of the Cage…

Jake Rossen has an article up at Sherdog lamenting the lack of interpromotional fights in MMA: Like the televised clown convention that is the WWE,…

Although The Ultimate Fighter 7 rebounded in its final 4 weeks with strong ratings and better shows, the show truly failed to hype up the…

Ever since the Forrest Griffin v. Quinton Jackson fight was announced, I’ve been of the belief that Forrest had nothing that could hurt Jackson.  Everything…

Over at a messageboard I visit a lot, one of the posters just received this via email: Doing the show in Stockton only makes sense…

Early in the season, it looked like we might be in store for a big decline in ratings for TUF.  Most of the season stayed…

This Friday night, the first gameplay footage of “UFC 2009” by THQ will be unveiled: UFC president Dana White and host Keighley will unveil the…

Check out Dana’s interview this morning with Opie and Anthony here. The interview actually goes a decent length, and even though there are bits and pieces…

I’ve spent all day digesting the announcement, and listening to various takes on it.  Regardless of whether or not this is a “demotion” for Dana…

This actually is a pretty big announcement, and it flies completely in the face of the idea that there was a sale, which is what…

Many people in the online MMA community believe New York is voting tomorrow on whether or not to legalize MMA.  That is not the case. …