Michael Rome Archives: 10/2008

A few months ago, Affliction announced its deal with Golden Boy Promotions and crowed that this would be a major challenge to the UFC.  A few weeks…

The executives at ESPN have long resisted MMA coverage.  From their edict of “no coverage” after Shamrock-Ortiz to their reluctance to cover arguably the best…

One of the major reasons the UFC was able to quickly move into the black in the UK was the strength of the pound against…

Many have speculated on an immediate rematch between Anderson Silva and Patrick Cote following the unsatisfying finish to their fight at UFC 90.  Unfortunately for…

Over at Yahoo, Maggie Hendricks blasts Anderson Silva for having a temper tantrum, all while having her own in the form of a hectoring article: He is…

Patrick Cote suffered an unfortunate injury in the third round of his fight with Anderson Silva at UFC 90, and the fight was stopped early.…

In an atmosphere of big companies failing and other big ones soon to fail, it’s refreshing to see an American company besides the UFC enjoying…

Affliction has been trying to take EliteXC’s deal with CBS for a long time now, and there is now an opening for them to step…

Dave Meltzer broke the news that EliteXC is dead in the members-only section of the Wrestling Observer website: Several fighters with EliteXC have gotten word today the…

According to Dave Meltzer, the January BJ Penn vs. Georges St. Pierre fight will be for the welterweight title:   St. Pierre vs. Penn will be…

Brandon Vera put in a solid performance last night against Keith Jardine, but the decision against him was valid, and he has now lost three…

As you might expect, he’s pretty pissed off.

Lost in all the scandal is the fact that there is a ton of good news for EliteXC on CBS coming out of their last…

I didn’t want to post anything else on this, but the situation is getting more and more ridiculous every day. It’s hard to know what…

Congrats to MMA Rated on breaking the story: MMARated.com has learned that WAMMA heavyweight champion Fedor Emelianenko will face Andrei Arlovski at the upcoming Affliction show tentatively…

The addition of Steve Cofield over at Yahoo has made the MMA community a lot more entertaining.  He interviewed Kim Couture about Night of Combat…

It’s really hard to disagree with anything Frank says here: “When I realized we would have to cancel the show, I said, ‘Look, I’ll fight…

The first offering from Affliction and Goldenboy Promotions in January will be a MMA only card: Said Atencio, the partnership, which calls for quarterly events next…

Gina Carano is one of the most criticized fighters among hardcore fans, and while there is no excuse for all the problems making weight, it’s…

First of all, I thought this was a really good show.  It kept a good pace throughout, the fights were all entertaining, and the crowd…