Michael Rome

I will be live in San Jose to cover the undercard and anything else going on in the arena.  When the main show starts, I…

Ariel Helwani gets the scoop: Helwani tries to get the name of an opponent out of Overeem, but it looks like nothing is set.  Interestingly,…

Dave Meltzer reports at Figure Four Online: The fight between Cris Cyborg and Hitomi Akano scheduled for tomorrow’s Strikeforce show is up in the air… However,…

ESPN the Magazine interviews Neven Dravinski, producer of the UFC game: The training you do in the career mode is fighting like you would in a…

You might have thought for its debut on Showtime, Strikeforce would bust open the piggy-bank and bring in some big name stars to draw a…

This isn’t just a small sport anymore.  It’s basically mainstream at this point, which means there are consequences for executives who don’t choose their words properly:…

Originally, the ideas behind TUF were three-fold:  1)  Build up new stars in the house; 2) promote a big fight between the coaches, and; 3)…

In order to train for his next fight with Leites, and probably moreso to get ready for his upcoming fight with Demian Maia, Anderson Silva brought…

Consider the following two statements: “Alistair Overeem will knock out Badr Hari, and go 50/50 with Remy Bonjasky.” “Anderson Silva can hang with Roy Jones…

Todd Martin got an exclusive look at the new UFC game, and has a very informative piece on it over at CBS Sports: After you create…

Steve Cofield put up part two of his interview with Gina Carano today: It is almost certain that Carano’s next fight will be for Strikeforce, I…

Affliction 3 appears likely to air on free television.  However, a deal with a major network is unlikely.  Without mainstream stars that can draw ratings,…

Five Ounces of Pain broke a story today that Affliction is in negotiations to run a free television show opposite UFC 100: Sources have informed…

UPDATE II [from Luke Thomas]: This shouldn’t have happened. Due diligence was missed here. On behalf of the site, I apologize. However, we are committed…

Note:  This is a long piece, the second half is contained below the fold. Rankings are probably the most often-debated topic among MMA fans.  Whether…

There’s a lot of focus on UFC 98 in May, but there’s another big UFC show before that one, and it is headlined by Anderson…

A lot of people including myself expected Rampage Jackson to knock Keith Jardine out.  Because the fight was close and he wasn’t able to, people…

Dana White has always been friendly with Rampage Jackson, but their relationship became much closer when Dana stood by Rampage at his darkest hour.  Following…

The post-show press conferences are usually drab affairs, but when Rampage is there he always steals the show.  At UFC 92 he told a hilarious…

When I covered the EliteXC show in Stockton for Bloody Elbow, a best friend of one of the fighters on the main card sat next…