Michael Rome

In this week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter (subscription only), Dave Meltzer reports on a very interesting internal survey commissioned by the UFC: UFC has done extensive studying regarding…

Over the past few years, we’ve seen a number of situations in which a fighter works his way up to the number one contender spot,…

After screaming in horror at Dan Miragliotta’s decision to allow Shane Carwin to repeatedly punch a man laying face down with his arms out, it…

UFC 111 is the biggest UFC show in a long time.  Georges St. Pierre, their biggest star outside of Brock Lesnar, finally makes his return…

As a long time proponent of using the slow track for developing fighters, I am willing to admit when an exception should be made.  Jon…

UFC 111 takes place on March 27, a day before the WWE’s biggest event of the year, Wrestlemania.  Competing with WWE on PPV is nothing…

Over the weekend of April 10, Tiger Woods will return to golf for the Masters.  I’m not going to waste anyone’s time here with analysis…

A lot of sports fans have trouble figuring out why their favorite athletes can’t call it quits at the peak of their game.  These fans…

Via Dave Meltzer: UFC just sent a release confirming Kimbo Slice vs. Matt Mitrione for 5/8 in Montreal.  The match had been on the schedule…

SportsBusiness Journal(subscription required and highly recommended) has a story today on the UFC’s successful trip to Australia.  The article provides previously unknown information on both…

Dana White’s apparently pretty angry about Frank Mir’s comments about Brock Lesnar.  Here is what Mir said (in proper context): “I like to think that just…

Heading into UFC 110, a lot of fighters were declared “done.”  Mirko CroCop, Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, and Wanderlei Silva all had a lot to prove.…

I decided to do a quick check of the major Australian papers for their view of last night’s show, and the column on the front…

    National Geographic has put together a special episode of Fight Science dedicated to self defense in every day situations called “Fight Science: Human…

We are just a few days away from UFC 110, a card that has a number of appealing fights but simultaneously lacks anything with serious…

Last night’s fight between Randy Couture and Mark Coleman was a sober reminder of the difference between a man who fights like he should at…

Ratings are in for Strikeforce: Miami, and they’re very good.  According to MMA Junkie, “Strikeforce: Miami” drew 517,000 viewers, just below the record set by…

Talk about all action.  Both guys decided to just throw punches instead of defending anything, and Diaz won the war.  It was a good win…

Cris Cyborg answered a lot of questions tonight, putting in a dominating performance over the course of three five-minute rounds.  When Cyborg gets on top,…

Herschel Walker’s debut gave us more answers than expected, because we saw him go deep into the third round, and we saw him both on…