Michael Rome Archives: 06/2008

For a few days now, I have watched a lot of people condemn the Diaz brothers for what they did after the show.  The usual…

I was only going to post on this topic once today, but Kevin Iole has an article on Affliction for Yahoo today: Atencio is well…

It’s one thing for fans to salivate in anticipation of the card Affliction is putting on in July.  It’s another for the people in charge…

MMA Mania reports that the UFC is planning on running a show on July 19th for free on Spike TV.  The show is obviously being…

Dave Meltzer reports that CBS has ordered two more Elite XC shows.  One will be in July, the other in October: The dates are not…

Though this season of TUF has been panned by most, this is the first season since season 3 not to suffer a significant decline from…

Sources indicate to Bloody Elbow that as of last week, Anderson Silva was scheduled to fight Yushin Okami in October at the UFC’s next UK…

Buried in Dave Meltzer’s column today on officiating controversy is a very important bit of news: Shaw said the date of the next CBS card…

According to Dave Meltzer, the announcement will not be made this Thursday.  Instead, it will be made a week from today :  According to the…

The combination of a voiceover for UFC 86 that hypes Cote-Almeida as a fight for a title shot ,and speculation that Silva is going to…

In light of the great ratings Elite XC got Saturday night, some have pointed out that the XFL did great at first too before failing. …

When people like me talk about how great Georges St. Pierre is, we always cite his two utterly dominating wins over Matt Hughes as evidence…

Dave Meltzer reports that Anderson Silva is in negotiations to fight in September, and the idea is to have him fight at Light Heavyweight:   I…

There’s a real good interview up with Dana here: The Mag: Who will Chuck fight in September? DW: The fight is going to be in…

Thompson is not happy with the comments of Nick Lembo: Sam Caplan: After Dan Miragliotta had stopped the fight and rendered his decision, you put your hand…

This ridiculous interview with Gary Shaw is worth reading: Where do you think Kimbo fits in among the top heavyweights in MMA? I don’t know…In his…

Affliction just sent out a press release announcing a press conference to announce a partnership with Donald Trump. Network MMA was a big success, and…

In this week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Dave Meltzer reports that Tito Ortiz told him the new offer made by the Fertittas was the best money…

One of the big debates in the journalism wars over the last few years is over the value of bloggers measured against reporters.  I see…

For years, a group of fans has audibly hoped the day the UFC would face serious competition.  They waited with baited breath for Dana White…