Michael Rome

Georges St. Pierre was recently named the Canadian Athlete of the Year for 2009, which marks his second year in a row winning the title.…

There’s already a lot of talk about BJ Penn moving to 170 again.  He beat Diego Sanchez so thoroughly that one wonders if anyone at…

On most nights, I’d start a post like this discussing the main event.  But the biggest story of the night for the UFC is Frank…

When Affliction went down in flames, Paul Buentello decided he might want to go to the UFC.  Dana White’s feelings on Zinkin Entertainment are well…

Frank Mir is a master of many things, but he is particularly good at hyping fights.  In fact, he may be the best.  The work…

In July 2009, the UFC set an all-time buyrate record for UFC 100.  One month later, they drew over 900,000 buys for a show that…

Sports Business Daily reports on an extensive survey done by Scarborough Sports Marketing (subscription required and recommended): Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) is attracting young, wealthy,…

White revealed that doctors told Lesnar, he’s been dealing with the condition for over a year and that he’s only been operating at 60-percent of…

Tito Ortiz is still good enough to appear competitive.  But he was outclassed tonight.  He lost every round on my card, though the second was…

Just a few days ago, Dana White told us Brock Lesnar was very sick.  He couldn’t comment on what it was specifically, but he let…

I had a conversation with Doug Crosby, and he said that during one of the [UFC] fights, one of these boxing people that have come…

 The Telegraph reports that GSP and Dan Hardy are under consideration for a coaching stint on the next season of The Ultimate Fighter. The…

UFC 105 kind of snuck up on me, and now we’re just two days away from seeing Randy Couture fight on Spike TV.  Because the…

I was initially discouraged by the Strikeforce ratings news, but the final number for the Fedor fight was very good.  5.46 million viewers tuned in…

There were a number of winners and losers coming out of Strikeforce’s first CBS show.  Below I’ve listed the winners, losers, and those who fell…

Fast overnight ratings are out for Strikeforce.  The overnights only measure the ratings from 8:00pm to 11:00pm, which means the numbers contained do not include…

Perhaps the most amazing part about Fedor Emelianenko is that he is just a man.  He’s not chiseled out of stone, he has plenty of…

In this week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter (subscription required), Dave Meltzer reported that updated trending data since his original report suggests UFC 104 did better than expected,…

Since her loss in August, Gina Carano has been virtually silent.  She is expected to return to Strikeforce in the summer, after she finishes filming…

On November 7, Strikeforce will present the most important show in the history of the promotion, and its success hinges on whether or not a…