Michael Rome

Following his victory over Ben Rothwell, news broke that Cain Velasquez could fight for the heavyweight title in Mexico City next year.  This would be…

On his radio show last night (subscription required and recommended), Dave Meltzer said Dana White wants the Lyoto Machida vs. Mauricio “Shogun” Rua rematch on…

I suppose it was inevitable that people would overreact to the apparent lack of interest in UFC 104.  It was obvious months ago when Machida…

The New Year’s show has become something of a tradition for the UFC.  For the past three years, it’s been the biggest show of the…

Is the UFC’s matchmaking becoming desperate as a result of too many shows?  I make the case over at Heavy.com: …Anderson Silva is supposedly fighting…

It’s impossible to talk about the WEC these days without the discussion turning to the promotion’s future.  The talk this week was all about the…

Earlier this week, in response to a message board post about CBS and Strikeforce, a former EliteXC employee argued that CBS’s promotional failures partially contributed…

On November 7, Strikeforce will put on the biggest fight it can possibly promote in Fedor Emelianenko vs. Brett Rogers.  There are lots of ratings…

Unfortunate news if it’s true: Coleman, Coleman, Coleman, too bad he sissies out!!! Who’s next??? I’m kicking someone’s ass on Nov 21st! There’s an obvious…

Last night we all got a fact reaffirmed that many of us knew all along.  To quote his new boss and promoter, Dana White, “Kimbo Slice…

Whatever rating tonight’s episode of The Ultimate Fighter does, it’s a credit to the UFC marketing machine.  They made people believe Kimbo had a shot…

“We are in the business of promoting a sport; these fuckin’ idiots are putting on a freak show, and the scumbags at Showtime have no…

MMA Bay has more from Quinton Jackson.  It seems to me like he’s already thinking about going back on his retirement, but it’s worth reading…

Yesterday in an article about the WEC, I linked to a report by Jonathan Snowden at Heavy.com.  In that report, Snowden claimed the following: The Versus…

Miguel Torres and Urijah Faber are big names in the world of MMA.  They may not be champions anymore, but they were on top of…

“The crazy thing about this Rampage thing is he’s giving away a lot of money to do the A-Team.  You can’t fix stupid.” Dana White,…

I was really worried when Dana started going on and on slamming Quinton that this would blow up in his face, especially when he started…

When they first announced Mike Swick vs. Martin Kampmann as a number one contender’s match at 170, I scoffed, knowing that neither was remotely in…

Unfortunately, much of the discussion about the Mayweather vs. UFC PPV war this evening has focused on absolute numbers instead of addressing the context. Mayweather’s…

Throughout his long break away from the UFC, Tito Ortiz routinely made front-page news by claiming to be close to signing with another rival organization. …