Michael David Smith
FanHouse MMA Writer
Michael David Smith is an award-winning journalist who has written for the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, the New York Sun, the Los Angeles Daily News, ESPN the Magazine, FoxSports.com, NBCSports.com and SI.com. In 2007 he was named Mainstream Media Sports Blogger of the Year by Sports Illustrated.
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Follow Michael's TweetsJames Irvin, Alessio Sakara Know Why They're on TV
By Michael David Smith Posted : 3/19/2010 10:30 AM ET
James Irvin vs. Alessio Sakara is not a particularly relevant fight in the middleweight division in mixed martial arts. Neither guy is a win away, or even two or three wins away, from title ...
UFC on Versus Preview and Predictions
By Michael David Smith Posted : 3/19/2010 8:00 AM ET
The Ultimate Fighting Championship is on Versus for the first time on Sunday night, with a very good card by basic cable standards headlined by a light heavyweight clash between Jon Jones and Brandon ...
UFC Makes Sense for Jake Shields
By Michael David Smith Posted : 3/18/2010 8:10 PM ET
On Oct. 23, 2008, three days after the EliteXC mixed martial arts promotion folded, UFC President Dana White was talking to a group of reporters in Chicago, promoting UFC 90, which would take place a ...
Scott Jorgensen vs. Antonio Banuelos at WEC 48
By Michael David Smith Posted : 3/18/2010 1:00 PM ET
The first fight on the first pay-per-view card for World Extreme Cagefighting will be a bantamweight bout between Scott Jorgensen and Antonio Banuelos. Damacio Page was originally slated to face ...
Mousasi, Sokoudjou, Babalu in Dream Grand Prix
By Michael David Smith Posted : 3/18/2010 10:30 AM ET
Gegard Mousasi, Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou and Renato Sobral will all be participating in the Dream Light Heavyweight Grand Prix, which will begin on May 30 at Dream.15. Mousasi confirmed his own ...
Junior dos Santos: I'll Surprise Gonzaga With My Speed
By Michael David Smith Posted : 3/18/2010 6:00 AM ET
Junior dos Santos is younger than Gabriel Gonzaga, smaller than Gabriel Gonzaga and less experienced with Gabriel Gonzaga. But as dos Santos prepares to battle Gonzaga on Sunday night at UFC on Versus ...
Shinya Aoki: Two Title Belts Would Mean Something Special
By Michael David Smith Posted : 3/17/2010 8:00 PM ET
Shinya Aoki is the lightweight champion of Dream, Japan's biggest mixed martial arts promotion, and in his last fight he beat Mizuto Hirota, then the champion of Sengoku, Japan's No. 2 promotion. He's ...
Miguel Torres Posts Video of Surgery, Rips Ref
By Michael David Smith Posted : 3/17/2010 12:55 PM ET
During the March 6 WEC bout between Miguel Torres and Joseph Benavidez, an elbow from Benavidez opened an enormous cut on Torres' forehead. Moments later, Benavidez got Torres to tap with a ...
Fitch Lobbying for GSP Rematch With Finish of Alves
By Michael David Smith Posted : 3/17/2010 11:20 AM ET
As Jon Fitch prepares for his UFC 111 bout with Thiago Alves, he's lobbying for a welterweight title rematch with Georges St. Pierre, and he's got his talking points down pat. "I've cleaned out one ...
Marquardt: Hardy 'In Over His Head' vs. GSP
By Michael David Smith Posted : 3/16/2010 7:15 PM ET
Wednesday night's episode of UFC Primetime: St. Pierre vs. Hardy goes a bit beyond just the UFC 111 match-up of Georges St. Pierre and Dan Hardy and gets into the fighters' camps and training ...
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