Mike Straka is an American television host, author and producer. He is the host of the MMAVERICKS podcast on BLEAV networks, author of "Rowdy Rousey, and" the host the "MMA Noise" YouTube channel. He was co-host and producer on Spike TV's primetime mma news magazine show, "MMA Uncensored Live" and he was the creator and the host of "TapouT Radio" on Sirius XM Sports. He serves as the in-cage post fight interview correspondent for World Series of Fighting and as UFC correspondent for Fight Now TV. WSOF 1 aired live on NBC Sports Network on November 3, 2012 from Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas, Nevada. Straka hosted "Fighting Words with Mike Straka" on Mark Cuban's HDNet which featured interviews with mixed martial arts athletes. He is a regular contributor to "FIGHT! Magazine", and wrote a book on MMA, based on interviews from his television show, "Fighting Words", which was published by Triumph Books. Straka is also a producer at Fuse TV and has interviewed and produced several television pieces on well-known artists, including Sinead O'Connor, Zedd, Sam Smith, Naughty Boy, Wiz Khalifa, R Kelly, Lou Reed, Armin Van Buuren, Jeff Bhasker and more.