Mike Straka

Mike is a TV, Radio and Podcast host, author, and an executive producer of video sports, features and news programs. He brings over 20 years of broadcast and digital media experience to any project.

Straka is former supervising producer at Fuse TV and vice president and executive producer at Fox News Digital and Fox Interactive Media, where he ran video operations and programming.

In front of the camera, Straka hosted Fox Fight Game on Foxnews.com, Fighting Words with Mike Straka on HDNet and MMA Uncensored Live Spike TV. He has covered music, sports, politics, film and business as a news producer and correspondent.

Mike has written three books, “Grrr! Celebrities and Other Reasons Why We’re All In Trouble,” (2007 St. Martins Press), “Fighting Words” (2011, Triumph Books) and "Rowdy Rousey"(2015 Triumph Books).

Straka started his career as a desk assistant at CBS News, and has produced for ABC’s Robin Roberts, Fuse TV, The CBS Early Show, Fox News, Spike TV and Zero Point Zero Production.

Mike has also acted in theater, television and film productions, including several commercials, Analyze This, starring Billy Crystal and Robert De Niro, Tony N' Tina's Wedding and the one-man Off-Broadway show Mat Rat.

Mike trains mixed martial arts at the Renzo Gracie Academy in New York City.

He was inducted into the NJ Martial Arts Hall of Fame in 2019 for pioneering mainstream media coverage of Mixed Martial Arts.