MMA JOURNALIST

Susan Cingari is an Emmy award-winning journalist with over twenty five years of experience in newspapers, radio and television broadcasting. Since 1991 Susan has been freelancing as a writer, reporter, host and producer for hundreds of national news, sports and magazine shows such as: ET, THE INSIDER, EXTRA, ESPN, FOX NEWS/SPORTS, DISCOVERY, CBS, AMERICAS MOST WANTED, DISNEY and many many more.

Some of the Sporting Stories and teams Susan Cingari has reported on include: the Daytona 500, the 2003 and 1997 World Series, the Miami Heat, Miami Dolphins, Homestead Miami Speedway, Sony Ericsson, numerous Spring Training team camps and 5 Superbowls.

A partial list of sports interviews include: Shaq, Boomer Esiason, Shannon Sharpe, Emmitt Smith, Helio Castroneves, Michael Jordan, Anna Kournikova, Qadry Ismail, Jason Seahorn, Jeff Gordon, Greg Norman, Serena Williams, Sammy Sosa, Andy Roddick, Goose Gossage, Oscar De La Hoya, Mike Piazza, Dwight Gooden, Roger Penske, Barry Bonds, Lenny Dykstra, Dan Marino, Tim Hardaway, Brian Cox, Pudge Rodriguez, Coach Pat Riley, Hulk Hogan, and Olympic Gold Medalist Gary Hall Jr. and many many more.

Susan became interested in reporting on Mixed Martial Arts quite by accident. She was supposed to do a story on a female wrestler who was preparing for the Olympics, but at the last minute the shoot was cancelled. The wrestler’s strength and conditioning coach JC Santana of The Institute of Human Performance In Boca Raton, Florida had worked with dozens and dozens of Mixed Martial Artists preparing them for their fights. So he suggested she do a story on an up and coming Mixed Martial Artist by the name of Micah Miller, brother of UFC fighter, Cole Miller.

One stop inside the American Top Team training facility in Coconut Creek, Florida was all it took and she was hooked. Susan was particularly impressed with the determination and discipline the fighters had as well as their team spirit.

Since then, Susan has decided that she wants to focus as much time as possible on covering Mixed Martial Arts.  She has reported for fiveouncesofpain.com, prommanow.com and Scrapp magazine.

Some of her MMA interviews include, Matt Hughes, Bjorn Rebney, Marloes Coenan, Herschel Walker, Bobby Lashley, Keith Jardine, Nate Marquedt, Scott Coker, Harold Davis, Alex Caceres, Wes Sims, Cole Miller, Efrain Escudero, Seth Petrozulli, Greg Nagy, USA judo and Olympic hopeful Nick Delpopolo.

When she is not working, she enjoys yoga, pilates, belly dancing and hiking. While she is not a mixed martial artist now she is so passionate and enthusiastic about the sport, she is sure she will come back in her next life as a champion. In the meantime she continues her quest to dominate in the octagon of reporting.

Recent MMA Stories

Living the MMA dream with Alex “Bruce Leeroy” Caceres

ProMMAnow.com’s Susan Cingari talks with Alex Caceres’ coaches about his development as a fighter. Like Anderson Silva, Caceres found his own martial arts movie star to help train him.

Mar 26, 2011

Alex Caceres has the glow

ProMMAnow.com correspondent Susan Cingari talks with Alex “Bruce Leeroy” Caceres and his coaches prior to his UFC debut this Saturday at UFC Fight Night 24 in Seattle.

Mar 24, 2011

Bellator’s fourth season kicks off tonight on MTV2; CEO Bjorn Rebney ready for busy schedule

ProMMAnow.com’s Susan Cingari talks with Bellator Fighting Championships CEO Bjorn Rebney about the upcoming season and the move to MTV2.

Mar 05, 2011

Chidi Njokuani forging his own path in MMA; faces Marco Martinez at MMA Explosion on Saturday

There’s an old Chinese saying, “Good things come in pairs,” and in the case of the Njokuani brothers, Anthony and Chidi, this certainly proves true.

Jan 28, 2011

Exclusive: Nemesis Fighting promoter responds to unpaid fighter scandal

Keith Jardine, Paul Buentello, and others have verified they were not paid for competing on the Nemesis Fighting Dec. 11 show. The promotion’s owner, Tim Fields, gave his side of the story in this exclusive interview.

Dec 23, 2010

Hired as commentator, Seth Petruzelli recounts Nemesis Fighting ordeal

We continue our look into the Nemesis Fighting ordeal that took place Dec.. 11 in the Dominican Republic. Susan Cingari talks with Seth Petruzelli who was hired as a commentator for the event.

Dec 19, 2010

Exclusive: Coaches for Thiago Alves talk about weight issues and a more mature “Pitbull”

Amid much talk and lots of speculation as well as questions from fans, Dana White, and the media, Thiago “Pitbull” Alves (22-5) easily made Friday’s weight cut, coming in 171 pounds.

Dec 10, 2010

TUF 12 quarterfinal spotlight: A talk with Team GSP’s Alex Caceres aka “Bruce Leroy”

He reads Edgar Allen Poe and Aristotle, writes poetry, meditates and listens to classic hard rock, like Jimmy Hendrix, The Beatles and James Brown. This sounds like a person from the hippie generation…

Nov 16, 2010