SANTA MONICA, Kalifornija. (Julij 13, 2015) - Bellator MMA in Spike so poimenovali veteran šport napovedovalca in sedanji glas Boston Celtics, Bodite Large, za svojega novega play-by-play napovedovalca. Grande bo povežejo z barvo analitik Jimmy Smith, ki se začnejo to Petek, Julij 17 za "Bellator 140" na Mohegan Sun Arena.
Fans lahko prižge slišati Grande in Smith pokličite tožbo za prvič na "Bellator 140", ki airs v živo in brezplačno na Spike na 9 p.m. IN / 8 p.m. CT. Dogodek ima pet akcijski zapakirane welterweight borbe, headlined ga Bellator welterweight prvak Douglas Limi, ki brani svoj pas proti Andrey Koreshkov, plus vrnitev domačen najljubša Brennan Ward.
"Sean Grande je neverjetno nadarjeni in dobro dodelan športni napovedovalec z strast za mešane borilne veščine,"Je dejal Scott Coker, Predsednik, Bellator MMA. "Bil je v ozadju mikrofon za mnoge prvenstva in se veselimo, da mu prinaša njegovo navdušenje in energijo za Bellator kot naša liga še naprej raste."
"Ponosen sem, da imajo imenovane igre za nekaj neverjetno organizacij, ABC Šport, CBS, Celtics, Red Sox, Westwood One,"Je dejal Grande. "Ampak jaz sem enostavno že odpihnilo z ljudmi na Spike TV in Bellator, in produkt hočejo predstaviti. I’m legitimately honored to join both of these teams, in nekaj veliko športno televizijo.
"Sem absolutno ljubezen, kaj Scott (Coker) je naredil za Bellator in sem navdušena, da začnete kliče bori poleg Jimmy Smith Petek noč na Spike. Grem, da imajo najboljši sedež v hiši, gledal Douglas Lima in nekaj najboljših welterweights na svetu. Hard to imagine a better way to kick things off, in to je vse odvija le kratko vožnjo od Bostona.
“I understand why I’m a story today. But what I’m really excited about, je, da lahko povem zgodbe neverjetno prvakov kot Patricio Pitbull, Will Brooks, Douglas Lima in Liam McGeary kot se dvignejo proti vrhu tega športa. "
Več o Grande (SeanGrandePBP):
Nedavno končanem 18. sezono v ligi NBA in 15. kot glas Boston Celtics, Epski račun Grande je v dvomesečnem rok do 2008 World Championship cemented his status as one of the nation’s elite play-callers. He’s joined by analyst Cedric Maxwell for all Boston Celtics games. Since shortly after their 2001 seznanjanje, "Grande in Max" so postali ena izmed najbolj priljubljenih in prepoznavnih kombinacij Boston na zraku, in soundtrack za Celtics "New Big Three Era".
Maja 20, 2013, Grande je svojo Major League Baseball prvenec, after being named the alternate play-by-play voice of the World Champion Boston Red Sox. It completed his cycle of broadcasting major pro sports (NBA, NFL, NHL, WNBA in MLS). V januarju, se je vrnil v svojih televizijskih korenin, kliče college basketball o CBS Sports Network.
Grande’s reached several milestones over the last few years. Only the legendary Johnny Most and current television voice Mike Gorman have now called more Celtics games. V 2009, je poklical njegov 1000th NBA Game, joining Marv Albert and Ian Eagle as the only three to reach that plateau before the age of 40. Grande and Max were honored pre-game at TD Garden for their 1000th igra skupaj februarja 3, 2012.
Glasovalo jih bralci Boston Sports Media Watch kot najboljši play-by-play napovedovalca v Bostonu, Sean je bil zaposlen nazaj v mesto, v 2001 after serving three years as the television voice of the Minnesota Timberwolves. When he signed in 1998, he was the youngest announcer in the NBA. The versatile Grande’s play-by-play credits also include two seasons as part of ABC Sports College Football broadcast team, pridružil všeč Keith Jackson in Brent Musburger.
Prvi Omejiti Grande v Bostonu začel na Univerzi v Bostonu, kjer je preživel sedem sezon kliče terier hokej, football and basketball on both television and radio. On the television side, Grande was the original voice of the Hockey East Game of the Week on Fox Sports Net. His college hockey work for Fox and the NCAA Tournament garnered him three New England Emmy nominations including the 1999 Emmy for best Play-by-Play. He’s served six years as the television voice of the NCAA East Regional. And this past April in Philadelphia, njegov dvanajsti leto kot "Glas Frozen Four" na CBS Radio, Grande imenoval svojo rekordno petnajsto NCAA prvenstvo Game.
Njegova oddaja kariera vključeno sedemletno Omejiti na WEEI (1991-1998), the final three as Sports Director. His wide-ranging play-by-play career has seen him call NFL Football for Westwood One, WNBA košarka za Minnesota Lynx (1999-2001) in Connecticut Sun (2006-2007), MFS Pro tenis, Providence Bruins hokej, Harvard basketball and even Major League Soccer. He served three years as host of the Stanley Cup Playoffs on NHL radio and co-hosted the NCAA Hockey Selection show on ESPN2.