New York, NY, April 7, 2016 - Matt Mitrione, a former NFL defensive lineman and current Bellator MMA heavyweight will join Bellator MMA play-by-play announcer and The Voice of the Boston Celtics, Wees Groot as the broadcast duo for Bellator’s inaugural kickboxing event, "Bellator Skopboks: Torino"Op Saterdag, April 16 from the historic Pala Alpitour in Torino, Italië. The announcement was jointly made today by Bellator President Scott Coker and Jon Slusser, Senior vise-president, Sport en Specials, Spike TV.
Mitrione joined Bellator MMA in early March after a stellar start to his career in the UFC. His 14-bout stint with that promotion began in 2009 on “The Ultimate Fighter,” airing on Spike. His list of formidable opponents included: Kimbo Slice, Gabriel Gonzaga, Ben Rothwell, Derrick Lewis, Brendan Schaub, Roy Nelson, Shawn Jordaan, and Travis Browne among others.
Prior to competing in MMA, Mitrione earned a scholarship to play defensive tackle for the Purdue Boilermakers, not far from where he grew up in Springfield, Siek. , he played in the NFL for the New York Giants, San Francisco 49ers and Minnesota Vikings until 2005.
Sean Grande has served as Bellator’s play-by-play announcer since July of 2015. Completing his 18th season in the NBA and 15th as the voice of the Boston Celtics, Epiese rekening van die twee maande duur om die Grande se 2008 World Championship cemented his status as one of the nation’s elite play-callers. He is joined by analyst Cedric Maxwell for all Boston Celtics games. Since shortly after their 2001 paring, "Grande en Max" het een van Boston se mees gewilde en ikoniese op die lug kombinasies geword.
Mei 20, 2013, Grande het sy Major League Baseball debuut, 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 en MLS).
"Bellator Skopboks: Torino” will be televised Vrydag, April 22 by 11:00 namiddag. EN/PT, immediately following “Bellator 153: Koreshkov vs. Henderson” on Spike.
Voltooi "Bellator Skopboks: Torino "Fight Card:
Bellator Skopboks Middelgewigtitel Main Event: Melvin Manhoef (37-12) vs. Alexandru Negrea (8-2)
Bellator Skopboks 165-Pond Kenmerk Bout: Mustapha Haida (37-3-3) vs. Karim Ghajji (95-12)
Bellator Skopboks Weltergewig Featur
Bellator Skopboks Vlieggewig Kenmerk Bout: Denise Kielholtz (43-2) vs. Veronica Vernocchi (31-6-1)
Bellator Skopboks Kapokgewig Featur