SANTA MONICA, Calif. (Juli 13, 2015) - Bellator MMA lan Spike wis dijenengi announcer olahraga Veteran lan swara saiki Boston Celtic, Dadi Gedhe, minangka anyar play-by-play announcer sawijining. Grande bakal tim munggah karo Analyst werna Jimmy Smith diwiwiti iki Ana, Juli 17 kanggo "Bellator 140" ing Mohegan Sun Arena.
Pembuangan bisa nyetel kanggo krungu Grande lan Smith nelpon tumindak kanggo pisanan ing "Bellator 140," kang airs manggon lan free on Spike ing 9 P.M. Lan / 8 P.M. CT. Acara fitur limang action-dikempalken gelut kelas welter, headlined dening Bellator Welterweight Juara Douglas Lima, sing mbélani sabuk marang Andrey Koreshkov, plus bali saka kampung halamanipun favorit Brennan Ward.
"Sean Grande iku sawijining announcer olahraga luar biasa bakat lan uga-tuntas karo passion kanggo tukang pencak seni campuran,"Ngandika Scott Coker, Presiden, UFC MMA. "Dheweke wis konco mikropon kanggo akeh acara juara lan kita katon maju marang nggawa semangat lan energi kanggo Bellator minangka liga kita terus kanggo tuwuh."
"Aku bangga duwe disebut game kanggo sawetara organisasi sange, ABC Riding, CBS, ing Celtic, ing Sox Red, Westwood Salah,"Ngandika Grande. "Nanging aku wis mung wis diunekake adoh dening wong ing Spike TV lan Bellator, lan produk padha arep saiki. I’m legitimately honored to join both of these teams, lan nggawe sawetara televisi olahraga gedhe.
"Aku pancen tresna apa Scott (Coker) wis rampung kanggo Bellator lan l'm seneng kanggo miwiti nelpon gelut kajawi Jimmy Smith Ana wengi ing Spike. Aku arep duwe jog paling apik ing omah, nonton Douglas Lima lan sawetara saka welterweights paling apik ing donya. Hard to imagine a better way to kick things off, lan iku kabeh njupuk Panggonan mung drive cendhak saka Boston.
“I understand why I’m a story today. But what I’m really excited about, kang bisa marang crita saka juara sange kaya Patricio Pitbull, Will Brooks, Douglas Lima lan Liam Walikangas minangka padha munggah menyang ndhuwur olahraga. "
Liyane Grande (SeanGrandePBP):
Bubar ngrampungke mangsa 18 ing NBA lan ka-15 minangka swara saka Boston Celtic, Akun Epic Grande saka rong sasi roto kanggo 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 pasangan, "Grande lan Max" wis dadi salah siji saka Boston on-air kombinasi paling populer lan apik, lan soundtrack saka Celtic "New Big Tiga Era".
On May 20, 2013, Grande digawe Mayor Liga enggal Baseball kang, 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 lan MLS). Ing Januari, piyambakipun wangsul malih dhateng werna televisi kang, nelpon basketball College ing 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. Ing 2009, nimbali kang 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 game bebarengan ing Februari 3, 2012.
Milih dening sing nonton saka Boston Riding Media Watch minangka sing paling play-by-play announcer ing Boston, Sean iki direkrut bali menyang kutha ing 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, gabung senengane saka Keith Jackson lan Brent Musburger.
Main kawitan Grande ing Boston wiwit ing Boston University ing pundi piyambakipun ngginakaken pitu mangsa nelpon Boaz Hockey, 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, taun rolas kang minangka "Voice saka Frozen Four" ing CBS Radio, Grande disebut kang ngrekam limalas NCAA Championship Game.
Karir Broadcast nglingkupi main pitung taun ing 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 basket Minnesota Lynx (1999-2001) lan Connecticut Sun (2006-2007), MFS Tennis Pro, Providence Bruins Hockey, 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.