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MATT MITRIONE AND SEAN GRANDE NAMED SPIKE’S ANNOUNCING TEAM FOR BELLATOR KICKBOXING: TORINO
New York, NY, Apríl 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, Vertu Large as the broadcast duo for Bellator’s inaugural kickboxing event, "Bellator Kickboxing: Torino"Á Laugardagur, Apríl 16 from the historic Pala Alpitour in Torino, Ítalía. The announcement was jointly made today by Bellator President Scott Coker and Jon Slusser, Senior Vice President, Íþróttir og Tilboð, 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 Jordan, 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, Ill. Eftir skóla, 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, Epic reikningur Grande er að tveggja mánaða hlaupa til 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 pörun, "Grande og Max" hefur orðið eitt af Boston vinsælustu og helgimynda á loft samsetningar.
Maí 20, 2013, Grande gerði sitt Major League Baseball Frumraun, 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 og MLS).
"Bellator Kickboxing: Torino” will be televised Föstudagur, Apríl 22 á 11:00 p.m. OG/PT, immediately following “Bellator 153: Koreshkov vs. Henderson” on Spike.
Complete “Bellator Kickboxing: Torino” Fight Card:
Bellator Kickboxing Middleweight Main Event: Melvin Manhoef (37-12) vs. Alexandru Negrea (8-2)
Bellator Kickboxing 165-Pound Feature Bout: Mustapha Haida (37-3-3) vs. Karim Ghajji (95-12)
Bellator Kickboxing Welterweight Featur
Bellator Kickboxing Flyweight Feature Bout: Denise Kielholtz (43-2) vs. Veronica Vernocchi (31-6-1)
Bellator Kickboxing Bantamweight Featur
BELLATOR MMA og SPIKE TV NAME Sean GRANDE SPILA-við-leika announcer FOR LIVE berjast Umfjöllun
SANTA MONICA, Calif. (Júlí 13, 2015) - Bellator MMA og Spike hafa nefnt öldungur íþróttir announcer og núverandi rödd Boston Celtics, Vertu Large, sem ný leika-við-leika announcer þess. Grande verður lið upp með lit sérfræðingur Jimmy Smith farin þetta Föstudagur, Júlí 17 fyrir "Bellator 140" á Mohegan Sun Arena.
Fans geta stilla inn að heyra Grande og Smith kalla aðgerð í fyrsta sinn á "Bellator 140", sem airs lifandi og frjáls á Spike í 9 p.m. OG / 8 p.m. CT. The atburður lögun fimm aðgerð-pakkað welterweight slagsmál, nafnið af Bellator welterweight meistari Douglas Lima, sem ver belti hans gegn Andrey Koreshkov, auk endurkomu heimabæ uppáhalds Brennan Ward.
"Sean Grande er ótrúlega hæfileikaríkur og vel leikinn íþróttir announcer með ástríðu fyrir blönduðum bardagaíþróttum,"Sagði Scott Coker, President, Bellator MMA. "Hann hefur verið á bak við hljóðnemann í mörg atburðum Championship og við hlökkum til að hann uppeldi áhuga hans og orku til að Bellator sem deildin okkar heldur áfram að vaxa."
"Ég er stoltur af því að hafa kallað leiki fyrir sumir furðulegur samtök, ABC Sports, CBS, Celtics, Rauðu Sox, Westwood One,"Sagði Grande. "En ég hef einfaldlega verið blásið í burtu af fólkinu á Spike TV og Bellator, og varan sem þeir vilja til að kynna. I’m legitimately honored to join both of these teams, og gera sumir mikill íþrótta sjónvarp.
"Ég elska algerlega það Scott (Coker) hefur gert fyrir Bellator og L'm spennt að byrja að hringja í átök við hlið Jimmy Smith Föstudagur nótt á Spike. Ég ætla að hafa bestu sæti í húsinu, horfa Douglas Lima og sumir af the bestur welterweights í heimi. Hard to imagine a better way to kick things off, og það er allt að taka fram í stuttri akstursfjarlægð frá Boston.
“I understand why I’m a story today. But what I’m really excited about, er að vera fær um að segja sögur af ótrúlega meistarar eins Patricio Pitbull, Will Brooks, Douglas Lima og Liam McGeary sem þeir rísa til the toppur af the íþrótt. "
Meira um Grande (SeanGrandePBP):
Nýlega ljúka 18. leiktíð sinni í NBA og 15 sem rödd Boston Celtics, Epic reikningur Grande er að tveggja mánaða hlaupa til 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 pörun, "Grande og Max" hefur orðið eitt af Boston vinsælustu og helgimynda á loft samsetningar, og tónlistina á Celtics "New Big Three Era".
Maí 20, 2013, Grande gerði sitt Major League Baseball Frumraun, 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 og MLS). Í janúar, Hann sneri aftur til sjónvarp rótum hans, hringja háskóli körfubolti á 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. Í 2009, hann kallaði hans 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 leikur saman í febrúar 3, 2012.
Kusu af lesendum Boston Sports Media Watch sem besta leikrit-við-leika announcer í Boston, Sean var ráðinn aftur í bæinn í 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, ganga í eins og af Keith Jackson og Brent Musburger.
Fyrsta stopp Grande í Boston byrjaði við Boston University, þar sem hann eyddi sjö tíðir starf Terrier hokkí, 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, tólfta ári hans sem "Rödd á Frozen Four" á CBS Radio, Grande kallað met fimmtánda sinn NCAA Championship Game.
Útvarpsþáttur feril hans þar sjö ára stopp á 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 körfubolti fyrir Minnesota Lynx (1999-2001) og Connecticut Sun (2006-2007), MFS Pro Tennis, Providence Bruins hokkí, 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.