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Tūtohu Archives: Kia Nui
MATT MITRIONE AND SEAN GRANDE NAMED SPIKE’S ANNOUNCING TEAM FOR BELLATOR KICKBOXING: TORINO
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, Kia Nui as the broadcast duo for Bellator’s inaugural kickboxing event, "Bellator Kickboxing: Torino"I runga i Rāhoroi, April 16 from the historic Pala Alpitour in Torino, Italy. The announcement was jointly made today by Bellator President Scott Coker and Jon Slusser, Senior Vice te peresideni, Sports me Motuhake, Koi 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 Poro, 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, Mate. I muri i te kāreti, 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, Pūkete epic a Grande o te rua-marama rere ki te 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 pairing, "Grande a Max" kua tetahi o tino rongonui, me te rongonui i runga i-rangi ngā a Boston.
I te Mei 20, 2013, Hanga Grande tona tuatahi Meiha League Baseball, 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, Kirimana ki a MLS).
"Bellator Kickboxing: Torino” will be televised Rāmere, April 22 i 11:00 p.m. AND/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 Whā Featur
BELLATOR MMA ME Spike TV INGOA Sean Grande TĀKARO-BY-tākaro whakaatu e mo tona rohe FIGHT LIVE
Santa MONICA, Calif. (Hōngongoi 13, 2015) Auvaha i hākinakina hōia i te ingoa Bellator MMA me Koi, me te reo o te Celtics Boston nāianei -, Kia Nui, rite tona pāho tākaro-na roto i te tākaro-hou. Ka rōpū Grande ake ki te kaitātari tae Jimmy Smith timata tenei Rāmere, Hōngongoi 17 no te "Bellator 140" i Mohegan Sun Arena.
Ka taea e rangi i roto i te pā ki te whakarongo ki Grande me Smith karanga i te mahi mo te wā tuatahi i "Bellator 140," e te pahiatia e ora, me te noa i runga i te Koi i 9 p.m. AND / 8 p.m. CT. Te hui ngā rima Welterweight whawhai mahi-Kikī, headlined e Bellator Welterweight Champion Douglas Lima, e tohe nei i tona whitiki ki Andrey Koreshkov, me te hokinga mai o te oire tino Brennan Ward.
"Sean Grande He auvaha i hākinakina pūmanawa mīharo, me te pai-ta'na ki te aroha ki te whakauru toi hōia,"Ka mea a Scott Coker, Peresideni, Bellator MMA. "Kua kua ia i muri i te hopuoro mō ngā taitara tokomaha, me te titiro atu tatou ki a kawe mai ia ia tona ngākau me te pūngao ki Bellator rite tonu to tatou kawenata ki te tupu."
"Ahau whakakake ki te whai ka karanga kēmu mō te tahi mau whakahaere mīharo ahau, ABC Sports, CBS, nga Celtics, nga Sox Whero, Westwood Kotahi,"Ka mea a Grande. "Ko ahau kua noa kua puhia atu e te iwi i Koi TV a Bellator, me te hua e hiahia ana ratou ki te tapaea. I’m legitimately honored to join both of these teams, a ka hanga i etahi pouaka hākinakina nui.
"Ahau e aroha tino ki ta Scott (Coker) kua mahi hoki Bellator me l'm fiefia ki te tīmata te karanga i te whawhai i te taha o Jimmy Smith Rāmere te po i runga i te Koi. Kei te haere ahau ki te whai i te nohoanga pai i roto i te whare, te mātakitaki Douglas Lima me etahi o nga welterweights pai i roto i te ao. Hard to imagine a better way to kick things off, a ngā reira tango te wahi katoa tika i te puku poto i Boston.
“I understand why I’m a story today. But what I’m really excited about, ko te āhei ki te korero ki te kōrero o toa mīharo rite Patricio Pitbull, Will Brooks, Douglas Lima a Liam McGeary rite whakatika ratou ki te tihi o te hākinakina. "
Ētahi atu i runga i Grande (SeanGrandePBP):
Maoro te whakaoti 18 tona wa i roto i te NBA me 15 kia rite ki te reo o nga Celtics Boston, Pūkete epic a Grande o te rua-marama rere ki te 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 pairing, "Grande a Max" kua tetahi o tino rongonui, me te rongonui i runga i-rangi ngā a Boston, me te körero, o nga Celtics "New Big toru Era".
I te Mei 20, 2013, Hanga Grande tona tuatahi Meiha League Baseball, 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, Kirimana ki a MLS). I roto i te Hānuere, hoki ia ki te pakiaka tona pouaka, karanga poitūkohu kāreti i runga i CBS Sports Whatunga.
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. I roto i te 2009, ka karangatia e ia tana 1000th Game NBA, 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 tahi i runga i Hui-tanguru 3, 2012.
Pōti e nga kaipānui o Boston Hākinakina Media Watch rite te auvaha i roto i Boston pai tākaro-i-tākaro, I tīkina Sean hoki ki te pa i roto i 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, hono i te momo o Keith Jackson me Brent Musburger.
Ka timata ngārahu tuatahi o Grande i Boston i University Boston i reira pau ia nga wa e whitu karanga māhunga haupoi, 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, tekau ma rua i tona tau "reo o te Frozen wha" i runga i CBS Radio, Ka karangatia e Grande tona record Championship Game NCAA ma rima.
Tona mahi pāhotanga ngā he ngārahu-tau e whitu i 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, Kirimana ki poitūkohu mo te Minnesota Lynx (1999-2001) a Connecticut Sun (2006-2007), MFS Tennis Pro, Providence Bruins haupoi, 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.