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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, Ba Large as the broadcast duo for Bellator’s inaugural kickboxing event, "Bellator Kickboxing: Torino"Leqepheng Moqebelo, 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 Motlatsi Mopresidente, Sports le 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 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, A kula. Ka mor'a k'holejeng, 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, Grande ea mahlo-mafubelu lebaka la likhoeli tse peli matha ho le 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 beha ka bobedi, "Grande le Max" ba ba e mong oa Boston ea ratoang ka ho fetisisa le boemohali on-moea tlhakantsuke.
Ka la 20, 2013, Grande o ile a Major League Baseball qalo, 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 le MLS).
"Bellator Kickboxing: Torino” will be televised Labohlano, April 22 ka 11:00 p.m. LE/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 LE Spike TV LEBITSO LA Sean Grande Play-BY-Play ANNOUNCER FOR E SE LIVE loantša COVERAGE
Santa Monica, Dorella. (July 13, 2015) - Bellator MMA le Spike ba e mong ea bitsoang veteran lipapali seboholi se le hona joale lentsoe la Boston Celtics, Ba Large, e le eona le lecha e bapala-ka-bapala seboholi se. Grande tla Team le mmala setsebi Jimmy Smith qala ena Labohlano, July 17 for "Bellator 140" ho Mohegan Sun Arena.
Fans ka Tune a ho utloa Grande le Smith bitsa ketso ka lekhetlo la pele kwa "Bellator 140," e leng airs phela le ya mahala ka Spike kwa 9 p.m. LE / 8 p.m. CT. Ketsahalo ena e Features tse hlano khato-tletse tsoete! Welterweight lintoa, headlined ka Bellator Welterweight Champion Douglas Lima, ba sireletsa lebanta la hae khahlanong le Zhenya Koreshkov, mmoho le ka ho khutla ha motseng oa habo ratang ka ho fetisisa Brennan Ward.
"Sean Grande ke Hoa makatsa hore ebe nang le tsebo le hantle finyella lipapali seboholi se le le takatso e matla bakeng sa e tsoakiloeng libetsa,"O ile a re Scott Coker, E le mopresidente, Bellator MMA. "O ile a e 'nile ea ka mor'a maekrofono ka bakeng sa ba bangata' mampoli liketsahalo le re lebeletse ka thabo ho mo tlisa cheseho eo a neng le matla a ho Bellator e le rona selekane tsoela pele ho hōla."
"Ke motlotlo ka hore ebe bitsoa lipapali tsa ba bang ba hlollang mekhatlo e, ABC Sports, CBS, le Celtics, le Lefubelu Sox, Westwood e 'ngoe,"O ile a re Grande. "Empa ke feela 'nile blown hole ka batho ba neng Spike TV le Bellator, le sehlahiswa ba batla ho nehelana ka. I’m legitimately honored to join both of these teams, 'me le etse ba bang ba e khōlō lipapali thelevishene.
"Ke ka ho feletseng rate se Scott (Coker) a ba etselitseng Bellator le L'm thaba haholo ho qala e ipiletsang le lintoa haufi le Jimmy Smith Labohlano bosiu ka Spike. Ke il'o ho ba le kwa godimo setulo sa ka tlung, ho shebella Douglas Lima le ba bang ba molemo ka ho fetisisa welterweights a lefatše. Hard to imagine a better way to kick things off, 'me ho bohle ho habité feela e khutšoanyane koloi ho Boston.
“I understand why I’m a story today. But what I’m really excited about, ke ho khona ho bolella lipale tsa hlollang mampoli joaloka Patricio Hrithik Roshan, Tla Brooks, Douglas Lima le Liam McGeary ha ba ntse ba tsoha tlhōrōng ea ya dipapadi. "
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Recently ho tlatsa hae la bo18 la selemo e fela ka le NBA le la 15 e le lentswe la Boston Celtics, Grande ea mahlo-mafubelu lebaka la likhoeli tse peli matha ho le 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 beha ka bobedi, "Grande le Max" ba ba e mong oa Boston ea ratoang ka ho fetisisa le boemohali on-moea tlhakantsuke, le mangeshkar ya Celtics "New Big Three Mehla e".
Ka la 20, 2013, Grande o ile a Major League Baseball qalo, 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 le MLS). Ka January, o ile a khutlela hae thelevishene metso, e ipiletsang k'holejeng ya basketball ka 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. A 2009, o ile a hae 1000go th 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 1000go th tai game hammoho ka February 3, 2012.
Voted ke babali ba Boston Sports Media Watch e le molemo ka ho fetisisa bapala-ka-bapala seboholi se a Boston, Sean o ile a recruited khutlela toropong a 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, ikopanya le like ea Keith Jackson le Brent Musburger.
Grande ea pele stint a Boston ho qalile ka Boston University moo o ile a qeta tse supileng linako tsa selemo e ipiletsang Terrier baseball, 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, hae metso e mmedi selemo e le "lentsoe la hoammeng tse 'nè" ka CBS Radio, Grande bitsoa tlaleho ea hae mehlanong NCAA Championship Game.
Hae phatlalatsoa mosebetsi akarelletsa tse supileng ka selemo stint kwa 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 ya basketball bakeng sa Minnesota Kangna (1999-2001) le Connecticut Sun (2006-2007), MFS Pro tennis, Providence Bruins baseball, 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.