SANTA MONICA, Kalif. (Juli 13, 2015) - Bellator MMA i Spike su pod nazivom veteran sportski novinar i trenutni glas Boston Celtics, Budite Veliki, kao svoj novi play-by-play spiker. Grande će udružiti sa analitičar u boji Jimmy Smith početkom ove Petak, Juli 17 za "Bellator 140" na Mohegan Sun Arena.
Fanovi mogu podesite čuti Grande i Smith pozvati akciju za prvi put na "Bellator 140", koja se emitira uživo i besplatno na Spike u 9 poslije podne. I / 8 poslije podne. CT. Ovaj događaj ima pet prepuna akcije velter tuče, pod naslovom by Bellator Welterweight Champion Douglas Lima, ko brani svoj pojas protiv Andrey Koreshkov, plus povratak rodnom gradu omiljenih Brennan Ward.
"Sean Grande je izuzetno talentirani i dobro ostvareni sportski novinar sa strašću za MMA,", Rekao je Scott Coker, Predsjednik, Bellator MMA. "On je bio iza mikrofona za mnoge prvenstvo događaja i radujemo mu donosi njegov entuzijazam i energiju da Bellator kao naš lige i dalje raste."
"Ponosan sam što imam pozvao igre za neki iznenađujuće organizacije, ABC Sports, CBS, Celticsi, Red Sox, Westwood One,"Rekao je Grande. "Ali ja sam jednostavno biti oduva ljudi na Spike TV-a i Bellator, a proizvod žele predstaviti. I’m legitimately honored to join both of these teams, i napraviti neke velike sportske televizije.
"Apsolutno volim ono što Scott (Coker) učinio za Bellator a ja sam oduševljena početi pozivom na tuče uz Jimmy Smith Petak noći Spike. Ja ću imati najbolje mjesto u kući, gledanje Douglas Lima i neke od najboljih welterweights na svijetu. Hard to imagine a better way to kick things off, i to sve odvija samo kratke vožnje iz Bostona.
“I understand why I’m a story today. But what I’m really excited about, je biti u mogućnosti da se ispričaju priče zadivljujuće šampiona kao što Patricio Pitbull, Will Brooks, Douglas Lima i Liam McGeary dok su dovesti do vrha sporta. "
Više o Grande (SeanGrandePBP):
Nedavno je završio 18. sezonu u NBA i 15., kao glas Boston Celtics, Grande epskom u obzir dva mjeseca Run u 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 parenje, "Grande i Max" su postali jedan od Bostona najpopularnijih i kultnih kombinacije na-zrak, i soundtrack za Celtics "Novi Big Three Era".
Maja 20, 2013, Grande napravio svoj Major League Baseball debi, 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 i MLS). U januaru, vratio se u svoj televiziji korijenima, pozivajući koledž košarku na 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. U 2009, on je pozvao svoju 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 Igra zajedno februara 3, 2012.
Glasali čitaoci Bostona sporta medija Watch kao najbolji play-by-play spiker u Bostonu, Sean je regrutirao vratio u grad u 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, pridruživanje poput Keith Jackson i Brent Musburger.
Grande prvi mandata u Bostonu počeo na Univerzitetu u Bostonu, gdje je proveo sedam sezona zove terijer na ledu, 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, svom dvanaestom godine kao "Glas stare četiri" na CBS Radio, Grande nazvao njegov rekord petnaestog NCAA Prvenstvo.
Njegova karijera broadcast uključeno sedam godina mandata na 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 košarku za Minnesota Lynx (1999-2001) i Connecticut Sun (2006-2007), MFS Pro tenis, 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.