SANTA MONICA, Calif. (Lulju 13, 2015) - Bellator MMA u Spike ikunu semmew sports veteran announcer u l-vuċi attwali ta 'l-Celtics Boston, Jkun Kbir, kif announcer ġdid tagħha play-by-play. Grande se jingħaqdu ma analista kulur Jimmy Smith bidu dan Il-ġimgħa, Lulju 17 għal "Bellator 140" fil Mohegan Sun Arena.
Fannijiet jistgħu tixgħel biex tisma Grande u Smith jsejħu l-azzjoni għall-ewwel darba fi "Bellator 140," li arijiet live u b'xejn fuq Spike fil 9 p.m. U / 8 p.m. CT. L-avveniment karatteristiċi ħames azzjoni ppakkjati ġlied welterweight, headlined mill Bellator welterweight Champion Douglas Lima, li tiddefendi ċinturin tiegħu kontra Andrey Koreshkov, flimkien mal-ritorn ta 'Hometown favoriti Brennan Ward.
"Sean Grande huwa announcer isports oerhört talent u sew akkomplit bil-passjoni għall-arti marzjali mħallta,"Qal Scott coker, President, Bellator MMA. "Hu kien wara l-mikrofonu għall-avvenimenti kampjonat ħafna u aħna ħerqana li lilu jġibu entużjażmu tiegħu u l-enerġija li Bellator bħala kampjonat tagħna tkompli tikber."
"Jien kburi li sejħu logħob għall xi organizzazzjonijiet aqwa, ABC Sports, CBS, l-Celtics, l-SOx Aħmar, Westwood One,"Qal Grande. "Imma stajt sempliċiment minfuħa bogħod mill-poplu fil Spike TV u Bellator, u l-prodott li jkunu jridu jippreżentaw. I’m legitimately honored to join both of these teams, u tagħmel xi televiżjoni sports kbira.
"I assolutament imħabba dak Scott (Coker) għamlet għall Bellator u l'm ferħana li tibda sejħa-ġlied flimkien Jimmy Smith Il-ġimgħa lejl fuq Spike. Jien ser ikollhom l-aħjar sedil fid-dar, jaraw Douglas Lima u xi wħud mill-aqwa welterweights fid-dinja. Hard to imagine a better way to kick things off, u dan kollu qed iseħħ biss drive qasir mill Boston.
“I understand why I’m a story today. But what I’m really excited about, qed kapaċi li tgħid l-istejjer ta 'champions aqwa bħal Patricio Pitbull, Will Brooks, Douglas Lima u Liam McGeary kif jitilgħu 'l fuq tal-isport. "
Aktar dwar Grande (SeanGrandePBP):
Recently tlestija istaġun 18 tiegħu fil-NBA u 15 bħala l-vuċi tal-Celtics Boston, Kont epika grande ta 'l-ta' xahrejn run għall- 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 tqabbil, "Grande u Max" saru wieħed mill-kombinazzjonijiet Boston aktar popolari u emblematika fuq l-arja, u l-soundtrack tal-Celtics "New Big Tliet Era".
Fuq Mejju 20, 2013, Grande għamel id-debutt tiegħu Major 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, WNBA u MLS). F'Jannar, huwa reġa 'għeruq tat-televiżjoni tiegħu, li ssejjaħ basketball kulleġġ fuq 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. Fl 2009, hu sejjaħ tiegħu 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 logħba flimkien on February 3, 2012.
Ivvutat mill-qarrejja ta 'Boston Sports Media Watch bħala l-aħjar play--logħob minn announcer fil Boston, Sean kien reklutat lura lejn il-belt fil 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, tgħaqqad il-jħobb ta 'Keith Jackson u Brent Musburger.
Ewwel stint Grande fil Boston bdew fl Boston University fejn huwa qatta 'seba' staġuni ssejjaħ hockey Terrier, 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, tnax sena tiegħu bħala "Il-Vuċi tal-Erba Iffriżat" fuq CBS Radio, Grande imsejħa rekord ħmistax NCAA Kampjonat Game tiegħu.
Karriera xandira tiegħu inklużi stint 'seba' snin fil 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, Basketball WNBA għall-Lynx Minnesota (1999-2001) u Connecticut Sun (2006-2007), Mfs Pro Tennis, Hockey Providence Bruins, 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.