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MATT MITRIONE AND SEAN GRANDE NAMED SPIKE’S ANNOUNCING TEAM FOR BELLATOR KICKBOXING: TORINO
Nova York, Nova York, Abril 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, Sexa Grande as the broadcast duo for Bellator’s inaugural kickboxing event, "Bellator Kickboxing: Torino"Sobre Sábado, Abril 16 from the historic Pala Alpitour in Torino, Italia. The announcement was jointly made today by Bellator President Scott Coker and Jon Slusser, Vicepresidente Senior, Deportes e Promocións, 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, Enfermo. Tras a facultade, 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, Relato épico de Grande do prazo de dous meses para o 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 vinculación, "Grande e Max" converteuse nunha das combinacións máis populares e emblemáticos no aire de Boston.
En maio 20, 2013, Gran fixo o seu debut na 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 e MLS).
"Bellator Kickboxing: Torino” will be televised Venres, Abril 22 en 11:00 p.m. E/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
MMA bellator e Spike TV NOME Sean GRANDE play-by-play locutor polo seu cobertura loita en directo
SANTA MONICA, Califa. (Xullo 13, 2015) - MMA bellator e Spike ter nomeado veterano locutor deportivo ea voz actual do Boston Celtics, Sexa Grande, como o seu novo locutor play-by-play. Gran fará equipo co analista cor Jimmy Smith dende Venres, Xullo 17 para "bellator 140" no MOHEGAN Sun Arena.
Os fans poden sintonizar a escoitar Grande e Smith chamar a acción por primeira vez no "bellator 140", que vai ao aire en directo e gratuíta pola Spike en 9 p.m. E / 8 p.m. CT. O evento presenta cinco cheo de acción loitas welterweight, encabezado polo bellator Welterweight Douglas Lima, que defende o seu cinto contra Andrey Koreshkov, máis o retorno da cidade natal favorito Brennan Ward.
"Sexan Grande é un anunciador de deportes incrible talent e exitosos cunha paixón por artes marciais mixtas,"Dixo Scott Coker, Presidente, Bellator MMA. "El estivo detrás do micrófono para moitos eventos campionato e estamos ansiosos para lle traer o seu entusiasmo e enerxía para bellator como nosa liga segue crecendo."
"Estou orgulloso de ter chamados xogos para algunhas organizacións sorprendentes, ABC Sports, CBS, Celtics, o Red Sox, Westwood One,", Dixo Grande. "Pero eu simplemente fun deslumbrado coa xente na Spike TV e bellator, e o produto que quere presentar. I’m legitimately honored to join both of these teams, e facer un gran televisión de deportes.
"Eu absolutamente amo o que Scott (Coker) fixo por bellator e estou emocionado por comezar a chamar as loitas xunto a Jimmy Smith Venres noite na Spike. Vou ter o mellor asento na casa, observando Douglas Lima e algúns dos mellores Welterweights no mundo. Hard to imagine a better way to kick things off, e é todo a ter lugar só a unha curta distancia de coche do Boston.
“I understand why I’m a story today. But what I’m really excited about, é poder contar as historias de campións sorprendentes como Patricio Pitbull, Will Brooks, Douglas Lima e Liam McGeary a medida que soben ao cume do deporte. "
Máis sobre Grande (SeanGrandePBP):
Completando recentemente súa 18ª tempada na NBA e 15 como a voz do Boston Celtics, Relato épico de Grande do prazo de dous meses para o 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 vinculación, "Grande e Max" converteuse nunha das combinacións máis populares e emblemáticos no aire de Boston, ea banda sonora da Celtics "New Big Three Era".
En maio 20, 2013, Gran fixo o seu debut na 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 e MLS). En xaneiro, el volveu ás súas raíces de televisión, chamando baloncesto universitario 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. En 2009, chamou o seu 1000th NBA Xogo, 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 xogo xuntos en febreiro 3, 2012.
Votado polos lectores da Boston Sports Media Watch como o mellor locutor play-by-play en Boston, Sean foi reclutado para a cidade en 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, xuntar os gustos de Keith Jackson e Brent Musburger.
Primeiro stint do gran en Boston comezou na Universidade de Boston, onde pasou sete tempadas chamando hoquei 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, seu décimo segundo ano como "Voz do Catro conxelado" na CBS Radio, Gran chamou a súa marca XV NCAA Championship Game.
A súa carreira transmisión incluíu unha pasaxe de sete anos no 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 baloncesto para o Lynx Minnesota (1999-2001) e Connecticut Sun (2006-2007), MFS Tennis Pro, 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.