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The UFC’s lead commentary team of Jon Anik, Joe Rogan and Daniel Cormier will call its first card of 2024 at UFC 299 in Miami.
The third numbered UFC event of 2024 is rapidly approaching with UFC 299 on Saturday at Kaseya Center in Miami.
As always, some marquee on-air talent will be there to help guide viewers through the experience.
Details of who will be working as commentators and analysts for the show have been acquired by MMA Junkie through a person with knowledge of the plans – and you can see the scheduled broadcast team below.
Daniel Cormier won’t be on the call for UFC 298 and instead Michael Bisping will join Jon Anik and Joe Rogan as cageside commentators.
The second numbered UFC event of 2024 is rapidly approaching with UFC 298 on Saturday at Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif.
As always, some marquee on-air talent will be there to help guide viewers through the experience.
Details of who will be working as commentators and analysts for the show have been acquired by MMA Junkie through a person with knowledge of the plans – and you can see the scheduled broadcast team below.
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Bruce Buffer has thrown cold water on the idea of belting out “Jim ‘F*cking’ Miller” during his UFC 300 intro.
[autotag]Jim Miller[/autotag] got the spot on the historic UFC 300 card that he was pushing for, but it appears that’s where the fulfillment of his wishes will end.
Miller (37-17 MMA, 26-16 UFC) said earlier this month, prior to his most recent bout at UFC Fight Night 234, that he wanted [autotag]Bruce Buffer[/autotag] to introduce him as “Jim ‘F*cking’ Miller” when he steps into the octagon to take on Bobby Green at the April 13 event from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
“Doing that in front of the T-Mobile full of fans would be awesome,” Miller said. “I think that would get me super fired up.”
Jim Miller REALLY wants Bruce Buffer to announce him as "Jim 'F*cking' Miller" at #UFC300.
"I earned that nickname by the way that I do business inside the octagon." pic.twitter.com/v3kT8hqe7f
— MMA Junkie (@MMAJunkie) January 14, 2024
The request gained plenty of traction online and excitement from Miller himself that it could happen. However, longtime octagon announcer Buffer isn’t sold.
“I don’t like cursing in my job,” Buffer told “The Schmozone” on ESPN Radio. “I respect Jim’s wishes. At this point, the answer is no. I’d go for Jim ‘Friggin’ Miller, maybe.”
Although Miller might not get his dream introduction in an arena full of fans, he might still get it at some point during UFC 300 as lead UFC play-by-play man Jon Anik chimed in after Buffer’s comments and indicated it could happen at official weigh-ins (via Instagram comments):
There is always the official weigh-in. 😏🤫
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For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC 300.
The commentary team for UFC Fight Night 235 on Saturday is set, including Laura Sanko’s first appearance cageside this year.
The UFC opens its February schedule Saturday with UFC Fight Night 235, which goes down at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.
As always, some marquee on-air talent will be there in “Sin City” to help guide viewers through the experience.
Details of who will work as commentators and analysts for each event have been acquired by MMA Junkie through a person with knowledge of the situation, and you can see the scheduled broadcast team below.
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Joe Rogan will not be part of UFC 297, with Dominick Cruz replacing him alongside Daniel Cormier and Jon Anik at in Toronto.
The first numbered UFC event of 2024 is rapidly approaching with UFC 297 on Saturday at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto.
As always, some marquee on-air talent will be there to help guide viewers through the experience.
Details of who will be working as commentators and analysts for the show have been acquired by MMA Junkie through a person with knowledge of the plans – and you can see the scheduled broadcast team below.
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UFC commentator Jon Anik makes the case for Joe Rogan, Bruce Buffer, Tony Ferguson, and more to join the UFC Hall of Fame.
[autotag]Jon Anik[/autotag] hopes to eventually see the development of an independent MMA Hall of Fame, but in the meantime, he understands the UFC Hall of Fame is the premier place for career recognition.
Anik, the UFC’s lead play-by-play commentator, thinks there are a few shoo-ins for the UFC Hall of Fame as soon as the 2024 class and also in the years beyond.
Although there are no true guidelines for the selections of who joins the modern-era wing, pioneer wing, fight wing and contributor wing of the UFC Hall of Fame each year, Anik has an idea of two non-fighter figures who belong since they are institutions of the promotion, as well as two athletes with decorated careers but haven’t captured undisputed UFC gold.
Anik revealed four people he wants in the UFC Hall of Fame during a recent interview with MMA Junkie Radio, and you can see his selections and arguments for them, below …
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The commentary A-team of Jon Anik, Joe Rogan and Daniel Cormier will unite to call the final PPV of 2023 at UFC 296.
The 14th and final numbered UFC event of the year is rapidly approaching with UFC 296 on Saturday at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
As always, some marquee on-air talent will be there to help guide viewers through the experience.
Details of who will be working as commentators and analysts for the show have been acquired by MMA Junkie through a person with knowledge of the plans – and you can see the scheduled broadcast team below.
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Broadcast assignments are set for UFC on ESPN 52 in Austin, the final UFC event outside of Las Vegas in 2023.
The UFC opens its December schedule Saturday with UFC on ESPN 52, which goes down at Moody Center in Austin, Texas.
As always, some marquee on-air talent will be there in the “City of the Violet Crown” to help guide viewers through the experience.
Details of who will work as commentators and analysts for each event have been acquired by MMA Junkie through a person with knowledge of the situation, and you can see the scheduled broadcast team below.
The commentary A-team of Jon Anik, Joe Rogan and Daniel Cormier will unite at UFC 295 for the first time since August.
The 13th and penultimate numbered UFC event of the year is rapidly approaching with UFC 295 on Saturday at Madison Square Garden in New York.
As always, some marquee on-air talent will be there to help guide viewers through the experience.
Details of who will be working as commentators and analysts for the show have been acquired by MMA Junkie through a person with knowledge of the plans – and you can see the scheduled broadcast team below.
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La has oído durante años antes de peleas importantes por parte del anunciador de la UF Bruce Buffer: “¡IT´S TIME!” (es hora). Pero, ¿Te sabes la historia? Si están aqui lo más pobable es que tengan la duda, ésta es la respuesta. En 2019, le contó la …
La has oído durante años antes de peleas importantes por parte del anunciador de la UF Bruce Buffer: “¡IT´S TIME!” (es hora).
Pero, ¿Te sabes la historia? Si están aqui lo más pobable es que tengan la duda, ésta es la respuesta.
En 2019, le contó la historia de su origen a ESPN.
“Todos los días al despertar, me veía en en espejo y me decía “¡es hora! Quiero tener el mejor día del mundo”, dijo, “Así que cuando comencé a anunciar la UFC en 1996, comenzaba el show diciendo “Es hora del Ultimate Fighting Championship.”
Después lo acorté porque “los peleadores llevan entrenando entre seis y ocho semanas, los fans llevan esperando aquí entre cuatro y seis horas, y el evento principal está empezando, es hora.”
Y ahí lo tienen. Una sencilla frase que decía frente al espejo se volvió icónica.
Traducido por META
