Mauro Ranallo
He began announcing when he was 16 years old. Since September 2006, he has been the lead news anchor and play-by-play announcer for the Canadian combat sports channel The Fight Network.
Ranallo began his career as an announcer and manager at the age of 16, when he was offered a job with All-Star Wrestling (in Vancouver), a nationally televised wrestling show throughout Canada. After that program ended production and the promotion folded in 1989, Ranallo became a disc jockey for Abbotsford, British Columbia radio station CFVR (now CKQC-FM).And also radio station CHWK in Chilliwack B.C.
Later, he provided play-by-play announcing duties for Muay Thai/Kickboxing events and King of the Cage mixed martial arts shows on Canada's TSN.[1] From 1999 to 2000, he served as the play-by-play announcer for the legendary Stampede Wrestling TV show in Calgary. His color-commentator was the late Bad News Allen.
He is most prominently known among MMA fans as the voice of PRIDE Fighting Championships PPV broadcasts in North America from 2003 until October 2006. He was initially paired with friend and longtime-PRIDE commentator Bas Rutten. After Rutten departed the broadcast, Bas was replaced by Frank Trigg.
Mauro was also the play-by-play announcer for KVOS-TV's Top Ranked Wrestling for most of that program's run in 2005-06. He is perhaps best known for his over the top dramatic style, which involves heavy use of metaphor and a boundless vocabulary.
Mauro can also be seen and heard calling the MMA action on Hardcore Championship Fighting, broadcast across Canada on the Score network.
Ranallo will also serve as one of the analysts for Elite XC’s “Saturday Night Fights” on CBS
He began announcing when he was 16 years old. Since September 2006, he has been the lead news anchor and play-by-play announcer for the Canadian combat sports channel The Fight Network.
Ranallo began his career as an announcer and manager at the age of 16, when he was offered a job with All-Star Wrestling (in Vancouver), a nationally televised wrestling show throughout Canada. After that program ended production and the promotion folded in 1989, Ranallo became a disc jockey for Abbotsford, British Columbia radio station CFVR (now CKQC-FM).And also radio station CHWK in Chilliwack B.C.
Later, he provided play-by-play announcing duties for Muay Thai/Kickboxing events and King of the Cage mixed martial arts shows on Canada's TSN.[1] From 1999 to 2000, he served as the play-by-play announcer for the legendary Stampede Wrestling TV show in Calgary. His color-commentator was the late Bad News Allen.
He is most prominently known among MMA fans as the voice of PRIDE Fighting Championships PPV broadcasts in North America from 2003 until October 2006. He was initially paired with friend and longtime-PRIDE commentator Bas Rutten. After Rutten departed the broadcast, Bas was replaced by Frank Trigg.
Mauro was also the play-by-play announcer for KVOS-TV's Top Ranked Wrestling for most of that program's run in 2005-06. He is perhaps best known for his over the top dramatic style, which involves heavy use of metaphor and a boundless vocabulary.
Mauro can also be seen and heard calling the MMA action on Hardcore Championship Fighting, broadcast across Canada on the Score network.
Ranallo will also serve as one of the analysts for Elite XC’s “Saturday Night Fights” on CBS
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