WWE's Jim Ross And Chael Sonnen Will Call BattleGrounds MMA
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WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross and recently retired UFC superstar Chael Sonnen have teamed up to form a commentary team to call BattleGrounds MMA: 'O.N.E.' from BOK Center in Tulsa, Okla. on Friday, October 3.
Headlined by the first one-night, eight-man tournament in Tulsa since UFC 4 in 1994, BattleGrounds MMA: 'O.N.E.' will award its welterweight (170 pounds) winner a grand prize of $50,000.
"As a longtime fan of MMA, to be asked to call the fights for the BattleGrounds MMA event is amazingly exciting for me," said Ross, a 2007 WWE Hall of Fame inductee.
"I've broadcast NFL and XFL games," continued Ross, "FOX Sports boxing and WWE action, but MMA is a new adventure and one that I'm enormously excited about contributing to.
"This is going to be a TV event that any MMA fan won't want to miss," said Sonnen, a three-time UFC championship challenger and former analyst for FOX Sports Network.
"I am thrilled to be working with a legend like Jim Ross. We are going to make the BattleGrounds MMA event one of the most exciting extravaganzas in combat sports history."
Slated for action in the single-elimination tournament is submission ace Cody "AK Kid" McKenzie (15-4) of Spokane, Wash.; two-time, one-night tournament winner Brock Larson (37-8) of Brainerd, Minn.; hard-hitting brawler Luigi "The Italian Tank" Fioravanti (24-11) of St.
Louis, Mo.; Urijah Faber protege David "Bulletproof" Mitchell (14-4) of Lower Lake, Calif.; Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu expert Roan "Jucao" Carneiro (16-9) of Atlanta, Ga.; and Trey "That Just Happened?" Houston (11-2) of Bixby, Okla.
The final two tournament participants as well as additional bouts will be announced soon.
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