There was a cut-off date the place MMA followers questioned the UFC’s determination to have Jon Anik take over because the lead play-by-play commentator on the broadcasts, just for him to change into an integral a part of the promotion.
Anik has been part of so many unbelievable moments within the historical past of the game however for “Massive” John McCarthy, there’s one reminiscence that stands out.
McCarthy and Josh Thomson had been joined by the modern-day voice of the UFC on the newest episode of their Weighing In podcast.
Throughout their dialog, the veteran referee needed to spotlight how one piece of labor from Anik has at all times caught with him since he first heard it.
Anik delivered a tribute to the late Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov following his passing in 2020 which led to his son, Khabib Nurmagomedov, retiring on prime of the game.
Jon Anik Displays On Tribute For Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov, Reveals Whether or not Something Tops It
After McCarthy spoke concerning the degree of emotion and coronary heart that the commentator was capable of put into this tribute as certainly one of his most interesting moments on the mic, Anik spoke concerning the backstory of placing this collectively.
When requested if there was something in his profession that tops this, he gave one other instance of a strong piece of labor just like the tribute for Nurmagomedov, that he additionally provides loads of credit score to his producer on the time to.
“Sure, I imply the one factor that even comes shut and identical producer now not with the UFC, Mike Ricci now truly working for chess.com, and my daughters together with Daniel Cormier’s daughter acquired to do an Amanda Nunes essay. So it was these three women doing it so it had nothing to do with me. I don’t know that something might prime that however man, sure, you’re giving me chills while you reference that poem, ‘a father to his son.’
“I want I keep in mind what it was however oftentimes after we do an essay for a fighter, I would write it, I might need a ghost author after which I would edit that script. On this case, it was this poem that was truly picked and I actually needed to discover, and I recognize you acknowledging the work as a result of I’m happy with it. I needed to discover, kind of a dulcet, melancholy, unhappy tone that was very, and it was voiced on this actual headset that you simply’re taking a look at proper now in a lodge room in all probability like this so discovering the best tone and sending that off, hoping that they might put it collectively in the best manner, sure it was particular and clearly it was to him [Khabib Nurmagomedov] however Mike Ricci actually deserves all of the credit score.”
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