Former WWE personality Todd Grisham hired to UFC commentary team. Here Grisham works with star John Cena.
Former WWE, ESPN broadcaster Todd Grisham hired for UFC commentary team
Former WWE, ESPN broadcaster Todd Grisham hired for UFC commentary team
Todd Grisham has served as both an anchor for ESPN and a broadcaster and personality for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) for a number of years.
Yesterday, Grisham, 40, posted on Twitter that he changed his handle to @GrishamMMA.
According to MMAFighting, Grisham will work on the studio desk and in the play-by-play role for fights, sources confirmed on Tuesday.
Grisham’s debut will be on the desk at UFC Fight Night: Penn vs. Rodriguez on Jan. 15 in Phoenix.
Just changed my twitter handle to @GrishamMMA. 2017 is going to be a great year!
— Todd Grisham (@Grishamfight) January 3, 2017
Sources said Grisham was not brought in to be a replacement for Mike Goldberg, the longtime UFC play-by-play man whose final event was UFC 207 on Dec. 30.
The UFC declined to comment on broadcast changes when asked by MMA Fighting.
