Comments on: Josh Gross criticizes Michael Schiavello’s commentary of Overeem/Hari K-1 fight

By: robthom

robthom — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 05:42:28 +0000

^^
Lol @ the voices mom on AOL.

By: Paul Dorf

Paul Dorf — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 23:54:47 +0000

The best thing HDNet Fights ever did was bring Schiavello on board. He leaves every other announcer in his trail. 2009 has been punctuated with classic Schiavello calls, who can forget Nickels at MFC or Minowa at Dream 11 or Zaromskis at Dream 10 and 12 or Alexander/Pendergarst at Adrenaline or Saku at Dream 12 or Hornbuckle at Sengoku 9 and now Overeem/Hari at K-1. Just time and time again Schiavello raises the bar to the next level and shows how it should be done. And he is researched and passionate about every single fight in ever single show making even the boring fights a joy to watch.
Thank you Mark Cuban and HDNet Fights for giving us The Voice! Josh Gross massive fail as always.

By: Zack

Zack — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 22:39:06 +0000

“The drama Schiavello created was incredible & he knows how to stir emotions in viewers like any good TV show. His knowledge is second to none. Back in your depressive little hole Gross.”

The best was Sakuraba’s entrance at the Dream show where they used the cage when he was doing the Diego “YES!!! YES!!! YES!!!” That was so f’n awesome.

Ivan…when are we going to get your quarter hour breakdowns for the TUF Finale? I really enjoyed the one for the Fedor/Rogers card.

By: Punjab

Punjab — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:28:42 +0000

Schiavello gives more to each and every commentary than any other announcer does. He is a cut above the rest and K-1 and MMA would be boring without him.

By: Ivan Trembow

Ivan Trembow — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 07:50:40 +0000

Michael Schiavello said: “If that didnt excite u, u have no pulse.”

Wow, talk about missing the point.

Regarding Joe Rogan, he favors certain fighters in commentary all the time. If you listen to his commentary in the Dan Hardy vs. Akihiro Gono fight, that’s one example. Machida vs. Shogun is another. Most B.J. Penn fights fall into the same category, whether it’s Rogan overstating Penn’s ability in any specific area (which isn’t necessary because Penn is already a great fighter without having it grossly overstated), or Rogan saying, “B.J. needs to do this” or “B.J. needs to do that,” almost like a fan at home yelling at his TV screen. It was funny in the Penn-Florian fight because it went both ways, as Rogan was constantly talking about what his friend B.J. Penn should be doing in the fight, and Mike Goldberg was constantly talking about what his friend Kenny Florian should be doing in the fight.

By: Kendell

Kendell — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 05:19:57 +0000

The Voice Schiavello > all other commentators. Nobody better IMHO.

By: The Gaijin

The Gaijin — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 04:29:58 +0000

I was in Australia at the time of UFC 100 and we could not find a bar that was playing it for the life of us…nowhere. And this was in Brisbane, so not like it was some small beach town either.

By: killacelebrity

killacelebrity — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:31:06 +0000

Alan – yeah we have the UFC… I think we get some/most K1 events but they’re fairly obscured. I’m certain we don’t get any Strikeforce/Showtime MMA cards – and I’ve been hanging out for Japanese MMA events for a long time.

I think the community is there – especially at a grass roots combat sports level – but it hasnt reached that stage of maturity yet. Hopefully this UFC show in Sydney can kick it all off.

By: Perecles Iman

Perecles Iman — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:26:14 +0000

The drama Schiavello created was incredible & he knows how to stir emotions in viewers like any good TV show. His knowledge is second to none. Back in your depressive little hole Gross.

By: just another mark like you

just another mark like you — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:13:57 +0000

The commentary was part of the show. The Overeen/Hari fight had a story. The story was a part of show. It all worked, it made it special. It gave the viewer to care b/c they were seeing something special. I don’t seeing it any different when an announcer gets excited or bonkers when someone makes a 100-yard touchdown on a kickoff return to win a game in the playoffs. The excitement makes it special and gives the viewer to care. Gross needs to start covering golf or something, and even golf announcers go nuts when something amazing like a hole in one happens. Or maybe he should start covering politics instead (which is even more like pro wrestling if you think about it).