Mike Goldberg: What is the released Bellator commentator's history with the UFC?
Mike Goldberg was the lead play-by-play commentator for the UFC for two decades
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Mike Goldberg's four-year tenure with the Bellator Fighting Championship has come to an end. In an interview with the New York Post, Bellator President Scott Coker announced Goldie's release from the promotion.
Before starting with Bellator FC, Mike Goldberg was a UFC commentator for 19 long years, from 1997 to 2016. Goldberg made his UFC debut as a commentator at UFC Japan: Ultimate Japan event in December 1997.
He went on to serve as the lead play-by-play commentator until the UFC released him in December 2016. In 2005, it was reported that Goldberg rejected an exclusive WWE contract and chose to continue with a career in the UFC.