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.