Mauro Ranallo

Mauro Domenico Ranallo is a Canadian sports announcer and commentator He is currently signed as a playbyplay announcer with MMA organization Bellator and also performs playbyplay duties for boxing broadcaster Showtime most notably the Floyd Mayweather Jr vs Conor McGregor bout He began announcing when he was 16 years old and is notable for his dramatic style which involves heavy use of metaphor puns and an advanced vocabulary He has experience in Canadian football ice hockey professional wrestling boxing kickboxing and mixed martial arts events Ranallo is also known for his work as a commentator for Pride FC and more recently Showtime for Elite XC Strikeforce Showtime Championship Boxing New Japan ProWrestling on AXS TV and RIZIN broadcasts He signed with WWE as the lead SmackDown announcer in January 2016 making his debut on the brands premier on the USA Network He also served as announcer for the WWE Cruiserweight Classic and became part of the NXT broadcast team on June 22 2017 In 2015 Ranallo became the only sports broadcaster to have called boxing kickboxing MMA and professional wrestling on US national television