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[DE4life]

Random but I was watching the Canelo Vs Crawford event the other day and saw they had Michael Buffer doing the ring announcing. Damn, had no idea he was still going at 80 years old. Honestly, he sounded pretty good for his age.

 

[The Grayfox]

Yeah, I didn't know that either. Definitely one of the most iconic voices in sports. Speaking of Buffer, some of his flubs are hilarious. One of my favorites is: "the best there is! The best there ever was! The best there ever will be! The HITMAN... BRRRRREEETTTT." Dude forgot he had a last name. And then some time later, he remembered Bret had a last name but called him Bret Clark lol

Also, have you ever heard Michael Buffer talk when he isn't announcing? It doesn't even sound like the same guy.

 

[DE4life]

It started to feel like Buffer was just ribbing Bret after getting his name wrong for the 3rd or 4th time from what I read he really enjoyed doing the WCW stuff though. I imagine the paycheck helped make that a positive association. Yeah he definitely has an 'announcing voice' which probably helps now that he's older, as he can still bust that out quite convincingly.I read that apparently UFC wanted him to do some of the early events in the mid-90s, but his WCW contract meant he couldn't do it, so his brother got the gig instead. Obviously worked out pretty well for Bruce.