The MMA Guru’s good impression of commentator Jon Anik has UFC bantamweight in splits

Jon Anik was just lately impersonated by a YouTuber, and a rising UFC-signed 135-pounder obtained fairly a kick out of it.

Showing on The MSP Present hosted by Cameron Saaiman, The MMA Guru fielded a myriad of matters but in addition took time to get somewhat foolish.

The 2 had been doing playful fake commentary over Lauren Murphy versus Miesha Tate when The MMA Guru delved into emulating UFC’s lead play-by-play announcer. Guru referenced the Edwards vs Usman I commentary line, “that is not the cloth from which Leon Edwards is cut,” as Kamaru Usman was felled with a head kick at that good juncture.

MMA Guru additionally did a throwover to visitor commentator Darren Until whereas doing his Anik impression. Guru proceeded to impersonate the previous UFC welterweight title challenger for a bit as Saaiman had a tricky time controlling his laughter.

Take a look at Guru doing an impression of Anik under (from 36:05):

Jon Anik and iconic calls in MMA historical past

The aforementioned UFC 278 name of Leon Edwards’ UFC title win in August of final yr understandably stands out as Jon Anik’s career-defining name up to now. Nonetheless, the previous Bellator announcer has had a number of memorable octagon utterances throughout his tenure with the Final Preventing Championship.

Jon Anik has been calling fights since UFC 155 as a fill-in for then-broadcaster Mike Goldberg. He started his profession reverse Joe Rogan however has additionally proven nice chemistry with Daniel Cormier, Dominick Cruz, and a complete host of different proficient shade commentators.

Mauro Ranallo’s memorable Delight name throughout Kevin Randleman’s knockout of Mirko Cro Cop is a memorable one. The fervent ardour underpinning the decision conveyed the character of the upset on the time as the previous UFC heavyweight champion felled the Okay-1 veteran.

Joe Rogan is an unavoidable identify on this dialog if not for his prominence throughout main combined martial arts broadcasts for generations now. The massively fashionable podcaster and former Concern Issue host has had memorable calls in Anderson Silva vs Vitor Belfort (“he front kicked him in the face!”).

However a number of fights had been punctuated by a swell of ardour that was largely simply yelling i.e. the Serra vs GSP I upset, Mir vs Large Nog II arm break, and so many extra.

Mike Goldberg additionally stands out in that very same vein along with his iconic traces of “it is all over” and “virtually identical” and a number of other identifiable sayings serving because the soundtrack to a number of the largest moments within the historical past of this sport.