2009 Bloody Elbow Reader Awards: Commentator of the Year
by Mike Fagan on Jan 12, 2010 9:47 PM EST
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For the second straight year, Joe Rogan takes home the Bloody Elbow Reader Award for Commentator of the Year.
What Rogan might lack in broadcasting polish, he makes up for in knowledge and enthusiasm for the sport. Unlike his partner Mike Goldberg, Rogan keeps up with the sport outside of the UFC and isn't afraid to namedrop non-Zuffa fighters during a telecast.
Rogan dominated the rest of the field this year in similar fashion to last, but Michael Schiavello will provide a tough challenge in 2010. Fans solidified Schiavello in the number two slot after taking over for MMA's resident zombie, Kenny Rice. It will be interesting if fan allegiance changes when Schiavello's given a full year of work.
Full results after the break.
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Total | |
| Joe Rogan | 26 | 4 | 4 | 146 |
| Michael Schiavello | 13 | 6 | 3 | 86 |
| Bas Rutten | 6 | 8 | 8 | 62 |
| Frank Mir | 3 | 13 | 6 | 60 |
| Kenny Florian | 1 | 3 | 1 | 15 |
| Mike Goldberg | 3 | 5 | 14 | |
| Gus Johnson | 1 | 2 | 1 | 12 |
| Mauro Ranallo | 1 | 4 | 9 | |
| Pat Miletich | 1 | 1 | 8 | |
| Guy Mezger | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| Frank Shamrock | 3 | 3 |
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I'm going to start campaigning for Schiavello right now
Blackout612- "Wuts teh UFC?"
Ubernoober- "It like two guy who just stand and swing for fence and try to knock each other shit out it awesome"
As will I
I’m wearing two watches right now, son.
Walking the line between intelligence and ignorance since 1985
@deowade
I’ve got red underwear.
Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better. -Samuel Beckett
by Scott C. Broussard on Jan 12, 2010 7:37 PM EST up reply actions
Now we only need someone with nipples that could cut glass...
Walking the line between intelligence and ignorance since 1985
@deowade
right here dude
"Talk all the shit you want now!
by Earl Montclair on Jan 12, 2010 7:50 PM EST up reply actions
schiavello
is the worst commentator i’ve ever heard in sports much less mma…. the only time i press mute is when he is ‘working.’ i can’t believe people like him.
by cagefightonacid on Jan 12, 2010 8:28 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
NOPE!!
only basketball and combat sports… but that’s plenty for me and just the way i like it. if i wanted to watch football, i’d just watch fighting; skip the pads and dancing, for me. he’s the utter worst i’ve ever heard. i would rather ‘the king’ from wwf commentate.
by cagefightonacid on Jan 12, 2010 8:39 PM EST up reply actions
I support you in the hatred for Michael Schiavello
This coming from an Australian. I need him like I need a kick to the balls.
by Burlap_Sack on Jan 12, 2010 11:06 PM EST up reply actions
dmitri martin reference?
your screen name that is
'He built his whole reputation as a waffle house chef. They’ve been serving him up ham and eggs with a side of canned tomatoes' - Don Frye on Fedor Emelianenko
by Well Read Idiot on Jan 13, 2010 7:06 AM EST up reply actions
I’m with you. At the end of a fight when he’s flipping out, I have to mute it a lot of times. Can’t handle it at all. The same sayings over and over and over and over again. And they are all bad.
“he dropped faster than a dress on prom night” or whatever… eghhh. give me goldies flubs any day over that.
by cagefightonacid on Jan 12, 2010 8:41 PM EST up reply actions
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Walking the line between intelligence and ignorance since 1985
@deowade
Schiavello is as over-rated as pants wearing Japanese fighters.
Guillotine.
by iiowyn on Jan 12, 2010 9:00 PM EST up reply actions 6 recs
Pants wear Japanese fighters?
'He built his whole reputation as a waffle house chef. They’ve been serving him up ham and eggs with a side of canned tomatoes' - Don Frye on Fedor Emelianenko
by Well Read Idiot on Jan 13, 2010 7:08 AM EST up reply actions
I can’t believe 2 people voted for Mezger. He can’t even get the rules right half the time, much less have a lot of insight.
Guy to look for in 2010 – Mayhem Miller!
"He's taking more hits than Nick Diaz's bong." - The Voice
…what about Tito?
"The greatest enemy will hide in the last place you would ever look." - Revolver
by flyingkneetoface on Jan 12, 2010 7:36 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
How did Gus Johnson get even one first place vote?
Matt Hasselbeck's satellite TV signals would get intercepted.
by SSreporters on Jan 12, 2010 7:40 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Schiavello
Schiavello is a strong #2 and I hope he stays there. He blows up way to much for any decent exchange or reversal. He’s at a 10 when the action only only calls for a 4. I would say that he seems more knowledgable than Rogan as he name drops bizarro or ancient fights all the time. It’s just his over the top garrishness makes him hard to deal with. Plus, Rogan is funny.
by Syd O on Jan 12, 2010 7:45 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
After only 6 months true on US TV on HDNet, I’m VERY HAPPY to come second to @joerogandotnet for COMMENTTAOR OF THE YEAR at Bloody Elbow
Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better. -Samuel Beckett
by Scott C. Broussard on Jan 12, 2010 7:45 PM EST reply actions
He's watching!
And helping me campaign for him! Schiavello in 2010!!
Blackout612- "Wuts teh UFC?"
Ubernoober- "It like two guy who just stand and swing for fence and try to knock each other shit out it awesome"
He’s just using you to get to #1 next year
Keep firing Assholes!
"If all else fails immortality can always be assured by spectacular error." - John Galbraith
Or maybe I’m using him to get my name pimped on HDNet again?
Twitter: @Mike_Fagan_13
http://www.sackmikegoldberg.com
This is Awesome!!
WTB more of Schiavello in 2010.
Him and miller were quite entertaining on at the Dynamite NYE show.
Would love to see more commentators show that much enthusiasm during brodcasts.
Jeez
Rogan had to do so much to win this against the competition he faced.
/fuck Goldberg and blue mountain state
My prescription is for 'medicinal purposes' only
The joke that has to be made:
Frank Mir voted Miguel Torres as the best announcer of the year.
If Pat Miletich worked more, he’d be damn near the top. His commentary is fantastic by MMA standards, and I’d say is the most professional of anybody on this list.
"Someone is WRONG on the internet. What do you want me to do? LEAVE? Then they'll keep being wrong!"
-Randall Munroe
"Good night Irene, it's the big kaboosh, the big boom-shaka-lacka"
Love that guy lol, he’s crazy. Would love to see him in Strikeforce because Gus Johnson almost makes me not want to watch Strikeforce, even when they have a good card.
Isnt Michael Schiavello the guy with the Austrailian accent and who does the K-1 events??
"Everyone has a game plan, untell they get hit." -Mike Tyson
There’s a guy with an Aussie accent who does PBP work for HDNet fights. Might be related.
Twitter: @Mike_Fagan_13
http://www.sackmikegoldberg.com
Joe Rogan
Will always be #1 commentator. Damn good comedian too.
HI YAH!
by Thats It For you! on Jan 12, 2010 8:44 PM EST reply actions
The voice, Bas and rogan for the best mma team ever?
by Beren on Jan 12, 2010 9:00 PM EST reply actions 3 recs
ive been begging for this forever
el guapo is by far the most entertaining personality in mma and hes a pretty good announcer the ufc should absolutely add him to their commentary team
My ultimate commentators
I’d take Rogan and KenFlo. Mir isn’t bad, but his head is too deep up his ass.
Mir isn’t bad, but his head is too deep uphisMiguel Torres’ ass.
Walking the line between intelligence and ignorance since 1985
@deowade
by Damon O. on Jan 12, 2010 9:38 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
A good "I see what you did there" always deserves a Rec lol
Walking the line between intelligence and ignorance since 1985
@deowade
He did do a great job
But one event doesn’t even get a guy any vote, in my mind. Maybe for 2010.
Blackout612- "Wuts teh UFC?"
Ubernoober- "It like two guy who just stand and swing for fence and try to knock each other shit out it awesome"
by Blackout612 on Jan 12, 2010 10:34 PM EST up reply actions
What a stupid award
Nobody deserves any award because the talent is so terrible. Joe Rogan the guy that made it sounds like Machida v Shogun was a landslide
“Ewww nasty leg kick”
my personal favorite: “HE’S GOT A GUILLOTINE!!!”
You should dub over a live fight and put that shit on Youtube. You’re a shoe-in for 2010.
Blackout612- "Wuts teh UFC?"
Ubernoober- "It like two guy who just stand and swing for fence and try to knock each other shit out it awesome"
by Blackout612 on Jan 12, 2010 10:59 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
i never knew
Gus Johnson’s relatives were members of Bloody Elbow. What are their handles?
http://mixedmartialartsblogger.wordpress.com/
by Cory Braiterman on Jan 12, 2010 11:45 PM EST reply actions
Schiavello is great, I remember when I first heard him during the Contender Muay Thai finale,he was awesome.
Mir was much more tolerable at WEC 46, hes getting better. Rogan > Bas > The Voice > Mir > Anik > Jim Brown > > the voices in my head > Gus Johnson
"He will lie between resentment and regret. He shed his grace. As certain as a snake sheds its skin. Laid waste to a wealth of talent--his curse being blessed with treasures that just were not gold enough"
by ProfessorBLove on Jan 13, 2010 1:13 AM EST via mobile reply actions
^ This.
Frank Mir is very underrated as a commentator. Knowledgeable and enthusiastic.
certified warlord
I agree
I got in to MMA by watching Wreckage reruns late at night, and I loved how Mir was able to break down what was happening. He was able to really educate me to the point that I, a completely green fan, was able to understand what was going on. He was also able to keep it fairly exciting.
Yeah, he gets biased sometimes, but I think that’s more of the exception than the rule; it only occurs when he’s actually friends with one of the fighters.
Michael Schiavello deserves some extra points to take into account the different atmospheres of the shows he is annoucing. The Japanese fans are way more subdued then the beer slugging, rowdy and extremly loud NA fans that Joe Rogan deals with at the UFC events. Schiavello’s over the top emotion is a much needed jolt to shows where a knockout of the night draws a few gasps and then some polite claps, and really livens up the broadcast for us spectators at home pulling the all nighters watching at 430am on saturdays.
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