For longtime combat sports fans, Sean Wheelock is a familiar name. The co-author of Is This Legal?: The Inside Story of The First UFC From the Man Who Created It, alongside UFC founder Art Davie, has been a fixture of combat sports commentary teams around the world for much of the past decade. Most notably, Wheelock was the play-by-play man for most of Bellator’s early history, working the booth alongside Jimmy Smith. Before moving to MMA, he cut his teeth calling world cup soccer for FOX and ESPN.
All of which is to say that when word broke of his latest commentary project, people were understandably surprised.