The upcoming UFC 284 pay-per-view could have a distinct broadcast crew than traditional with each Joe Rogan and Daniel Cormier sitting out the cardboard in Perth, Australia.
UFC Corridor of Famer Michael Bisping and ex-bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz will as a substitute name the fights alongside play-by-play man Jon Anik on Saturday. Megan Olivi will function the onsite reporter.
UFC officers confirmed the printed lineup to MMA Combating on Tuesday.
The same old three-man crew for pay-per-view broadcasts options Anik, Rogan and Cormier, however worldwide playing cards that come together with lengthy journey plans typically occasions necessitate modifications to the lineup.
Rogan stopped touring to worldwide occasions a number of years in the past, so he sometimes solely seems on North American broadcasts.
Bisping has known as pay-per-view playing cards prior to now together with UFC 275 this previous June, when he stepped in for Rogan throughout one other worldwide occasion happening in Singapore.
As for Cruz, he has additionally labored pay-per-view occasions prior to now, though he’s usually a fixture on the UFC Combat Night time broadcasts that air throughout ESPN and ESPN+. This time he’ll get to name UFC 284, which contains a champion vs. champion showdown in the primary occasion as light-weight king Islam Makhachev takes on featherweight champ Alexander Volkanovski.
The cardboard additionally options an interim featherweight title struggle as Josh Emmett takes on Yair Rodriguez.
