{"id":21268,"date":"2025-07-24T19:41:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T19:41:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/21268\/"},"modified":"2025-07-24T19:41:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T19:41:10","slug":"ufc-on-abc-9-commentators-broadcast-plans-michael-bisping-returns-to-booth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/21268\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC on ABC 9 commentators, broadcast plans: Michael Bisping returns to booth"},"content":{"rendered":"

The UFC’s massive July schedule concludes Saturday with UFC on ABC 9<\/a>, which goes down at Etihad Arena on Yas Island, Abu Dhabi.<\/p>\n

As always, some marquee on-air talent will be there for the promotion’s return to “Fight Island” to help guide viewers through the experience.<\/p>\n

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Details of who will work as commentators and analysts for each event have been acquired by MMA Junkie through a person with knowledge of the situation, and you can see the scheduled broadcast team below.<\/p>\n

UFC on ABC 9 broadcast\"Etihad<\/p>\n

Etihad Arena, Abu Dhabi<\/p>\n

The UFC on ABC 9<\/a> main card airs on ABC and streams on ESPN+<\/a> in the U.S.<\/p>\n

The main card lineup is scheduled to begin at 3 p.m. ET following prelims, which air on ESPN and stream on ESPN+, slated to start at noon ET.<\/p>\n

UFC on ABC 9 desk analysts<\/p>\n

Veteran broadcaster Karyn Bryant serves as desk anchor and host at UFC on ABC 9.<\/p>\n

UFC veteran and coach Din Thomas joins her at the desk as an analyst throughout the broadcast and on the post-fight show.<\/p>\n

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UFC on ABC 9 roving reporter<\/p>\n

Longtime UFC correspondent Heidi Androl will conduct pre and post-fight interviews backstage with some of the athletes on the UFC on ABC 9 card, as well as report additional real-time updates for the event.<\/p>\n

UFC on ABC 9 octagon announcer<\/p>\n

Longtime octagon announcer Joe Martinez will introduce the fighters before battle at UFC on ABC 9.<\/p>\n

UFC on ABC 9 cageside commentators\"Paul<\/p>\n

Paul Felder<\/p>\n

John Gooden will serve as the leading man on the mic from cageside at UFC on ABC 9.<\/p>\n

He’ll command play-by-play and be joined in the booth by UFC Hall of Famer Michael Bisping and retired lightweight contender Paul Felder.<\/p>\n

This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: UFC Abu Dhabi commentators, broadcast set: Michael Bisping returns<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The UFC’s massive July schedule concludes Saturday with UFC on ABC 9, which goes down at Etihad Arena…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":21269,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[49,48,641,17796,638,82,640],"class_list":["post-21268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-fighting","tag-joe-martinez","tag-mma","tag-sports","tag-ufc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21268","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21268"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21268\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21269"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}