He said, 'Well, we're going to have a lot of big fights here, and you're going to be the ring announcer.' Search Type add_circle_outline. $10 million. And now it's time for the champ. But UFC announcer Bruce Buffer also brings it with his stylish array of suits and tuxedos in the octagon and away from it as well. Then an old supper club singer who used to open for Ella Fitzgerald gave him some advice. John Gooden takes over as roving reporter and retired UFC middleweight Chael Sonnen joins Anik on the Blachowicz vs. Teixeira post-fight show. Sponsors. He's ready for home invasion, ready for the purge, ready to rumble. And that's the way I have to work. Buffer's catchphrase is "It's time!", which he announces before the main event of the UFC. Michael's distinctive slogan, 'Let's get ready to rumble,' was trademarked when they teamed up. "Yeah, we might have charged more money for the product and all like that, but it's just the way it was," he said. Bruce Lee's Letter Bruce Lee, arguably the greatest martial artist to have ever lived, also understood the power of declaring a goal. More family! Michael Buffer did as he was told. I'm just there to announce the fights. Bruce's laugh can fill a room too. Michael remembers his exact thought: Well, this is interesting. It's kind of hard for me to answer that question, but I'm just being me. I'm hit by a kind of double whammy. Normally, Michael stands ramrod straight, and as soon as Neil Diamond sings his last, Michael returns to his preferred mode of being the calm at the center of the storm. February 15, 2021 4:50 pm ET. And that's exactly what he did. He tells mesmerizing stories about Robinson -- how he fought 14 times in 1965 alone, how he was stopped only once in his 199 career matches, in a light heavyweight championship bout against Joey Maxim, and only because cornermen in those days didn't understand the connection between drinking water and hydration -- boxers spit it out back then -- and he collapsed to the canvas in Round 13. OPINION: 'It's Crazy How One Second Can Be Totally Normal and The Next Matthew McConaughey snuck in even later. Other notable appearances by Bruce Buffer include in the films Hot Tub Time Machine 2 (2015) and Holmes & Watson (2018), and in a season 19 episode of the reality television series Hell's Kitchen. Just three guys hanging out, talking boxing history. Or maybe not invade the personal space of fighters when announcing them. That's one of the greatest compliments to my work that I could possibly get - that I'm having an effect on a young child. I'm a fan first. Not far behind Sugar Ray, though, was Muhammad Ali, and of course when it came to showmanship, no one could touch Ali. But it was just the first time. That's all I can tell you. However, in the 10th century ad the inhabitants spoke their own language, Khuzi, in addition to Arabic and Persian. Book now 1:02 Wedding "This was amazing! I don't consider myself better than anybody, that I should be parking my car in the middle of the street like some people we've heard of. I announced the winner, and the guy came up and he shook my hand. He was doing a gig at a country club theater in Reseda, California, the same one, in fact, that was used for the opening tracking shot in "Boogie Nights."