When the UFC came to Phoenix, Mike Goldberg had to be there. He may have been just weeks out from his remarkably discreet release from his duties as ringside commentator for the promotion, but as he explained in a recent interview on the MMA Hour, he was there to see one of his “best friends” step in the cage. “B.J. Penn is one of my favorite people in the world, and I went that night for B.J. Penn,” Goldberg said of his decision to show up at UFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs. Penn.
And while he scored some suite tickets from a friend, at some point during the evening the former UFC play-by-play man decided to wander down and see if he couldn’t find a seat a bit closer to the action (transcript via MMA Fighting).