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Sean Grande in, Sean Wheelock out as Bellator play-by-play announcer

Bellator CEO Scott Coker apparently isn't finished making changes to the company's product.

The Awful Announcing blog reported Thursday that Bellator has parted ways with longtime play-by-play announcer Sean Wheelock and replaced him with Sean Grande. MMAFighting.com confirmed the news with a source close to the situation.

Grande, 44, is best known as the well-respected radio play-by-play voice of the Boston Celtics, a position he has held since 2001. He calls the Boston Red Sox on a part-time basis, has been play-by-play announcer for Boston College football and has called the action on 14 NCAA hockey title games.