With Bellator’s sweeping changes over the last couple of years, the one constant has been the commentating team of color man Jimmy Smith and play-by-play announcer, Sean Grande.
That will change at Bellator 180 on June 24, as Grande — who is also the popular radio voice of the Boston Celtics — has been informed that he’s out of the booth for the promotion’s first visit to Madison Square Garden.
Grande penned a letter saying goodbye (for now) to MMA fans, and sent it to MMA Fighting.
Here’s the letter in full:
My son is five and a half, and he is my life.