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Sean Grande says goodbye after learning he’s out as Bellator’s play-by-play voice

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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.