The broadcast team for the UFC White House card is set for Sunday night’s historic event from the south lawn in Washington D.C.
The usual three-man team is set to call the fights with Jon Anik handling play-by-play duties and he’ll be joined by comedian and podcaster Joe Rogan providing color commentary. UFC Hall of Famer and former two-division champion Daniel Cormier serves as the third man in the booth to call the seven fights taking place on June 13.
UFC officials confirmed the broadcast team to MMA Fighting on Monday.
Megan Olivi serves as the in-house reporter handling backstage interviews and sideline reporting during the broadcast. Of course, Bruce Buffer is also set to serve as the ring announcer for the event.
In addition to the broadcast team calling the fights, veteran play-by-play man Brendan Fitzgerald is hosting the event from the analyst desk.
He’s joined by a trio of former UFC champions and Hall of Famers with Michael Bisping, Chris Weidman and Dominick Cruz providing analysis for the entire card.
The historic event kicks off Sunday night at 8 p.m. ET with the entire card airing exclusively on Paramount+.
The main event features a lightweight title unification bout as reigning champion Ilia Topuria takes on interim title holder Justin Gaethje. The co-main event is set to crown an interim heavyweight champion with Ciryl Gane facing off with Alex Pereira.
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