Longtime UFC broadcaster Laura Sanko will make her commentary booth debut at UFC Vegas 68. Sanko herself is proud to be a part of MMA history, and wants to one day join the ranks of Joe Rogan and Daniel Cormier on a pay-per-view, but for now mostly wants to contribute to the sport that she says saved her life.
I have a hard time articulating this, because it sounds like I’m being dramatic, I guess, but I love MMA so much because it very much saved my life in several different instances and in a variety of ways that I don’t have the time to go into.
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And so when I stopped fighting because I got pregnant and because there really was no goal for me as a fighter because there was no atomweight division in the UFC, it was super important for me to stay close to the sport, and the ultimate thing I think I wanted to do, and [like] for any athlete, the ultimate thing was to leave a little mark on the history books of the sport we all love so much.”
Sanko also pointed out that she’s been on the mic at UFC events in the past, and once competed before pregnancy waylaid her in-ring plans.
““It’s really difficult to compare yourself to Joe Rogan for a number of reasons, but on this one tiny level, I’ve very much admired his path, and I think what fans love about Joe is his genuine excitement every time he’s on a call,” she said. “I feel that way when I’m calling Contender Series fights, and I really hope that continues to come through, because it’s truly how I feel. I genuinely care, and I’m excited about every single fight that I call. It’s the same thing when I’m watching at home
The reality is I’m a fan who was so in love with the sport that I decided to train, and then I was so in love with training that I decided to fight, and then I was so in love with fighting that I couldn’t give it up even when I had to, so I went into this outlet. There’s just that theme of purely loving the sport, and I feel like Joe embodies that, so if I could do that with him, man, that would be the ultimate.”
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