I’m truly honored.- Laura Sanko January 30, 2023 And thank you for this incredible opportunity. Thank you very much for all the support 🙏🏻 You guys are amazing. I consider it a true privilege to be part of the team that is a voice to our incredible fans, communicating the fighting art of each man and woman who steps inside the UFC Octagon,” said Laura. “Taking the next step to join the UFC commentary team has been a goal of mine since I began my broadcast career, It is an honor to walk in the footprint of Kathy Long 30 years after her appearance on UFC 1. So what is her reaction to the amazing news? Sanko shared her gratefulness in an interview with the UFC. Fans, who have regularly tuned in to watch DWCS, know that Sanko is an amazing analyst and she will bring a different look to the sport. Her presence on the screen certainly lights up every frame that she is in. Laura Sanko has been broadcasting for Invicta since 2014. Laura Sanko reacts to becoming the first female UFC commentator So she has etched her name in history forever. Now she is the first UFC female commentator in history. However, her broadcasting career is much more prominent than her fighting career. Prior to that, Sanko had an amateur record of 4-1. Her only fight came in 2013 when she defeated Cassie Robb via rear-naked choke submission at Invicta FC 4.
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Laura Sanko is a former MMA fighter with a pro record of 1-0. #UFC #MMA /mZnWqeyHOM- Women's MMA Rankings January 30, 2023 Laura Sanko will become the first female commentator in modern UFC history as she makes her debut in the booth at #UFCVegas68 this Saturday. Hence, this will be the first time when a female commentator narrates the action inside the Octagon for a big-time UFC event. But that is not considered a part of the main roster as the contestants fight in the program to earn a UFC contract.
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She has been a part of the commentary team for Dana White’s Contender Series on a regular basis. However, this is not the first time Laura has been in a commentary booth for the UFC. Laura Sanko will be the one to make the historic step.
It will be the first UFC event to have a female commentator in the booth. However, the event will be a historic one for a completely different reason. He will take on Sergey Spivak, who occupies the 12th rank in the heavyweight division. It will mark the return of Derrick Lewis, who is perhaps one of the best to ever fight in the division. UFC Vegas 68 will see two heavyweights going at it in the main event. Outside of cricket, Symmonds is a practising lawyer with her own firm in Bridgetown, and has also worked as a special sports envoy to the Barbados Ministry of Tourism.Laura Sanko makes history ahead of female broadcasters like Megan Olivi to become the first-ever female UFC commentator. As well as her radio work, she also provides commentary for televised cricket. She also provided commentary for the 1999 Cricket World Cup and the 2000 West Indian tour of England as part of the TMS team. In 1998, Symmonds was invited by the BBC to join the Test Match Special team during the 1998 England tour of the West Indies, making her the first female TMS commentator. She moved on to covering West Indies Test cricket, and her first commentary was West Indies vs Pakistan at Barbados in 1988.Īs the first female commentator to cover Test cricket in the West Indies, she initially brought mixed reactions from listeners, but is now accepted as an able and experienced broadcaster.
Impressed by her work, the Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation persuaded her to try her hand at covering cricket, and in 1987 she covered her first Shell Shield match. Her first sports commentary job came in 1985 when she was asked to cover a tennis tournament for a local sports radio station. She later attended the University of Reading in England where she studied law. The daughter of Algernon Symmonds, Lawyer and former High Commissioner for Barbados in London, Symmonds grew up in Bridgetown where she played cricket for her school and junior tennis for Barbados. Donna Charmaine Symmonds is a Barbadian lawyer and sports commentator.
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