Bruce Buffer

Well, Warner Brothers wants to send a runner down, they're gonna pick up film and audio and then we'll take it from there.

Sent the runner down, I get a call five o'clock that night, be on the set tomorrow morning at six in the morning, you're gonna rehearse and we'll film on Wednesday.

You'll rehearse all day Tuesday and we'll film it on Wednesday in front of a live audience.

so i thought wow here i am i'm co-starring on what was the biggest comedy show at that time or becoming one and i called up the owner again robert meyer which i said he once said he said yeah i said well listen i want to talk to you let's during the lunch break let's let's talk so i went up to him and i basically said i said robert i've been asking for this job for a year and a half you know what i bring to the table you're not going to be much more than the announcer i'm going to do everything i can to build the brand not that it's because of me but i will do everything i can to help you um

with my contacts and so on and so forth.

And I said, but I feel like a girl waiting to be asked to the prom and nobody's asking me.

So I'm going to ask you one more time.

And this is it.

I'm going to ask one more time, you know, let me be the octagon announcer.

Let me grow with the sport.

I think it's going to be the biggest thing ever.

And the answer was yes.

The other guy was good.

The guy they brought in was, I never put down an announcer.

They're all in there doing their thing, right?

Yeah.

The other guy had an excellent voice, a little nervous in the service, mispronounced a couple names, you know, whatever.

But I'm not going to call to say that kind of stuff.

It's either you want me or you don't.

i knew that the sport was going to grow it wasn't called mixed martial arts back in the beginning that's a that's a term that jeff blatnik and john mccarthy will tell you that came about later you know years in um at first let's face it guys it was like blood sport it was like what style is the best style right and um i had a sparring session with hoist gracie in 91 when i was kickboxing a lot