Michael Buffer is an American ring announcer or ‘MC’ for boxing and professional wrestling matches. He is known for his trademarked catchphrase, ‘Let’s get ready to rumble!’, and for pioneering a distinctive announcing style in which he rolls certain letters and adds other inflections to a fighter’s name. Buffer has appeared on various talk shows hosted by Jay Leno, Conan O’Brien, Arsenio Hall, David Letterman and Jimmy Kimmel.
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Michael Buffer is an American ring announcer or ‘MC’ for boxing and professional wrestling matches. He is known for his trademarked catchphrase, ‘Let’s get ready to rumble!’, and for pioneering a distinctive announcing style in which he rolls certain letters and adds other inflections to a fighter’s name. Buffer was formerly the exclusive ring announcer for World Championship Wrestling main events featuring Hulk Hogan or other top WCW talent until 2001. He has also announced the MLB World Series, the Stanley Cup Finals, NBA Finals, the Volunteer 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway, and NFL playoff games. In 2018, Buffer signed with DAZN to serve as the exclusiveRing announcer for all of its boxing broadcasts, which include deals with Matchroom. Buffer has appeared on various talk shows hosted by Jay Leno, Conan O’Brien, Arsenio Hall, David Letterman, Jimmy Kimmel and The Howard Stern Show. He appeared on the seventh season of American Idol, and the finale of RTL’s Dancing with the Stars.
In 2011, he made an appearance on the 12th season of Dancing With The Stars. He also appeared on Saturday Night Live, In Living Color, Mad TV and The Deal or No Deal. His half-brother is UFC announcer Bruce Buffer. He was born in South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to an enlisted man in the United States Navy and his wife during World War II. His parents divorced when he was 11 months of age, and Buffer was raised by foster parents, a school bus driver and housewife, in Roslyn, Pennsylvania. He enlisted in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War at age 20 and served until age 23. He held various jobs including a car salesman, then began a modeling career at age 32 before becoming a ring announcer at age 38. Buffer, like his brother Bruce, announced early UFC fights, starting at UFC 6 in 1995.
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