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Known as "The Voice", Michael Schiavello is an international play-by-play sports presenter and commentator. It is estimated that in his 13-year television career calling combat sports, Michael has commentated over 4,000 fights in K-1, MMA, kickboxing, boxing, Muay Thai, Karate and wrestling.

Residing in Melbourne, Australia, Schiavello is the global voice of the K-1 GP series, K-1 MAX, Dynamite!! and DREAM MMA, as well as The Contender Asia reality TV series (Mark Burnett Productions). He is an Olympic Games commentator, having called the 2008 Beijing Olympics for more than 110 countries, and commentated the 2006 Commonwealth Games.

Michael recently signed on with the HDNet Fights team and will commentate HDNet Fights shows with unrivalled coverage including such promotions as Sengoku, XFC, MFC, M-1 Global and more.

Renowned for his riveting excitement and knowledge of the game, what sets "The Voice" apart is his ability to seamlessly infuse comic one-liners into his commentary. Fans tune in as much for the fights as they do to hear what gems "The Voice" will come up with at each and every show.

A play-by-play commentator and television presenter for 13 years, Michael has worked major events across the world including: Tokyo, Las Vegas, Jamaica, Amsterdam, Seoul, Beijing, Poland, Budapest, Macau, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Honolulu, Singapore, Auckland and beyond.

Michael is also a best-selling author and award-winning sports writer, having written for over 50 publications worldwide and being inducted into the CUB/Random House Best Australian Sports Writing Awards.

Kenny Rice is a versatile sportscaster who has been with NBC since 1999 covering The Kentucky Derby, Preakness, Belmont Stakes and Breeders' Cup plus Derby preps in horse racing as a reporter and host; play by play for the Professional Bull Riders tour; 2004 Olympic boxing reporter at the Athens Games; reporter for NBC's Football Night in America covering weekly NFL games; host of CNBC horse racing series from 2002-2004; host and reporter for International Equestrian competition including the U.S. Olympic trials; is a writer for nbcsports.com. He has signed to cover the 2008 Olympics in China.

Since 2003, Rice has done play by play for HDNet, calling college football and basketball including the annual Wooden Classic and Wooden Tradition, boxing, horse racing, mixed martial arts and artistic pool as well as host the National Memory Championship.

He is play by play announcer for the International Fight League on FSN and host of IFL Battleground on MyNetworkTV.

Rice has worked frequently for ESPN since 1982 beginning as a national correspondent for major league baseball, college football and basketball, the NFL, boxing and horse racing. In 1997 he began a nine year run as host of "2Day at the Races," host and reporter on the "Road to the Kentucky Derby," "The Road to the Breeders' Cup," covering major horse racing events throughout North America as well as the Irish Derby. Rice has hosted college basketball "Midnight Madness" for ESPNU and ESPN. He calls play by play of the Triple Crown of Polo. He wrote a weekly column for espn.com for several years.

His career began as a disc jockey while still in high school at age 15. He was a multi-award winning Sports Director in Lexington, KY whose honors include the Eclipse Award (the Thoroughbred Oscar) for his racing coverage. He was the youngest recipient of the Kentucky Thoroughbred Lifetime Achievement Award and was voted "Kentucky Broadcaster of the Year," by the Horsemen Association. Rice has also been play by play announcer for several University of Kentucky basketball games; the Ohio Valley Conference basketball game of the week; the Atlantic Sun basketball game of the week; the Southeastern Conference volleyball game of the week; as well as football and basketball play by play for Comcast and Fox Sports Network.

Ron Kruck has covered practically every major sport imaginable but currently spends most of his time reporting from the cage. In addition to his ring reporting responsibilities for HDNet Fights and the International Fight League, the multitalented broadcaster has also done MMA play by play announcing on HDNet, Fox Sports Net and MyNetwork TV.

Being involved in mixed martial arts for years, Kruck has been the ring reporter for several fight organizations and is currently the national correspondent for HDNet's weekly program Inside MMA. For three years he was the producer and host for the MMA pre-fight show Exposed on HDNet. From Randy Couture to Chuck Liddell, Ron Kruck has interviewed the sports biggest stars.

Since 2003, Kruck has worked as a host, reporter and producer for Mark Cuban's national high definition network HDNet. Covering both mixed martial arts and boxing, Kruck is an integral part of the network's HDNet Fights series. He has also been a feature reporter for Major League Soccer, studio host for NHL games and host of the Broadway Boxing Series.

In between sporting events, Kruck co-hosted HDNet's original series Across America. For two years he traveled the country covering unique events and adventures of people from all walks of life. Prior to joining HDNet, Kruck's sports broadcasting career began as a producer and reporter for Prime Sports Network, TBS Super Station and KWHD-TV in Denver. The Inside Pitch, Sports Talk Live, The John Elway Retirement Special and the International Golf Show were just a few of the programs he worked on.

Ron Kruck has reported from and conducted interviews at some of the biggest sporting events, including the Stanley Cup playoffs, Major League Baseball playoffs, NBA playoffs, NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament, Olympic Trials and the Fiesta and Orange Bowls.