Bruce Anthony Buffer was born on May 21,1957 and is an American professional mixed martial arts ring announcer and the official octagon announcer for Ultimate Fighting Championship events, introduced on broadcasts as the "Veteran Voice of the Octagon".
24 Facts About Bruce Buffer
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Bruce Buffer is the half brother of boxing and professional wrestling ring announcer Michael Buffer, and is the President and CEO of their company, The Buffer Partnership.
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Bruce Buffer holds a black belt in Tang Soo Do and has fought as a kickboxer.
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Bruce Buffer first ventured into martial arts when he was thirteen years old and living in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, studying judo and achieving the rank of green belt.
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Bruce Buffer moved to Malibu, California with his family at the age of fifteen and befriended two of the students of Chuck Norris, who introduced him to Tang Soo Do, in which he holds a second degree black belt.
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Bruce Buffer began kickboxing in his twenties but was forced to give the sport up at 32 after suffering his second concussion.
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In 1996, Bruce Buffer announced the preliminary fight on UFC 8, and later hosted all fights at UFC 10.
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At UFC 100, after months of encouragement from Joe Rogan, Bruce Buffer performed a "Bruce Buffer 360" during his introduction of Frank Mir vs Brock Lesnar.
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Bruce Buffer performed the "Buffer Bow" exclusively for Randy Couture and Anderson Silva, bending down as a knight would to a king in the accolade.
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Bruce Buffer has announced many other MMA promotions internationally including K-1 events and the 2008 Joel Casamayor vs Michael Katsidis boxing event on HBO.
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Bruce Buffer is a world-rated poker player on the professional circuit.
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Bruce Buffer has appeared on ESPN's World Series of Poker Main Event show playing World Champion Chris Moneymaker at the televised table in 2007 and in 2005 made the Final Table of the World Poker Tour in the Season 3 Invitational at the Commerce Casino, where he placed 6th.
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Bruce Buffer appeared on an MMA versus poker pro match during the sixth season of the NBC show Poker After Dark along with Strikeforce Fighter Dan Henderson and UFC Fighter Randy Couture.
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Bruce Buffer outlasted them as well as pros Erick Lindgren and Patrik Antonius to finish second, losing in heads-up play to Howard Lederer.
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Bruce Buffer appeared as himself in the 2015 film Hot Tub Time Machine 2.
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Bruce Buffer is the official announcer for the World Series of Beer Pong.
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Bruce Buffer was featured as an announcer pack in the multiplayer online battle arena game Smite and class-based first person shooter game Paladins both published by Hi-Rez Studios.
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Bruce Buffer is an unlockable player character in the fighting game EA Sports UFC 3.
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In October 2019 the gaming developer Relax Gaming released a new video slot machine with Bruce Buffer called "It's Time".
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Bruce Buffer is the official announcer for the PlayStation 5 exclusive videogame Destruction AllStars, which was developed by Lucid Games and released in February 2021.
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On September 13,2021, Bruce Buffer announced for ESPN's Monday Night Football matchup, where the Las Vegas Raiders hosted the Baltimore Ravens at Allegiant Stadium.
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In July 2022, Bruce Buffer appeared in the stand-up comedy special "Infamous" as he introduced comedian Andrew Schulz.
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In fall of 2022, Bruce Buffer appeared in ads for Canadian mortgage brokerage Dominion Lending Centres.
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In 1989, Bruce was introduced to his half-brother, Michael Buffer, when their birth father contacted Michael after seeing him on television.