22 Facts About Jon Anik

Jon Anik was born on July 3,1978 and is an American mixed martial arts commentator.

Jon Anik began his career as an anchor with ESPN for over five years before moving to the Ultimate Fighting Championship as a play-by-play commentator in 2012.

Jon Anik was born in Boston, Massachusetts and is a Jew.

Jon Anik has an identical twin brother and two other siblings.

Jon Anik graduated from The Rivers School in Weston, Massachusetts.

Jon Anik spent one semester at American University in Washington, DC, working as an intern for the George Michael Sports Machine.

Jon Anik has worked in the sports department of The MetroWest Daily News in Framingham, Massachusetts.

Jon Anik is a former ESPN anchor and the host of MMA Live on ESPN2.

Jon Anik has anchored several live events for ESPN, including MMA Live's coverage of UFC 91, UFC 94, UFC 98, UFC 100, UFC 101, UFC 113, UFC 114 and UFC 126.

From 2006 to 2008, Jon Anik worked for ESPN Radio, where he anchored SportsCenter updates and served as a fill-in host on Game Night.

Jon Anik did a weekly MMA chat every Wednesday for ESPN.

In 2011, Dana White announced during a press conference that Jon Anik would be joining the UFC.

Jon Anik made his commentary debut during the international broadcast of UFC on FX: Guillard vs Miller.

Jon Anik was the lead play-by-play announcer for some FX and FUEL TV fights with color commentator and former UFC fighter Kenny Florian.

Jon Anik is the host of the UFC's flagship sports magazine show UFC Ultimate Insider.

Jon Anik filled in for Mike Goldberg to team with Joe Rogan at UFC 155.

On September 22,2014, Jon Anik was a guest on Ariel Helwani's MMA Hour and announced that he had signed a new, longer-term contract with UFC.

Since Mike Goldberg's departure in 2017, Jon Anik has assumed the role of the UFC's main play-by-play commentator for all pay-per-view events.

On October 22,2018, Jon Anik revealed that he had signed a four-year contract extension with the UFC.

Jon Anik has made several radio and TV appearances, including ESPN programs SportsNation, The Scott Van Pelt Show, The Herd with Colin Cowherd, and The Doug Gottlieb Show.

Jon Anik was the play-by-play voice for Season 1 of Bellator Fighting Championships.

Jon Anik co-starred in the MMA feature film Warrior as he states "I was pleasantly surprised when I got the script that I had six wardrobe changes," Jon Anik told MMAjunkie.