1. Todd Grisham was born on January 9,1976 and is an American sports reporter for DAZN and Glory kickboxing.
22 Facts About Todd Grisham
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Todd Grisham was previously a sports reporter for UFC from 2017 to 2020.
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Todd Grisham's family relocated several times after his freshman year, and Grisham graduated from Orange Park High School in Orange Park, Florida.
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Todd Grisham attended Wingate University for one year on a soccer scholarship and later transferred to the University of West Georgia, where he received his degree in communications.
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Todd Grisham was then a sportscaster for KOLD-TV Tucson for approximately five years before signing a two-year contract with WWE as an announcer, officially joining them on January 14,2004.
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Todd Grisham debuted in WWE in 2004 as the voice of Heat, doing play-by-play alongside Jonathan Coachman, Josh Mathews, and others for just over four years.
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Todd Grisham had co-hosted Experience with Ivory, but after her release from WWE, he hosted it alone until mid-2006, when Josh Mathews took over.
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In 2005 Todd Grisham began hosting Raw's catch-up program Bottom Line after Marc Loyd was released from the company, until September 2007.
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Todd Grisham became the new play-by-play commentator for the ECW brand on the July 29,2008 episode of ECW on Syfy, replacing Mike Adamle, and was paired with Tazz, who was the color commentator until Matt Striker took over.
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Todd Grisham was promoted to SmackDown play by play commentator, and debuted on April 10,2009.
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On December 10,2010, Todd Grisham was replaced as SmackDown's play-by-play commentator by Josh Mathews; Todd Grisham replaced Michael Cole on NXT as play-by-play commentator and joined with Mathews.
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In 2007, Todd Grisham was named the host for Fox Soccer Channel's Major League Soccer broadcasts, working alongside Christopher Sullivan for pre-game and post-game coverage of the network's Saturday night broadcasts until 2010, later picking up announcing duties for WWE NXT.
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On October 16,2011, Todd Grisham debuted as a co-anchor for ESPNEWS for the overnight hours of "Highlight Express", presenting live from 11p-2a ET and replayed until 7am ET.
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Todd Grisham was named one of the official overnight anchors for ESPNEWS and alternated to present updates for the ABC stations and America This Morning.
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On October 22,2011, Todd Grisham inadvertently caused some minor internet outrage when he referred to the loss suffered by Oklahoma at the hands of Texas Tech as the "Trail of Tears".
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On November 10,2011, Todd Grisham replaced Jon Anik as the host of MMA Live.
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On December 28,2011, Todd Grisham made his SportsCenter debut, presenting SportsCenter from Bristol, Connecticut until 11:30pm, when ESPN's Los Angeles studios resume SportsCenter.
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Todd Grisham joined the Glory broadcast team as a backstage and post-fight interviewer at Glory 30.
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Todd Grisham became a play-by-play announcer for the organization at Glory 35 Superfight Series.
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Todd Grisham continued his role as play-by-play announcer for Glory 36 Superfight Series and the Glory: Collision PPV.
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On January 3,2017, it was announced that Todd Grisham has been hired by UFC to work on the studio desk and in the play-by-play role for fights.
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Since then, Todd Grisham has not covered a UFC Event again.