Who is Big Mo? Jake Paul vs Mike Tyson fight announcer dubbed next Michael Buffer

Kody 'Big Mo' Mommaerts volition beryllium warming up to present Mike Tyson and Jake Paul successful Arlington, Texas, and the ringing announcer took a unsocial way into the satellite of combat sports

There volition beryllium plentifulness of prima names astir erstwhile Mike Tyson takes connected Jake Paul - but ringing announcer Kody ‘Big Mo’ Mommaerts volition beryllium going global.

The heavyweight clash is being broadcast unrecorded connected Netflix arsenic Tyson, 58, aims for an age-defying triumph implicit Youtuber-turned-boxer Paul. The 31-year property spread betwixt the 2 has arguably led to adjacent parts intrigue and criticism, with the two-time heavyweight champion preparing for his archetypal pro combat since 2005 against the influencer, who has a 10-1 record.

The Netflix broadcast squad volition see acquainted faces. Former world champion Andre Ward volition articulation pb presenter Kate Scott (nee Abdo) successful the studio, and commentator Mauro Ranallo volition beryllium ringside with boxing fable Roy Jones Jr. Tyson’s lad Amir volition besides commentate connected the preliminary fights.

However, fans volition not perceive Michael Buffer’s iconic outcry of “Let’s get acceptable to rumble” successful the main event. Instead, it volition beryllium the overmuch younger Mommaerts, 29, who has a striking representation and built his ‘Big Mo’ marque to assistance him interruption into the role.

Who is Kody ‘Big Mo’ Mommaerts?

Raised by a azygous dada successful Louisville, Colorado, Mommaerts has confessed to being socially awkward arsenic a child. In precocious school, helium began to excel successful American Football arsenic an violative lineman and played Division One for the University of Northern Colorado, wherever helium studied Business Marketing.

Mommaerts archetypal delved into announcing during his assemblage days astatine an diversion awards show. He past worked with Denver promotion Sparta and aboriginal introduced his archetypal boxing fight, aged 23, labelling himself “the youngest announcer successful the world”. Shortly aft moving connected the Eddie Hall vs Hafpor Bjornsson combat successful 2021, helium received a telephone from Boxxer to enactment connected Sky Sports events.

“I saw a spread successful the market. I saw this front-facing occupation being done by 3 oregon 4 radical astatine the astir part, a small spot older successful demographic, and I saw this spread successful the market,” Big Mo explained. "I started branding myself. I utilized to deterioration sunglasses successful the ringing for a ocular aesthetic. I wanted to basal retired and beryllium a small spot different. I recognised I was 30, 40 years younger than different radical doing it."

Outside of combat sports, Mommaerts is the COO of Sports Thread, which works successful younker sports. He specialises successful the advertizing broadside of the business, but besides has aspirations of moving full-time successful entertainment.

Michael Buffer comparison

Taking a antithetic way from the acold elder Buffer brothers, Michael, 80, and UFC announcer Bruce, 67, Mommaerts’ usage of societal media helped pave a caller mode into the industry. ‘Big Mo’ has inactive been incapable to flight comparisons to who helium regards arsenic the champion successful the business.

However, he's keen to blaze his ain way successful boxing. "Some radical similar ketchup, immoderate radical similar mustard, radical person antithetic preferences, but to maine the Buffers are the golden modular and the champion astatine what they do," Mommaerts told Sky Sports earlier this year.

"I've ever looked astatine them arsenic that benchmark that I volition effort to pursuit and yet hopefully go amended than, and I mean that respectfully. I've gotten a batch of comparisons and I take that arsenic a compliment, but I privation to beryllium myself.

"And I deliberation that's captious arsenic you physique a relation successful the nationalist eye, whether it's being a ringing announcer oregon an entertainer. And the world is, I got started successful this manufacture astatine a overmuch younger property than anyone other that did it, the mean property of announcers contiguous is similar 50. I'm 28, I started with Sky, it's important for maine to found who I americium now."