Laura Sanko colour commentary - Rate It

[Guy LeDouche]

I’ll take her over Rogan or DC anytime.

it was a bit funny when cormier asked if she could “imagine a 6’7 man on top of you” and it got a little quiet

 

[J Danger]

She has a very nice voice and articulate and sounds intelligent, but I like listening to commentaries from people who are actually experts in MMA and can learn things from, which she ain't.

It's like NBA plugging Doris or whatever her name is into NBA play off commentary. But it's the times we live in.

Political correctness and appealing to masses for their bottom line are what it's all about.

I'd give her 3, only because she speaks well.

But hey, it's better than MLB plugging softball players into coaching gigs and commentaries.

I rate DC very highly at 9.
Cruz is annoying but rate him highly too.

Bisping at 7. I don't think he was ever that technical in striking, a good kickboxer yes, speaks well but I don't think it shows in his commentary, which just seems very generic and forced at times. When it comes to grappling, even worse.

You rank Cormier a 9 and Sanko a 3.

 

[MigitAs]

What do you rate DC or Bisping in general?

I thought DC sounded half retarded last night

 

[JustOnce]

You rank Cormier a 9 and Sanko a 3.

He knows his shit.

 

[Ares Black]

She did great for her first ever PPV. I'll give her an 8.

 

[J Danger]

He knows his shit.

for the most part, yeah.

I think he’s biased as hell in a lot of his commentary, the worst one I remember being adesanya/blachowicz

 

[Koro_11]

Solid.

Fuck all you virgins who try to make her out to be some beauty queen, but in terms of her knowledge, and fight commentary, my hats off to her, she did very well.

 

[freakroor]

a million times better than Dominick Cruz

 

[Only Here for Attachments]

Sanko: 7
Anik: 5
Fatso: 1

 

[J Danger]

Solid.

Fuck all you virgins who try to make her out to be some beauty queen, but in terms of her knowledge, and fight commentary, my hats off to her, she did very well.

I agree. I thought she did quite well. It’s nice to have different perspectives from that booth.

 

[Paolo Delutis]

I think she did an alright job for the first time to commentate for a PPV.

I'd give her commentary a 7.

6/7...a few stumbles and repeats needed from excitement or nerves but overall was good

 

[Mohawk Banditó]

I don't mind Rogan I guess. When you listen to someone for 20+ years, you kinda grow attached to that.

I don't consider Rogan an expert either. He's a comedian.

Basically admitting you're jaded then, and not speaking from any factual opinion.

I can't explain to you how childish it is to think someone who teaches must do first, and that people who can do should teach. You know most coaches are worse than their fighters, yeah?

Not only does doing something not make you a proper authority on it automatically, but often times, it makes you worse. A commentators job isn't to fight, it's to analyze the fight. And they're more often much more experienced in analyzing a fight than fighters, because fighters DON'T analyze fights. Their coaches usually do for them, AND how many times have you seen/heard fighters say they don't watch MMA at all?

The best practice for any event is repeating that event in training. Commentators talk about fighting in minute detail, so the practice is talking about fighting in minute detail, not booking a fight. So she's more qualified than 95% of whatever fighters ya can pull out of your ass.

Anyway I'd say overall she does a good job. I've been impressed with the level of tape study and prep she does, which I think only Cruz can compare with really. Even when she does Road to UFC she knows her shit about the fight styles of obscure Indian fighters.

All the Cruz analysis without any of the bitter Napolean Complex? Sounds great to me

 

[Rektkid]

She was ok, not as bad as DC but wasn't anything special either.

 

[Makani]

I thought she was the best part of the team. Didn't yammer, good technical insight, nice even voice. A few little flubs but that's just nerves.

 

[Kryptt]

I've enjoyed Sanko for a decent spell.... So I give her an 8.

 

[ilfirin]

She did great as usual. Quite frankly I prefer Cormier and her, rather than Cormier and Bisping.

 

[Mohawk Banditó]

I really really wanted to hate her because i hate women on commentary and think shes a bit of a try hard. But if i am being honest she did a great job. Especially compared to the other commentators the UFC usually uses.

I give her an 8

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[TheAmericanGazelle]

The content of the commentary was generally very good.

The voice and chemistry were "meh".

I personally have liked some of the analysis-type videos she's done after fights, like the Yan-O'Malley fight,

 

[BigSexy444]

Very good. I never thought I'd say this about a woman but I almost wish she would be more emotional. She's almost too technical which is great but can be kind of dry.

 

[Gamer2k4]

I never really paid attention to the commentary like many of y'all do, I'm just watching the fight. It's like background music when I'm doing homework.

Even that is a credit to her, though. Like a good cameraman or a good ref, if someone notices you doing your job as a commentator, you're doing poorly.