Bret "Hollywood" Freeman (born September 15, 1966 in

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) is an American/British MMA

ring announcer A ring announcer is an in-ring (and sometimes on-camera) employee or contractor for a boxing, professional wrestling or mixed martial arts event or promotion, who introduces the competitors to the audience. In boxing and mixed martial arts bouts, ...

. He works for many major Boxing and MMA promotions across Europe and the Middle East including Goodwin Promotions, Matchroom, Cage Rage UK's Ultimate Challenge, Cage Warriors, Cage Contender, IFPA and others. He is known for his flamboyant dress and his trademark catch phrase "It's Go Time". He has been seen on live and pre-recorded televised MMA events in more than 70 countries.

Announcing career

Freeman started his announcing career in 2009, for small, regional MMA shows in the United Kingdom. His first job was with KAYO MMA, a promotion based in Watford, England. From there, he was contracted to Bushido Challenge, then MMA Clinic. His big break came in 2010, for one of the UK's largest MMA organisations, Ultimate Challenge. in 2013, he was licensed by the British Boxing Board of Control and began announcing for BBBofC Boxing events. He changed his stage name to Bret Hollywood in 2014. He then regularly worked for UCMMA, Cage Warriors, Cage Contender and International Fighting & Promotions Alliance. Bret has provided the following services across various promotions: *

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* Matchroom Snooker * Goodwin Promotionsbr>IFPA MMA- International Fighting & Promotions Alliance
-Ring Announcer/MC -Presenter *

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-Ring Announcer/MC *

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-Ring Announcer/MC *

Cage Warriors Cage Warriors (CW) is an Irish owned mixed martial arts promotion, based in London, England. The promotion was established in 2001 and staged its first MMA event in London in July, 2002. Many MMA stars have made their names under the Cage Warrio ...

-Ring Announcer/MC -Presenter * OMMAC -Ring Announcer/MC * London KO -Ring Announcer/MC -presenter * KnuckleUp -Ring Announcer/MC * MMA Clinic -Ring Announcer/MC -presenter * Bushido Challenge -Ring Announcer/MC -presenter * KAYO MMA -Ring Announcer/MC -presenter *

BAMMA BAMMA (British Association of Mixed Martial Arts) was a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United Kingdom. It premiered on June 27, 2009, and was shown on the television channel Bravo. BAMMA events were shown live on ITV4 in the UK and Ire ...

-Commentator and post production voice over * MMA Clinic -Commentator * Bushido Challenge -Commentator * Trojan MMA -Commentator * KnuckleUp -Commentator * KAYO MMA -Commentator *

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-MC

Trademark

Bret began using "It's Go Time" to introduce the main event early in 2010, and was awarded a trademark by the World International Patent Office in November 2010. His work in Sports communication and trademark efforts have been noted b
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by Pedersen, Paul M., Laucella, Pamela, Kian, Edward, Geurin, Andrea. Late in 2014 Bret moved away from this trademark.

Television work

Freeman hosts the weekly

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MMA magazine show, "The Cage", has presented several local MMA programmes for LA Muscle and the Active Channel (including "KAYO MMA") and was a featured colour commentator on Bravo for BAMMA. He was a frequent guest on the My Channel MMA Lifestyle show, ''Wartime TV'' in the UK. He was a part of their feature, "Hollywood Cribs", which documented a tour of his home in Buckinhamshire, England. Freeman was a featured character on

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series ''The Guest Wing''. Bret Hollywood (Freeman) was featured on the Channel 4 series '' Come Dine With Me''. Freeman and his wife Julia have been featured on the Sky Sports MMA talk show, ''Cage Fighter''. As resident ring announcer for Cage Rage UK,

, Bret was part of the first UK-based pay-per-view event, ''Cage Rage UK Presents Ultimate Challenge, Warriors Creed: Alex Reid vs Jason Barrett'', which was shown live on Premier Sports, 7 August 2011.

References

External links

www.hollywoodmc.com

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