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CBS Sports announcer to Call Play-by-Play for EliteXC's May 31st show
The News - Mixed Martial Arts  |   Written by Marshall Bowen   |   Monday, 19 May 2008

With just over a week until their debut on CBS, EliteXC has revealed their announcing team for the historic event. Five Ounces of Pain is reporting that during a press conference & autograph singing earlier today it was made official that Gus Johnson will be the play-by-play man for the event. Johnson has been a CBS sports announcer since 1995 and has worked with network's coverage of NFL and NCAA broadcast as well the network's coverage of the 1998 Winter Olympics.

Johnson will be joined by Mauro Ranallo, who dos play-by-play for EliteXC's Showtime broadcasts, and former UFC champion Frank Shamrock for the May 31st event on CBS.
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