Michael Schiavello back in broadcast booth for ONE Championship

It didn’t take long for Michael Schiavello to find work again after calling his final AXS TV Fights broadcast in June.

Schiavello, nicknamed “The Voice,” today announced that he’s signed a deal with the Asia-based ONE Championship organization. He makes his debut Saturday at “ONE Championship 58: Kings & Conquerors,” which takes place at Cotai Arena in Macau and streams via online pay-per-view (via Twitter):

After a more than seven-year run as play-by-play man for various AXS TV Fights promotions such as LFA, CES MMA, Lion Fight and more, Schiavello made the personal decision earlier this year to leave North America and return back to his native Australia so his children could grow up closer to home (check out the video above).

“(My wife and I have) been here for almost seven years now, and we decided the time has come to go home,” Schiavello told MMAjunkie Radio earlier this year. “Our first son was born here in Las Vegas, so he’s a little American-Australian. He’s got both citizenship. And with a second one on the way, due here in July, we decided it was time to go home and raise the family in Australia. That’s where all the family is, where the friends are.”

It’s unknown who Schiavello’s commentary partner will be or what his signing means for the existing ONE Championship broadcast crew of Steve Dawson and Mitch Chilson.

For more on ONE Championship 58, check out the MMA Rumors section of the site.

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