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Brian Stann parting ways with UFC

By Jesse Holland

I am announcing my departure from calling fights w/ the UFC. I have been offered an amazing leadership role with a fast growing Real Estate Firm and will be attending Northwestern (Kellogg) for my executive MBA this fall. Thank you to everyone for years of support, especially the athletes and coaches whom I love deeply. I will continue to be a huge MMA supporter and attend many events. Thank you to everyone from FOX and Zuffa who helped me so much in this journey. @jon_anik you are my brother and that will never change, and I cannot tell you how important your friendship has been to me. My wife @teressa_stann who has endured so much and supported me through war, fighting, and now this transition, I love forever and thank you so much. This move is to focus more on my family. I traveled 26 weekends last year for work while also working a full time job. My new role as a COO will be very difficult but still afford me my weekends with my wife and 3 children. Transition and change are a part of life and I am really excited to prove my worth to my new company and hopefully showcase the diverse skills military veterans and mixed martial artists possess. Thank you all. - Brian

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Former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) middleweight slugger Brian Stann, who transitioned to the commentary table after retiring from combat sports back in summer 2013, is parting ways with the boys and girls of mixed martial arts (MMA) to pursue new opportunities.

No, it’s not football.

“I have been offered an amazing leadership role with a fast growing Real Estate Firm and will be attending Northwestern (Kellogg) for my executive MBA this fall,” Stann wrote on Instagram. “Thank you to everyone for years of support, especially the athletes and coaches whom I love deeply.”

Stann was part of the UFC on FOX commentary team and was hoping to one day replace longtime color man Joe Rogan in the pay-per-view (PPV) broadcast booth; however, Rogan re-upped with UFC and play-by-play man Mike Goldberg was sent packing.

That hole was filled by veteran announcer Jon Anik while former ESPN mouthpiece Todd Grisham was brought in to help bolster the FOX team, which appears to no longer feature Stann.

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