Sean Wheelock | |
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Born |
Shawnee, Kansas, United States |
Nationality | American |
Other names | The Big Wheel |
Occupation(s) | Sports broadcaster: MMA Soccer, Commissioner of Kansas Athletic Commission |
Sean Wheelock (born 1974) is a mixed martial arts and soccer commentator based in Shawnee, Kansas. He served as the commentator for the M-1 Challenge [1] and served as the play-by-play television commentator for Bellator Fighting Championships from April 2010 until July 2015. [2] He also reports on the CONCACAF region of football for the BBC World Service. [3] In 2013, he became a commentator for FC Kansas City. [4]
He once featured regularly on The World Football Phone-In, which airs weekly as part of " Up All Night" on BBC Radio 5, with the nickname "The Big Wheel", but eventually left to devote more time to mixed martial arts. In the past he has worked as a commentator for XM Radio at the 2006 World Cup, [5] as well as for ESPN and Fox Soccer Channel.
On January 24, 2009, Wheelock served as the play-by-play commentator for the pay-per-view broadcast of Affliction M-1 Global Day of Reckoning.
On July 19, 2012, Wheelock appeared as a guest announcer on TNA Impact Wrestling.
On July 1, 2015, Wheelock was appointed as a Commissioner of Kansas Athletic Commission by Kansas Governor Sam Brownback.
Wheelock collaborated with Art Davie to write a non-fiction book, [6] Is This Legal?: The Inside Story of The First UFC From the Man Who Created It, which was published by Ascend Books on July 1, 2014.