Mauro Ranallo

Mauro Ranallo is a Canadian boxing and combat sports commentator. He is best known as the current lead commentator for Showtime Championship Boxing and Showtime pay-per-views.

A native of Abbotsford, British Columbia, Ranallo first broke in to sports media via professional wrestling telecasts in Western Canada. He moved to mixed martial arts in 2003 when he became the lead English commentator for the Japanese-based Pride Fighting Championships. In 2006, his MMA work brought him to Showtime where he worked their coverage of the EliteXC promotion, which was later bought out by Strikeforce. He began working on boxing shortly after and has been the network's main blow-by-blow voice since, replacing Bob Papa due to his conflicts calling New York Giants football. He was also active in major pro wrestling as well, as he was the lead commentator for the WWE's SmackDown program from 2015 to 2017, and was lead caller for its NXT brand from 2017 to 2020. Ranallo left WWE citing a toxic environment within the company: he suffers from bipolar disorder and is an advocate for mental health awareness, and was reportedly bullied behind the scenes for this condition by broadcast partners (and former WWE wrestlers) John Bradshaw Layfield and Corey Graves. Ranallo has also worked on commentary for the streaming service Triller (before that company hired Jim Lampley as lead commentator) and has recently returned to MMA when the Bellator promotion moved its telecasts to Showtime.