Justin Bernard gets the possibility to make amends for a previous mistake this month.
In June, Bernard made his UFC Fight Night debut because the Octagon announcer after working on various other shows for the promotion.
He’s now set to follow this up with a fair greater task, with Bernard announcing the UFC’s return to Abu Dhabi on July 25.
Considered one of the explanations he’s looking forward to being a component of this event specifically is since it brings him full circle with the name that he encountered probably the most trouble with previously.
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Justin Bernard talks correcting ‘Thomas Jefferson’ error with UFC Abu Dhabi task
Justin Bernard has announced countless Dana White’s Contender Series and Road to UFC fighters, so difficult-to-pronounce names are nothing recent to him.
Nevertheless, there’s one very straight-forward name that he got fallacious back in 2023 that he’ll have the possibility to make amends for on July 25.
On season seven of the Contender Series, Bernard announced heavyweight Thomas Petersen as Thomas Jefferson following his contract-winning submission finish of Chandler Cole.
Petersen fighting on the cardboard that’s headlined by Magomed Ankalaev vs Khalil Rountree Jr. gives him the chance to not let history repeat itself.
“Thomas Petersen is on that card and I don’t know in the event you know the history with Thomas and I with Contender Series but I flipped his name and it was semi-viral,” Bernard told Bloody Elbow. “So, I get to do right by him. I get one other likelihood to say his name properly this time.”
Petersen is ready to face Valter Walker on the important card portion of the event on the Etihad Arena this month.
The American heavyweight has gone 3-3 contained in the Octagon, alternating wins and losses ever since he won a contract.
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