Michael Schiavello

Michael Schiavello
Born	1975 (age 41–42) Melbourne, Australia
Other names	The Voice
Occupation	Sports commentator, writer
Years active	1991-present

Michael Schiavello (born 1975) is an Australian sports commentator for AXS TV, K-1, Dream, Maximum Fighting Championship, King of the Cage and The Contender Asia. He has also written for more than 50 publications worldwide and was the long-serving editor of Blitz Magazine, and was also the editor of International Kickboxer Magazine until 2009, a feature writer for Inside Sport magazine and was the youngest ever inductee to the Best Australian Sports Writing Awards.

Michael first got his start in commentating at age 16 at a Track and Field event in Melbourne. Shortly after he began hosting his own radio sports show on Southern FM where he was called "Mr Scoop" for his ability to score interviews with world-famous sports stars between High School and Home Work. Some of the famous sports personalities Michael interviewed for his community radio show included soccer stars Diego Maradona and Pele, tennis stars Gabriela Sabatini, Stefan Edberg and Goran Ivanisevic, cricket stars Richie Richardson, Wasim Akram and Mohammed Azzarudhin and pro wrestler The Junkyard Dog and more.

When he was 21 a fight promoter in Melbourne asked him to commentate the video of his show. Other promoters heard it, liked his style and asked him to do their shows. Then when Foxtel (Fox Sports) came on air in 1996 they asked him to commentate for them and has been ever since.

He is the voice of K-1, Dream, Sengoku, The Contender Asia and all of AXS TV Fights (formerly HDNet), having signed with the North American broadcaster in July 2009 after capturing the attention of the network's billionaire owner, Mark Cuban. Other promotions he has commentated for include: MFC, Invicta Fighting Championships, XFC, Adrenaline, Evolution, XPlosion, King of the Cage, BAMMA, and Legacy Fighting Championship.

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