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{{trope}}
[[File:combatcommentators_1567.png|link=Jo Jo's Bizarre Adventure (Manga)|frame|Oftentimes you'll have Combat Commentator'''s''']]
 
{{quote|'''Riza:''' Since you'll be the only one not participating in the battle, you have to give an excruciatingly detailed play-by-play of what's going on, as if you were describing it to a bunch of idiots.<br />
'''Winry:''' You've got to be kidding.|''[[Pokémon (Animeanime)|Poké]][[Fullmetal Alchemist (Mangamanga)|mists]], [[Crack Fic|Pocket]] [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4055090/1/Pokemists_Pocket_Alchemists Alchemists]''}}
 
A staple of [[Shonen]] series where active conflict between characters plays a major role, the combat commentator is the character who's seen most of the moves before and is [[Mr. Exposition|kind enough to provide a running commentary for the less-seasoned characters (and, by extension, the audience) as to who has just done what, and why they've done it]]. Sometimes the character takes the role of an actual commentator or sports announcer, complete with microphone.
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== Anime and Manga ==
 
* Common in ''[[Jo Jo's Bizarre Adventure (Manga)|Jo Jos Bizarre Adventure]]'', along with [[Exposition Diagram|Exposition Diagrams]] to help the readers understand the complex strategies employed by the heroes.
* ''[[Initial D (Manga)|Initial D]]'' went through several commentators -- Nakazato Takeshi covered most of season one and two, along with Takahashi Ryousuke. Ryousuke continues commentary through Fourth Stage, though Ninomiya Daisuke and "Smiley" Sakai are added to the commentator roster after their defeat by Project D.
* ''[[Dragon Ball (Manga)|Dragon Ball]]''
** This role first fell to ''Yamucha,'' who was stalking the heroes so that he could steal the Dragonballs, and had heard of just about everyone they ran into. It's later picked up Roshi, then Kami, then Piccolo or Vegeta, who explain to their unknowing peers (and the audience) how amazing it is that Goku can manipulate his energy in whatever way it does. In the very last parts of the Buu arc and GT, it's the old [[Physical God|Kaioshin]] doing this.
** There is also the [[Tournament Arc|Tenkaichi Budoukai]] [[No Name Given|announcer]], who is friends with most of main characters. He's just a normal guy, but is knowledgeable enough to know that [[Fake Ultimate Hero|Mr. Satan]] is just a fraud.
* Several characters offer commentary on Go matches in ''[[Hikaru no Go]]''.
* Kage Houshi often commentates for fights in ''[[Flame of Recca]],'' to the point where, during the arena arc, she is invited to be a guest commentator at the play-by-play table. This is particularly egarious because Recca's team was missing a member and they had to recruit a former villain for the role. Since Kage Houshi is {{spoiler|Recca's mother, quite skilled in ninjutsu and literally unkillable, it boggles the mind why she didn't just step in that role instead. Granted having your Mom win your battles for you may be emasculating for the average shonen hero...}}
* ''[[Ranma ½ (Manga)|Ranma One Half]]''
** Nabiki Tendo occasionally offers play-by-play ''and'' color commentary on Ranma's fights.
** Pretty much every bystander, named or not, performs this role during battles, especially when the combatants are out of reach. Even Ranma himself stood back and delivered commentary during the first half of the [[A God Am I|Asura]]/[[Attack of the 50 Foot Whatever|Pantyhose Tarou]] aerial battle.
** In a serious duel between Ranma and Genma, Soun took up the role --up to and including commenting through a ''microphone'' and interviewing the rest of the audience (his daughters) with it about their opinions.
* Used from time to time in ''[[One Piece (Manga)|One Piece]]'', for everything from executions to cooking competitions.
* ''[[Real Bout High School]]'' actually has a small camera crew that chases down the various K-fights on the campus of Daimon High, led by Tamaki Nakamura, a girl who seems to have a microphone permanently welded to her hand. Tamaki and the high school's principal Takao Todo then provide co-commentary on every fight.
* ''[[Mobile Fighter G Gundam (Anime)|Mobile Fighter G Gundam]]'' specializes in utilizing the Combat Commentator to a ridiculous degree. Not only is every fight narrated by every character involved, several spectators, and news reporters, but sometimes the circumstances ''leading up to'' a fight are explained as well. In one instance, mentor Master Asia spends nearly 20 minutes explaining ''what'' is happening, ''who'' is involved, ''where'' the big showdown will take place, ''how'' he will trounce the hero, ''when'' the hero will fall for the trap, and ''why'' he is doing so. This is all supplemented by a short primer on Sun Tzu's ''The Art of War'' and how it applies to the finer points of giant robot camouflage.
** And the way Master Asia does it cements him as a total [[Badass]] of a [[Genius Bruiser]].
* Meta Knight of ''[[Kirby of the Stars|Kirby of the Stars/Kirby Right Back At Ya]]''. Seems like every time Kirby absorbs a new enemy, the masked Knight is contractually bound to come and explain it to ''somebody''. Yes, even when he was literally nowhere in sight five seconds ago. This seems to lead to [[Memetic Molester|the creepy implication that Meta Knight is constantly stalking Kirby]], just waiting for the opportunity to explain the newest ability.
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* ''[[Eyeshield 21]]'' has characters on the sidelines recognizing maneuvers used by the players, from running and passing patterns to special "attacks" such as Shin's Spear Tackle. There are, of course, actual commentators, Riko Kumabukuro and "Machine Gun" Sanada, but players from nonparticipating teams are usually present and have things to say. A running gag eventually developed around one of them, Onihei, always being ''wrong'' in his analysis.
* In ''[[Inuyasha]]'', Kagome and Shippo - as the weakest combatants of the [[Five-Man Band]] - are almost always relegated to this role. Less justifiably, Miroku and Sango also fall into the role of commentator more and more as the series progresses, thanks to Inuyasha's penchant for insisting on doing everything himself and the ease with which Miroku's strongest weapon can be turned against him by Naraku's poisonous insects.
* For ''[[Pokémon (Animeanime)|Pokémon]]'', the role of battle commentator usually falls to Brock, due to his experience as a Gym Leader. Occasionally he is substituted by Professor Oak, who draws upon his expertise in Pokémon research instead. Tournament battles or other matches with an audience will have real commentators in addition to the main characters commenting. This carried over to the ''Pokémon Stadium'' games and [[Spiritual Successor]] ''Pokémon Battle Revolution''.
** The extremely irritating commentators. "TAKEN DOWN IN ONE HIT!!!!!!"
** Max takes over the role in Advanced Generation, being too young to own his own Pokemon but very knowledgeable about their abilities.
** Cilan takes up this role come Best Wishes, as the knowledgable guy of the group and a gym leader as well.
* Whichever characters aren't dueling in both ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' series become de facto commentators. This has the odd effect, in the original series, of making some of the nonduelists look like they know more about the game than some of the duelists. (In ''GX'', ''everyone'' is a duelist, so it's not as big of a problem.)
** In ''5D's'', there's a twist. Godwin, Jeager, and Mikage, who literally have the entire city bugged, will [[Surveillance Asas the Plot Demands|pull up duels on a giant screen]] in order to do this.
*** There's also an official announcer in ''5D's'' in the Duel Arena.
* Renge in the Honey-and-Chika fight episode of ''[[Ouran High School Host Club]]''. As with most things she does, she takes it to excess, rising up from below the floor with a sign saying 'Commentator', a microphone, and a movie screen for playback of the fight's climax.
* Many characters in ''[[Yakitate!! Japan|Yakitate! Japan]]'', usually the Manager and Kuroyan. Their explanations are usually triggered by Kawachi, the series' [[The Idiot From Osaka|Kansai idiot]], saying that he doesn't understand what's going on.
* [[Akagi]]'s commentaries tend to take up more of an episode than the actual dealing, drawing, and calling of tiles. Onlookers analyze the dealing of any single tile to an extreme degree, sometimes even throwing in some [[What Do You Mean Its Not Symbolic|extreme metaphors]] for the players' in-game actions for good measure.
** Likewise in the author's other work [[Kaiji]].
* ''[[Naruto (Manga)|Naruto]]''
** Early chapters used this a whole lot, especially during the [[Tournament Arc|Chunin Exams]]. At times it hilariously [[Talking Is a Free Action|appeared as if either time was distorted in mid-attack or the fighters suddenly decided to stop doing anything long enough for one of the commentators to explain the technique]].
** In later arcs, this role falls to Zetsu, who, due to his ability to merge with anything, will often poke his head out of walls to watch battles and explain things to us.
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** The trope is taken [[Up to Eleven]] during the Naruto v Pain battle. That battle is covered not by a single Combat Commentator, but by a combat commentary team.
* Subverted in the first ''Patlabor'' movie, with an overflying helicopter running a blow-by-blow commentary on two mecha wrestling.
* Used in ''[[Rockman EXE|Rockman.EXE]]'''s N1 tournament, where one commentator was a hyperactive TV reporter and the other a Chip merchant. Played for humor when a villain disguised himself as the store owner and his co-host chose that episode to ''constantly'' ask him for his opinion on combat choices or moves.
* All of the main supporting characters share commentator duties in ''[[Rurouni Kenshin]]'', discussing with each other Kenshin's special moves and strategy during the fight. Occasionally subverted when Kenshin reveals a previously-unused special move which the commentators know nothing about -- of course, their very surprise increases the awesomeness of the move.
* Everyone in ''[[Kidou Tenshi Angelic Layer]]'', from Dei to [[Those Two Guys]] to the company officials, seems to find the time to comment on Misaki's matches with depth, insight, and a disproportionate amount of vested interest.
* The commentators of ''[[Ultimate Muscle]]'' are actually part of the action, and provide a great deal of the comedy.
* Minor characters Chie and Aoi do this in the second volume of the ''[[Mai-HiME (Mangamanga)|Mai-HiME]]'' manga when Haruka and Yukino challenge Mai and Natsuki (who, at this point, are [[Teeth-Clenched Teamwork|visibly mad at each other]], since [[Love Triangle|both require Yuuichi's help]] to be effective in battle and neither wants to share) to an impromptu tag-team duel. The girls narrate the action with an air of cluelessness and an obvious bias toward Mai's team.
* A mysterious bat in ''[[Rosario to Vampire]]'' delivers brief commentary on Moka's (short) battles, and doubles as a [[Censor Box]] outside of the battles.
* What would ''[[The Prince of Tennis (Manga)|The Prince of Tennis]]'' be without them? The main culprits are the journalist Mamoru Inoue and the photographer Saori Shiiba; since she's [[Idiot of the Week|a rookie in tennis fields]], Inoue has often to explain techniques and situations to either her or the Seigaku first years.
** Actually, the whole point of the Seigaku first years is for there to [[The Watson|''be someone'' to explain things to.]] They really have no purpose other than picking up the tennis balls after each practice session.
* ''[[Bleach (Manga)|Bleach]]''
** Shinigami have a habit of doing their own combat commentary, explaining exactly how their sword works either before or after demonstrating it. Soi Fon gets into a little trouble with this for explaining her two hit kill power before even landing the first hit. Her opponent dodges and berates her for explaining the attack when she could have just done the attack and be over with it.
** Sometimes ''while'' demonstrating it.
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** Kyoraku later plays it straight after releasing and using his Shikai - it forces combatants to fight using rules of children's games and he explains them.
** The worst example may be [[What an Idiot!|Shinji.]] He fights Aizen, knows Aizen's powers, knows that he has ''one shot'' to take out Aizen, Aizen doesn't know Shinji's powers, and has every advantage. So, out of the blue, Shinji spends a good five minutes explaining his sword's powers, and throwing away every single advantage that he has in the fight.
* In Episode 13 of [[Fullmetal Alchemist (Animeanime)|the 2003 anime version]] of ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist (Mangamanga)|Fullmetal Alchemist]]'', Hughes acts as a combat commentator when {{spoiler|Roy and Ed fight. Roy himself also sort of explains what's going on, something he does in the manga during his fight with Lust as well.}} For the most part FMA is noticeably lacking in combat commentators.
** One of the reasons FMA is one of the better shonen anime out there. More action than there is talk.
** Not sure Hughes really counts for the {{spoiler|Roy and Ed fight}}. He announces the fight and introduces them, then gets the hell out of there. And in the manga it shows that {{spoiler|he completely left the area so he wouldn't get caught in the cross-fire or stuck helping with the clean up. Or both.}}
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* Chaka does this more than once at the [[Super-Hero School]] Whateley Academy in the [[Whateley Universe]] . Since she can ''see'' Ki as it flows, she's able to tell things that no one else can possibly know. "Sensei's starting to use his Ki now..."
** Peeper and Greasy yes, those are their real codenames are the broadcast commentators for the Combat Finals at the end of term.
* ''[[Katekyo Hitman Reborn (Manga)|Katekyo Hitman Reborn]]''
** Played straight in the Vongola Ring Arc. For any given battle, most of the characters are spectating, and so clearly someone needs to tell them what's going on.
** Despite being the title character, poor Reborn almost always gets stuck with either this job, or that of [[Mr. Exposition]]. This is because there is always some plot device which prevents him from actually fighting (which is just as well, since it's hinted that he's [[Game Breaker|actually powerful enough to crush any other character effortlessly]]) and he's got years and years of experience doing this sort of thing anyway.
* Bontenmaru commentates battles for Yuya in ''[[Samurai Deeper Kyo]].''
* The climax fight against Odin in ''[[Kenichi: theThe Mightiest Disciple]]'' has ''multiple'' Combat Commentators, each offering their perspective on the fight. The Shinpaku alliance observes it on ground level, with Nijima making comments on the "power level" of the combatants. Miu and the Ryouzanpaku masters also observe the battle through a telescope. Kensei-sama, {{spoiler|aka Isshinsai Ogata}}, Odin's master also observes the battle. Notably, Kensei becomes more and more impressed by Kenichi's prowess, to the point where he attempts to stop the battle so he can take Odin ''and'' Kenichi as his disciples. Fortunately the Ryouzanpaku masters stop him.
* This is the fated role of almost any noncombatant in ''[[Fist of the North Star]]''.
* Fujita "Pro" of ''[[Saki (Mangamanga)|Saki]]''. Amusingly, she would sometimes go to strange non-sequiturs while the other commentator with her tries to make things exciting.
{{quote| '''Other commentator:''' (After Kana roared) They say that in sports, you can get adrenaline to flow by giving out a large shout. <br />
'''Fujita:''' I wanna go to karaoke. }}
* Usually not present in ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]''... but since the ''StrikerS [[Comic Book Adaptation|manga Special]]'' featured a Armed Forces sponsored televised match between Nanoha and Signum, this was practically required, with Hayate stepping up to plate for the role together with someone named Serena Aruz from Armed Forces Publicity.
** In ''[[ViMagical VidGirl (Manga)Lyrical Nanoha ViVid|Vi Vid]]'', the mock battle is overseen by Megane Alpine and {{spoiler|Sein}}, who comment on some of the tactics at play, especially Nanoha's.
* In ''[[Virtua Fighter]]'' the narrator provides explanation of the finishing move in the major fight of each episode, complete with slow-motion replay in wireframe.
** In the English dub, it's even more ridiculous, with the announcer always going "This move is un-(adjective)-able!"
* Spoofed in ''[[Beelzebub (Manga)|Beelzebub]]'' along with [[Calling Your Attacks]]. The protagonist calls a normal punch and kick by impressive names made up on the spot, and his [[Non-Action Guy]] sidekick ''immediately'' comes up with some bullshit to "explain" to the people standing near him.
** Later spoofed again in a [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?]] game of extreme volleyball, in which one of the two commentators is wearing a cat costume, and is supposed to only say "meow". He occasionally gives genuine comments, but is promptly chastised for such by his partner.
* In ''Yattodetaman'', one of the [[Time Bokan]] series, every episode culminates in a battle between the good guys' mecha and the baddies' weird giant robots, and every battle is followed by the same reporter and his camera operator (a man so tall, his face is always off screen). [[Rule of Funny|This is strange]] because, while good and bad guys can travel through time and space, the two guys are never shown to do so, and just appear there(they must have their own time machine). Oh, by the way, those two guys are based on members of the production crew.
* In [[Yaiba]] usually Musashi ([[Miyamoto Musashi|Yes, that one]]) will end up doing this. Justified since as a 400 years old swordmaster he knows a lot of techniques and fighting styles that Sayaka or Gerozaemon may not know.
* In ''[[Future GPX Cyber Formula (Anime)|Future GPX Cyber Formula]]'', Checker Sugimoto provides commentary throughout ''ZERO'' along with Jun Nakazawa (in ''Double-One'' and ''ZERO''), and Dave Lombard provides it from ''SAGA'' onwards.
* Spoofed in a side story for ''[[Durarara (Light Novel)|Durarara]]'', where Erika decided to play Combat Commentator to one of Shizuo and Izaya's fights. The catch is that Erika is a [[Yaoi Fangirl]] with [[Shipping Goggles]] permanently affixed to her eyes, so the resulting commentary of the fight ends up completely indistinguishable from slash fanfic (complete with [[Mills and Boon Prose]], no less).
* ''[[Hajime no Ippo]]'', being a series about boxing, has everyone playing Combat Commentator, from the coaches, to the spectators, to the announcers, to even the boxers themselves (though that's to the audience, not anyone else).
* ''[[Captain Tsubasa]]'', ''[[Inazuma Eleven]],'' actually, any football anime possible.
* ''[[Dog Days]]'' has 3 Combat Commentator for ''[[War for Fun Andand Profit|wars]]''
* Justified in [[All Rounder Meguru]], since most of the fights are Shooto matches with trainers and spectators onlooking.
* Weirdly enough, ''[[Death Note (Manga)|Death Note]]'' has a grip of this; it's averted during actual action sequences, but a lot of the show is the major characters carefully outlining their insanely elaborate plans for various bystanders. One of the functions that Ryuk serves during the 80% of the plot when he's just hanging out not doing anything is that he provides someone for Light to monologue to at length about why he's doing what he's doing.
 
== Film ==
 
* A variation is seen in ''[[The Princess Bride (Filmfilm)|The Princess Bride]]'', with the two fencers [[You Fight Like a Cow|discussing the moves as they]] [[Flynning|Flynn]].
* Edmund and, to a lesser extent, Caspian and Doctor Cornelius serve as Combat Commentators during Peter's duel with Miraz in ''[[The Chronicles of Narnia|Prince Caspian]]''.
* For a while, it seems like Rene Mathis' entire purpose in ''[[Casino Royale (Film)|Casino Royale]]'' is to explain to [[The Watson|Vesper]] what [[James Bond (Filmfilm)|James Bond]] is doing for the benefit of audience members who don't know how to play Texas Hold 'Em.
* Howard Cosell gives play-by-play for a political assassination in exactly the same style as his sports analysis at the beginning of Woody Allen's first film, Bananas. (And at the end, he does the same for Fielding Mellish's ''wedding night''.)
 
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== Live Action TV ==
 
* Parodied in ''[[Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide (TV)|Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide]]''- professional-looking sports commentators appear and discuss the action when Ned and Cookie fight in a classroom. After the "fight" ends with no punches thrown, they say it was "more like a tough pose contest" and leave.
* Bae the commentary fly is present at every [[Humongous Mecha]] battle in ''[[Juken Sentai Gekiranger]]'', due to him living in the stomach of chameleon-themed villainess Mele. On the rare occasions Bae was not able to give commentary, other [[People in Rubber Suits]] have filled in for him.
** This has been brought over to ''[[Power Rangers Jungle Fury]]'' where Flit the Fly performs the same function, though less often then Bae did. This has not been well received.
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* Subverted in the ''Mechwarrior 4: Mercenaries'' video game, on the Solaris levels. As your character is fighting in a sports arena to entertain a crowd, there's ''supposed'' to be a commentator -- and the game obligingly supplies you with a sports color commentator's voice-over, reacting to your victories and/or defeats, during the arena matches.
* The ''[[Ratchet and Clank]]'' games have this in the [[Blood Sport|gladiatorial arenas]]. The fourth game, ''[[Ratchet: Deadlocked]]'', employs it in every level, as the game is essentially one giant arena tournament.
* In ''[[Persona 3]]'', the character pulling [[Mission Control]] duties will politely inform you that you, or a teammate, [[Captain Obvious|have just defeated an enemy]] or discovered said enemy's weakness. In addition, your party members will often react with surprise and encouragement when someone hits that weakness successfully.
* ''[[Mad WorldMadWorld]]'' features two color commentators calling the battle as though it's a [[Professional Wrestling]] match. One, Howard, is a professional commentator with a sports-announcer voice and [[Anything That Moves|depraved tastes]]; the other, Kreese, is a former [[Blood Sport|Deathwatch]] player who opens every boss battle by reciting the injuries that boss inflicted on him when they fought.
{{quote| '''Howard:''' ''(On female boss Rinrin)''' Didn't you two have a thing going?<br />
'''Kreese:''' If by "thing" you mean "a five-minute fight that left me spitting teeth and pissing blood", then yes, we did. }}
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* Both ''[[Virtua Fighter]] 5'' and ''[[Street Fighter]] IV'' have color commentary when the game is played in versus mode. Thankfully, it can be turned off.
* The two Robot Wars games on the PC have a large assortment of recorded commentation from Jonathan Pierce (the commentator for the TV Show). Surprisingly, the commentation isn't as annoying as you'd expect and has enough variation to stay fresh for a while.
* ''[[Unreal Tournament (Video Game)|Unreal Tournament]]'''s [[Large Ham Announcer|announcer]]. Especially in ''[[Unreal Tournament 2004 (Video Game)|Unreal Tournament 2004]]''.
* ''[[NBA Jam]]'' is famous for some of the things the announcer calls out. ''"Is it the shoes?" "BOOMSHAKALAKA!"''
* Any game to feature [[Gladiator Games]] will probably have this.
* Certain ''[[Pokémon (Franchise)|Pokémon]]'' games have this, mainly ones in the type of ''[[Pokémon Stadium]]''.
* ''[[Dragon Quest Monsters]] Battle Road Victory''. It can be annoying when the announcer decides to go ''[[Most Annoying Sound|"Ooohhhhhhhh!"]]''
* ''Jikkyou Oshaberi [[Parodius]]'' has the "Oshaberi" ("chatting") feature, which causes a Japanese guy to provide a facetious running commentary on the action of the game.
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== Webcomics ==
 
* Ash's races in ''[[Misfile (Webcomic)|Misfile]]'' all have some form of commentary on them, usually provided by another racer currently watching as a spectator, but sometimes provided by the racers themselves.
* Played straight, then deconstructed and averted in ''[http://www.revenant-braves.schala.net Circumstances of the Revenant Braves]'' when Sol starts to combat commentate before Fio tells him to put a sock in it.
 
== Western Animation ==
 
* ''[[Legion of Super -Heroes (AnimationTV series)|Legion of Super Heroes]]'', episode "Champions". A battle takes place at the "Interplanetary Games"; the game commentators happily continue their job.
* In the ''[[Justice League (Animationanimation)|Justice League]]'' episode ''Wild Cards'' the Justice League had to defuse several bombs and fight the Royal Flush Gang... all this while the Joker watched them [[Surveillance Asas the Plot Demands|on television]], providing his unique brand of commentary.
* [[Justified Trope]] in ''[[The Legend of Korra (Animation)|The Legend of Korra]],'' at [[Fictional Sport|pro-bending]] matches, [[Supernatural Martial Arts]]-turned-spectator sport, announced not only to the stands, but broadcast over radio.
 
== Real Life ==
 
* [[The Beautiful Game|GOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!]]
* The robot combat show, Battlebots. Color commentary was provided by Bill Dwyer, Sean Salisbury and and Tim Green, who got just as excited at the spectacle of two glorified RC cars tearing each other to pieces as they ever did at a football game. Also, ''[[Robot Wars (TV series)|Robot Wars]]''.
* Two of the most famous commentators in boxing are HBO's Larry Merchant and Showtime's Al Bernstein. If it's a three-man crew (typically on HBO), the third man will usually be a trainer or boxer, sometimes retired, sometimes active. This has run the gamut from [[So Cool Its Awesome|So Cool He's Awesome]] (Roy Jones Jr.), [[So Okay It's Average]] (Emmanuel Steward and Max Kellerman), [[So Bad It's Good|So Bad He's Good]] (George Foreman), to So Bad He's Horrible (Lennox Lewis). Surprisingly, real life [[Cloudcuckoolander]] Mike Tyson is actually very knowledgeable and surprisingly competent.
* Mixed Martial Arts has the duo of Joe Rogan and Mike Goldberg for the UFC, and Michael Shiavello aka The Voice and Guy Mezger representing HD Net's coverage of fight sports. The famous Bas Rutten often plays the role of color commentator for smaller orgs.
* Sport fencing.
* Nowadays even e-sports have comentators, some of them are even well-known in the comunity (Tasteless for ''[[Starcraft (Video Game)|Starcraft]]'' and Tobi Wan for ''[[Defense of the Ancients (Video Game)|Defense of the Ancients]]'').
 
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