Bruce Buffer is the living, breathing, bellowing embodiment of the kinetic energy capable of being generated among fans at a tentpole UFC event.
For 30 years, the veteran voice of the Octagon has alerted fans across the globe when, well, “it’s time.”
So, when he highlights one venue for its own singular aura, it carries a little extra weight.
“When you come out at the greatest arena in the world, the Mecca of all arenas — and I’ve announced events all over the world — there is nothing like coming out in Madison Square Garden,” Buffer told The Post on Friday while in town for Saturday’s UFC 334 at the Garden. “The history that’s there, from Muhammad Ali on to you name it, is just incredible. And you feel it; you feel the energy of all the past greats that have walked through that arena, just even entering it. That’s what happens to me; it overtakes me.”
Buffer feeds off a live crowd, but he can summon his signature announcer’s exuberance even on a commercial set.
He’s done just that in his latest commercial for Bud Light, in which he serves choice cuts at a steakhouse.
It harkens back to his roots, as the 69-year-old says his first job beyond a paper route was as a busboy.
“You’ve got to remember, aside from announcing in front of [20,000], 50,000 people when COVID hit, I’m announcing in front of, like, 50 people at the UFC Apex, and I’ve gotta make it sound — I want to make it sound — like there’s 20,000 people in the audience,” said Buffer, who served a small group of media members their filet mignon at Smith & Wollensky in Manhattan while promoting Bud Light’s upcoming Fight Night Feast that features tomahawk steaks from Omaha Steaks plus UFC- and beer-related goodies, a package that becomes available Tuesday. “You can put four people in a room or you can put 40,000 in a room, but I’m going to give you every ounce of passion, every ounce of energy to take the fighters and the fans in attendance and the people watching on TV to the next level because that’s my job.
“So, doesn’t matter. Put me in a phone booth, and I’ll announce it.
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