LAS VEGAS – In April 2020, Laura Sanko made known her goal to join the UFC commentary team in an interview with MMA Junkie. She knew it wasn’t going to happen “anytime soon,” but it remained a goal nonetheless.
A little more than three years later, Sanko finds herself in the rotation among the core group of the promotion’s cageside commentators, with a number of events already under her belt. She’s the only female to call UFC fights in the promotion’s modern era, and she’s humbly determined to make the most of her dreams being realized.
“It is everything I thought it would be,” Sanko told MMA Junkie. “I love it so, so, so much. … I’m still learning on the job. I’ve got a lot of growing to do, but I feel really good about the moments where I’m able to maybe see something or explain something in a way it’s not always done or isn’t being done in the moment. A lot of learning to deal with, with the personalities.
