UFC commentator Laura Sanko brutally hit back at a fan after he criticised her microphone skills.
Sanko, 40, is a former fighter who became the UFC's first ever female colour commentator earlier this year. The glamorous pundit originally joined the UFC as a backstage interviewer but worked her way up to become a commentator, with many fans praising her analytical mind and ability to breakdown a fight.
One Twitter user wasn't impressed with Sanko last weekend as they wrote: "I would be totally fine with her commentary were it not for the fact that she continues to make sex noises every 30 seconds, every time a fighter lands something she screams "ahhhh" "ooooooh" "uuuuuuuh" and it is starting to look deliberate for male viewers, just that kind of girl."
Sanko then hilariously replied: "You sound like the type of guy who masturbates to women’s tennis." The response went down well with fans as one comment read: "Contender for response of the year. Incredible." Another user added: "You should get a $50,000 bonus for this tweet" before a third reply read: "That was a tremendous response from you Laura!"
The commentator went viral earlier this year because of her thoughts on unbeaten UFC welterweight Shavkat Rakhmonov. Fans joked that Sanko had a crush on Rakhmonov as she said of the fighter: "That man, he gives me chills. I've never interviewed him, I've never spoken to him, but I feel like I would get nervous." Sanko was forced to address the rumour after receiving a wave of messages from Kazakhstani fans as she insisted her admiration for the fighter was just because of his skills in the octagon.
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Sanko has previously thanked fellow UFC commentator Joe Rogan for his advice about her move into punditry, as she told Renee Paquette: "I had a really nice conversation with Joe and to be honest, I wasn't sure if he even knew who I was," Sanko told. "We had a really nice conversation and it just meant a lot.
"I didn't realise he knew what I was trying to do, to be the first female colour commentator. He was incredibly gracious and said, 'Listen, there are going to be a lot of people who tell you who can't do it but I didn't have any fights, look at me. You're killing it. I hope we get to call fights together one day' so that really meant a lot."
