Brett Okamoto Biography
Brett Okamoto is a proud supporter of the Colorado Rockies, a professional baseball team based in Denver. From 2017, Brett has starred as a reporter in numerous TV series, such as ‘Get Up!’, ‘SportsCenter’, ‘Ariel & The Bad Guy’, and ‘Mike & Mike’.
He is also the host of podcast ‘5ive Rounds’, where he discusses and breaks down each specific MMA bout. Chad Millman, Editorial Director and Vice President of U.S. digital content at ESPN stated “Brett is one of the best and one of the most respected journalists in the industry. From anticipated fight nights to breaking news and features, he provides the kind of insight and access throughout all of our platforms that mixed martial art fans need.”
On one of his ESPN talk shows, Brett enthusiastically explained his personal ‘top five fights’ he and adoring fans would love to see – Tyron Woodley vs. Georges St. Pierre, Amanda Nunes vs. Cris “Cyborg” Justino, Conor McGregor vs. Nate Diaz, TJ Dillashaw vs. Henry Cejudo and Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Tony Ferguson.
Brett voted that “Tony Ferguson vs. Anthony Pettis” was the fight of the year in 2018. The fight itself only lasted two rounds & was quite one-sided, with Ferguson landing nearly three times as many strikes as Pettis.
Brett Okamoto College
He graduated from the University of Colorado where he took an interest in competitive sports.
Brett Okamoto Career
His initial experience writing about MMA was when he covered events for ‘The Las Vegas Sun’, one of two daily newspapers serving the Las Vegas Valley & owned by Greenspun Media Group. Brett joined ESPN in 2010 & has worked with them ever since.
He has served as an analyst for ESPN2’s MMA Live and has also written for ESPN’s Magazine. He also features regularly on ESPN Radio, once discussing the much-anticipated bout between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Conor Mcgregor, and how viewership will compare to the previous Mayweather and Pacquiao fight.