WWE legend Lilian Garcia loving new lease of life as MMA cage announcer with Professional Fighters League
- Garcia relishing crossing combat sports divide after 15 years as a ring announcer with professional wrestling giants WWE
- ‘Don’t think it always has to look one way – just seize the opportunities that come your way, and get excited and roll with it,’ she says
After an extended hiatus owing to the coronavirus pandemic, the Professional Fighters League is set to return for its 2021 season on April 23.
There will be six regular reason shows in all, running through June on ESPN 2 in the US – and legendary WWE ring announcer Lilian Garcia will be introducing all the action once again.
“This year is gonna be sparks, especially because of 2020 not happening,” Garcia told SCMP MMA. “Everybody’s been waiting a whole other year for this, so there’s gonna be fire from day one.”
The 54-year-old American debuted for the promotion in its 2019 season, having spent 15 years with professional wrestling giants WWE. But she admitted she thought her announcing days were done and dusted – and especially didn’t picture herself crossing the combat sports divide into mixed martial arts.
“After I left WWE, I didn’t even think, to be honest with you, I was gonna be stepping into another realm,” Garcia said. “But then the opportunity came by a friend of mine who said, ‘Hey, the PFL is looking for you to be their announcer for MMA’, and I was like, ‘Whoah, that would be awesome’.
