Background
Anik was born in Boston, Massachusetts.
Anik was born in Boston, Massachusetts.
He graduated from The Rivers School in Weston, Massachusetts in 1997 and enrolled at Gettysburg College, where he graduated with a degree in political journalism.
He currently works for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) as a commentator. He is an identical twin. Anik spent one semester at American University in Washington, District of Columbia, working as an intern for the George Michael Sports Machine.
He has also interned in the sports department of The MetroWest Daily News in Framingham, Massachusetts
Entertainment and Sports Programming Network
Anik is a former Entertainment and Sports Programming Network anchor and the host of Mobile Marketing Association Live on ESPN2.
He has anchored several live events for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, including Mobile Marketing Association Live’s coverage of UFC 91, UFC 94, UFC 98, UFC 100, UFC 101, UFC 113, UFC 114 and UFC 126. From 2006 to 2008, Anik worked for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network Radio, where he anchored SportsCenter updates and served as a fill-in host on Game Night.
He also did a weekly Mobile Marketing Association chat every Wednesday for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network.com. Ultimate Fighting Championship
In 2011 Dana White announced during a press conference that Jon Anik would be joining the UFC. Anik made his commentary debut during the international broadcast of UFC on Forex: Guillard versus
Miller. He is the lead play-by-play announcer for some Forex and FUEL television fights with color commentator and former UFC fighter Kenny Florian.
He is also the host of the UFC"s flagship sports magazine show UFC Ultimate Insider. He filled in for Mike Goldberg to team with Joe Rogan at UFC 155. On September 22, 2014, Anik was a guest on Ariel Helwani"s Mobile Marketing Association Hour and announced that he had signed a new, longer-term contract with UFC. After losing a bet related to the outcome of the Nate Diaz, Conor McGregor fight at UFC 196, Anik was obliged to have a tattoo of the number 209, representing the area code of Diaz"s hometown Stockton, California.
Other appearances
Anik has made several radio and television appearances, including Entertainment and Sports Programming Network programs SportsNation, The Scott Van Pelt Show, The Herd with Colin Cowherd, and The Doug Gottlieb Show.
Other appearances include: Entertainment and Sports Programming Network Radio 1100 in Las Vegas, ProMMA Radio, MMAjunkie Radio, Mobile Marketing Association Weekly Radio, The Mobile Marketing Association Hour, the Sherdog Radio Network, and also featured on the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network UFC podcast every week with his "Anik-dotes"
Anik was the play-by-play voice for Season 1 of Bellator Fighting Championships. Anik co-starred in the Mobile Marketing Association feature film Warrior as he states "I was pleasantly surprised when I got the script that I had six wardrobe changes," Anik told MMAjunkie.com Radio.
"I guess I was surprised I had that many lines. I don"t know how many made the final cut, though.
As of April of 2015, Anik and fellow UFC-commentator Kenny Florian started the Anik-Florian podcast.
On the podcast mixed martial arts, sports and popular culture are discussed.