Megan Olivi
Megan Olivi | |
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Born | |
Education | Seton Hall University |
Occupation(s) | Sports television personality Sideline reporter |
Notable credit | UFC Ultimate Insider |
Spouse |
Megan Oliviis an Americanmixed martial artsnews/events reporter who hostsUFC Ultimate InsideronFox Sports 1.
Early life
[edit]Megan Olivi is the youngest of three children[citation needed]and was born inNew Jersey.She spent the majority of her youth growing up inNazareth, Pennsylvania.[1]She is ofItalian descent.[citation needed]
Olivi played softball in school and wanted to pursue a career in gymnastics but was not able to due to her family's financial situation.[2]
College years
[edit]Olivi attendedSeton Hall Universitywhere she earned a degree in political science as her undergraduate major. While attending Seton Hall, she interned withFox News.[3]Olivi then earned a master's degree in broadcast journalism atFordham University.[1]
Journalism career
[edit]Shortly after completing her master's degree, Olivi was offered an opportunity to cover the sport of Mixed Martial Arts in Las Vegas, Nevada and decided to move across country and take a chance on this career opportunity. After taking this new job, Olivi fell in love with the sport of Mixed Martial Arts while also continuing to polish her on-camera skills,[1]most notably co-hosting the liveUltimate Fighting Championship(UFC) PreshowFight Day.Olivi then went on to work for Fox Sports covering UFC events and hosting lifestyle segments for FoxSports.com. In February 2013, Olivi accepted a role as a correspondent forFox 6 News San Diegocovering theSan Diego Padresas a Social Media Reporter while also hosting and producing a weekly magazine show called “Padres POV”. Olivi soon moved on from her career with the Padres and returned to Las Vegas to pursue a reporting opportunity with the UFC where she currently travels the world covering UFC events.[4]Olivi also hostsUFC Ultimate InsideronFox Sports 1.She also has a series onUFC Fight Pass,The Exchange With Megan Olivi.[1]
While on NFL on FOX, Olivi would be serving as a sideline reporter on the network's NFL coverage in the2021 season.She teamed with color analyst announcersAqib TaliborLaVar Arringtonand play-by-play announcersGus Johnson,Joe Davis,Brandon GaudinorJason Benetti.
2017 Miss Universe pageant
[edit]Olivi was both a preliminary and final telecast judge at the2017 Miss Universe pageant.[5]
Personal life
[edit]Olivi is married to formerUFCflyweight title challengerJoseph Benavidez.[6]
References
[edit]- ^abcdKyte, E. Spencer (September 5, 2016)."UFC's Megan Olivi talks career journey, bad jobs and future plans".The Province.RetrievedMarch 8,2017.
- ^Karim, Saiyed Adeem (2020-12-23)."Megan Olivi shares how family's poor finances stopped her gymnast dream".Media Referee.Retrieved2020-12-25.
- ^https://www.linkedin.com/in/megan-olivi-a0402413/[self-published source]
- ^"Megan Olivi Q&A review: 'I was born preparing for this job'".Mixedmartialarts.com.Retrieved2017-02-25.
- ^"Miss Universe Events".Miss Universe.
- ^Hannoun, Farah; Morgan, John (October 15, 2020)."Megan Olivi won't watch 'UFC Fight Island: Declassified' but knows 'it provided something good' for others".MMA Junkie.RetrievedDecember 24,2020.