Monday, King of the Cage and MMA world has lost a beloved friend, colleague, and father of 2 wonderful children, Chris "Big Poppa" Schnake. Schnake was the full time, King of the Cage ring announcer and nobody will be able to fill his larger than life shoes.
Schnake loved this sport like nobody else. If you had any questions, or misconceptions about our sport, he would not stop talking to you until you became a fan of MMA. He was a ring announcer, commentator, a fighter himself, and one of the funniest people you could ever meet.
My favorite story about Schnake was the story of his fight with Chabasco Looney. Schnake was the announcer for the whole show. When it came time for his fight, he announced his opponent, then himself, fought and lost by TKO in the first round. He got up, he cleared the cobwebs from his head, and announced his opponent as the winner and went on to finish the show.
Here is a link to a tribute video MMAWeekly did for him, while he was doing their radio show, years ago (it has some very colorful language in it, so be warned)... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHV4Co5Trew&feature=player_embedded
He was an awesome person, and I'm glad I got to see him last weekend at our show in Texas (his last show).
We love you and will miss you dearly, my friend. Rest in peace.
Schnake loved this sport like nobody else. If you had any questions, or misconceptions about our sport, he would not stop talking to you until you became a fan of MMA. He was a ring announcer, commentator, a fighter himself, and one of the funniest people you could ever meet.
My favorite story about Schnake was the story of his fight with Chabasco Looney. Schnake was the announcer for the whole show. When it came time for his fight, he announced his opponent, then himself, fought and lost by TKO in the first round. He got up, he cleared the cobwebs from his head, and announced his opponent as the winner and went on to finish the show.
Here is a link to a tribute video MMAWeekly did for him, while he was doing their radio show, years ago (it has some very colorful language in it, so be warned)... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHV4Co5Trew&feature=player_embedded
He was an awesome person, and I'm glad I got to see him last weekend at our show in Texas (his last show).
We love you and will miss you dearly, my friend. Rest in peace.
