Fight Night Talent
The fighters are the main event — but a great show also needs a voice in the cage, a presence around it, and a room standing still for the anthem. Big Dog connects fight-night talent with the promotions and brands who need them.
Big Dog is building this talent roster now. What is on this page is what Big Dog offers and is actively putting together — if you want in early, the door is open below.
Three lanes, one promise
Ring announcers & PA
The voice of the night: fighter introductions, results, and the energy between bouts. Founder Joey Barlow is bookable himself, and Big Dog is building a bench of trusted voices behind him.
Promotional talent
Ring girls and event talent, promoted the right way: sponsored appearances, brand ambassadorships, and merch — booked in writing, run to a professional standard.
National anthem performers
Every card starts with the anthem, and every promoter has had a singer fall through. Big Dog keeps anthem performers bookable through one call — Rebecca Barlow among them.
The promise that covers all three lanes: talent pays nothing, ever. No sign-up fee, no monthly fee, no cut taken out of the talent's pocket. Big Dog earns from the deals it builds on the sponsor and promotion side — never from the people on the microphone, at the cage door, or in front of the flag.
Ring announcing & PA — book Joey Barlow
Joey Barlow is not just the founder behind the desk — he is a working voice. A college wrestler and football player who coached wrestling and spent 20+ years talking for a living in sales and media, Joey announces the way the room wants to hear it: big for the main event, clean on the details, and always in service of the fighters.
- MMA & combat sports — main-event introductions, title fights, results, and the full run of a fight card.
- Wrestling — duals and tournaments announced by a man who wrestled, coached, and lived the sport.
- PA & live hosting — stadium and arena PA reads, in-game hosting, and emcee work for live events of every kind.
- One call books him — Joey is available for fight nights and events across Ohio, Michigan, and the Midwest.
Big Dog is also building a bench of announcers behind Joey, so a promotion is never one sick day away from a silent cage. That bench grows by invitation and by hearing a voice work — if you announce and you are good, reach out below.
Promotional talent — promoted, protected, professional
The talent around the cage is the most-seen part of a fight night and the least-promoted. Big Dog is changing that end of it: promotional talent and ring girls get built up like the fighters do — real promotion, real sponsor interest, and a standard that protects them.
- Sponsored appearances — event appearances backed by real brands, arranged through Big Dog and approved by the talent first.
- Brand ambassadorships — ongoing brand relationships for talent, the same way Big Dog builds them for fighters.
- Merch — talent-branded merchandise opportunities as the roster grows, so a fight night keeps paying after the lights go out.
- Promotion support — Big Dog works the phones and the pages so talent is seen before the show, not just during it.
This side of the house is standards-led by Rebecca Barlow, US Miss Michigan Modern. Rebecca sets the bar for how appearances are booked and run: everything in writing before the event, professional settings only, and talent treated with respect at every step. Promotions and brands get a class act; talent gets a house that looks out for them.
The roster is being built now, and it is being built carefully. If you work fight-night talent and want promotion behind you — or you run a show and need talent you can count on — start with the contact page.
National anthem performers
The anthem is the first performance of every fight night, and it is the one most often left to chance. Big Dog makes anthem performers bookable the same way as every other lane on this page: one call, confirmed in writing, no scramble the week of the show.
- Rebecca Barlow — US Miss Michigan Modern, available for national anthem performances at fight nights and live events.
- A growing bench — Big Dog is putting together a short, reliable bench of anthem performers across the region, so a cancellation is a phone call, not a crisis.
- Singers welcome — if you sing the anthem and want on the bench, reach out with where you are based and where you have performed.
The talent promise
- Talent pays nothing. Ever. The same promise Big Dog makes its fighters, word for word.
- Every booking in writing. What the job is, where, and what it pays — on paper before the event, never sorted out after.
- Talent approves first. No appearance, brand, or booking is sold with a name on it until that person has seen it and said yes.
- A professional room. Standards-led, respectful, and safe — on the microphone, at the cage, and behind the scenes.
Promotions and venues: if you run the show itself, see what Big Dog can carry for your building — talent is one piece of a whole-venue offer.