Arda Ocal
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Arda Ocal (born May 7, 1981, in North York, Ontario
) is a Turkish
Canadian TV personality, announcer and writer, currently with The Score Television Network. He was formerly a co-host of the daily lifestyle program Daytime
on the Canadian channel Rogers Television
in Mississauga, Ontario
, before beginning to host and provide color commentary for their flagship Brampton Battalion
OHL
hockey broadcasts. Previously, he also served as editor-in-chief for Think Impact (a division of Impact, one of Canada's largest entrepreneurial organizations).
He is currently a host on The Score Television Network. Ocal hosts "Aftermath" which appears twice weekly on The Score Television Network, following the broadcasts of Monday Night Raw on Tuesday afternoon and Friday Night Smackdown, as well as "Aftermath Wrestling" after WWE Monday Night Raw with his co-host, Jimmy Korderas. He is also a broadcaster with the Score Fighting Series, a Score created Canadian MMA weekly televised program. Ocal also provides MMA fight picks on the Score's flagship application, ScoreMobile. In the course of his duties he has interviewed a variety of notable international superstars and aired segments of these interviews on his show. These include: Bret Hart
, former WWE champion Sheamus, Honky Tonk Man
, The Iron Sheik, Drew McIntyre, Chris Jericho
, Gail Kim
and Sgt. Slaughter
., UFC president Dana White
, Bellator CEO Bjorn Rebney, among many others.
Ocal is also a noted broadcaster in other sports. On top of OHL hockey, Ocal has provided play by play commentary for IBL Baseball, CSL soccer, high school football, numerous junior hockey games and tournaments, as well as boxing, where in 2011 he most famously called a bout with hall of fame boxing broadcaster Al Bernstein
, on which one bout between Samuel Vargas and Ahmad Cheiko became a candidate for Canadian Boxing fight of the year.
Ocal holds a degree in Mathematics and Business Administration from the University of Waterloo
. While there, he spent three years hosting a variety show on CKMS
in Waterloo, Ontario
, and released Warrior Nation, a compilation disc of the University of Waterloo
's best musical talents, which sold over 4000 copies.
In his spare time he serves as a member of the board of directors at a well known charity in Brampton as well as the Brampton Symphony Orchestra, and co-owns Maximum Pro Wrestling
, where he is also an on air broadcaster.
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
) is a Turkish
Turkish people
Turkish people, also known as the "Turks" , are an ethnic group primarily living in Turkey and in the former lands of the Ottoman Empire where Turkish minorities had been established in Bulgaria, Cyprus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Greece, Kosovo, Macedonia, and Romania...
Canadian TV personality, announcer and writer, currently with The Score Television Network. He was formerly a co-host of the daily lifestyle program Daytime
Daytime (TV series)
daytime is a Canadian television talk show that has become one of the defining show across the Rogers TV network of local community television stations.Daytime covers a wide spectrum of topics in a 90 minute long format...
on the Canadian channel Rogers Television
Rogers Television
Rogers TV, are community channels owned by Rogers Communications Inc. Many of these channels share common programs. Rogers TV broadcasts into the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador and Ontario. Rogers TV is available only in communities served by Rogers' cable and...
in Mississauga, Ontario
Mississauga, Ontario
Mississauga is a city in Southern Ontario located in the Regional Municipality of Peel, and in the western part of the Greater Toronto Area. With an estimated population of 734,000, it is Canada's sixth-most populous municipality, and has almost doubled in population in each of the last two decades...
, before beginning to host and provide color commentary for their flagship Brampton Battalion
Brampton Battalion
The Brampton Battalion are a junior ice hockey team in the Ontario Hockey League. The team is based in Brampton, Ontario and started playing in 1998.-History:The Brampton Battalion were granted an expansion franchise on December 3, 1996...
OHL
Ontario Hockey League
The Ontario Hockey League is one of the three Major Junior ice hockey leagues which constitute the Canadian Hockey League. The league is for players aged 15-20.The OHL also operates under the Ontario Hockey Federation of Hockey Canada....
hockey broadcasts. Previously, he also served as editor-in-chief for Think Impact (a division of Impact, one of Canada's largest entrepreneurial organizations).
He is currently a host on The Score Television Network. Ocal hosts "Aftermath" which appears twice weekly on The Score Television Network, following the broadcasts of Monday Night Raw on Tuesday afternoon and Friday Night Smackdown, as well as "Aftermath Wrestling" after WWE Monday Night Raw with his co-host, Jimmy Korderas. He is also a broadcaster with the Score Fighting Series, a Score created Canadian MMA weekly televised program. Ocal also provides MMA fight picks on the Score's flagship application, ScoreMobile. In the course of his duties he has interviewed a variety of notable international superstars and aired segments of these interviews on his show. These include: Bret Hart
Bret Hart
Bret Hart is a Canadian on-screen personality, writer, actor and Semi-retired professional wrestler. Like others in the Hart wrestling family, Hart has an amateur wrestling background, including wrestling at Ernest Manning High School and Mount Royal College...
, former WWE champion Sheamus, Honky Tonk Man
Honky Tonk Man
Honky Tonk Man may refer to:*The Honky Tonk Man, ring name of professional wrestler Roy Wayne Farris*Honkytonk Man, 1982 American film starring Clint Eastwood*Honky Tonk Man , 1975 album by country singer Steve Young...
, The Iron Sheik, Drew McIntyre, Chris Jericho
Chris Jericho
Christopher Keith Irvine , better known by his ring name Chris Jericho, is an inactive Canadian-American professional wrestler, musician, songwriter, radio personality, television host, actor, author, and dancer...
, Gail Kim
Gail Kim
Gail Kim is a Canadian professional wrestler of Korean descent, who is currently signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling , where she is the current TNA Women's Knockout Champion and one half of the TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champions with Madison Rayne...
and Sgt. Slaughter
Sgt. Slaughter
Robert Remus , better known by his ring name Sgt. Slaughter, is an American former WWE personality and semi-retired professional wrestler. From the late 1970s to the early 1990s, Slaughter had success in the National Wrestling Alliance, American Wrestling Association, and World Wrestling...
., UFC president Dana White
Dana White
Dana White is the current President of the Ultimate Fighting Championship , a mixed martial arts organization based in the United States.- Biography :...
, Bellator CEO Bjorn Rebney, among many others.
Ocal is also a noted broadcaster in other sports. On top of OHL hockey, Ocal has provided play by play commentary for IBL Baseball, CSL soccer, high school football, numerous junior hockey games and tournaments, as well as boxing, where in 2011 he most famously called a bout with hall of fame boxing broadcaster Al Bernstein
Al Bernstein
Al Michael Bernstein is an American sportscaster, writer, stage performer, recording artist, and speaker.-1970s:In the 1970s, he was a newspaperman, working at Lerner Newspapers in Chicago. He eventually became a managing editor at that newspaper....
, on which one bout between Samuel Vargas and Ahmad Cheiko became a candidate for Canadian Boxing fight of the year.
Ocal holds a degree in Mathematics and Business Administration from the University of Waterloo
University of Waterloo
The University of Waterloo is a comprehensive public university in the city of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. The school was founded in 1957 by Drs. Gerry Hagey and Ira G. Needles, and has since grown to an institution of more than 30,000 students, faculty, and staff...
. While there, he spent three years hosting a variety show on CKMS
CKMS-FM
CKMS-FM, known as 100.3 SoundFM, is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting at 100.3 FM in Waterloo, Ontario. It is the campus radio station of the city's University of Waterloo students serving both the campus and surrounding community.-History:...
in Waterloo, Ontario
Waterloo, Ontario
Waterloo is a city in Southern Ontario, Canada. It is the smallest of the three cities in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, and is adjacent to the city of Kitchener....
, and released Warrior Nation, a compilation disc of the University of Waterloo
University of Waterloo
The University of Waterloo is a comprehensive public university in the city of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. The school was founded in 1957 by Drs. Gerry Hagey and Ira G. Needles, and has since grown to an institution of more than 30,000 students, faculty, and staff...
's best musical talents, which sold over 4000 copies.
In his spare time he serves as a member of the board of directors at a well known charity in Brampton as well as the Brampton Symphony Orchestra, and co-owns Maximum Pro Wrestling
Maximum Pro Wrestling
Maximum Pro Wrestling is a Canadian independent professional wrestling organization, founded in 2010 with the merger of Scott D'Amore's Border City Wrestling out of Windsor, Ontario and BSE Pro Wrestling out of Toronto, Ontario.-History:...
, where he is also an on air broadcaster.