Ariel Helwani looks back at the past six months of Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show and shows us the best moments from each episodeRead More →
On Ariel & The Bad Guy on ESPN+, Ariel Helwani and Chael Sonnen discuss the growing feud between UFC president Dana White and Golden Boy Promotions founder Oscar De La Hoya, including each promoters’ comments on First Take last week. Helwani says it doesn’t bother him, but notices that WhiteRead More →
New York Ric joins Ariel Helwani in studio to recap the weekend in MMA, including Bellator MMA’s two events in Hawaii, including Ilima-Lei Macfarlane headlining Bellator 213 in front of an incredible atmosphere. They also discuss Lyoto Machida’s debut with the promotion, Neiman Gracie’s win over Ed Ruth and LiamRead More →
Join Ariel Helwani live for Episode 26 of Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show. Guests today include: Edson Barboza, Kevin Lee, Jessica-Rose Clark, Al Iaquinta, Colby Covington, Ilima-Lei Macfarlane, Michael Chandler, Dominick Cruz and Vitor Belfort.Read More →
Join Ariel Helwani live for Episode 25 of Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show. Guests today include: Valentina Shevchenko, Jessica Eye, Ilima-Lei MacFarlane, Tyron Woodley, Ben Askren, Dan Ige, Becky Lynch, Sage Northcutt, Don Madge and Frankie Edgar. Read More →
UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway and his son Rush, aka Mini Blessed, speak with Ariel Helwani after UFC 231 where Max beat Brian Ortega via TKO. (2:37) Mini Blessed gives his thoughts on the fight, saying his favorite part was when the doctor called off the fight after the fourth round.Read More →
On Ariel & The Bad Guy, the guys debate which title fight at UFC 231, the featherweight title bout featuring Max Holloway vs. Brian Ortega, or the women’s flyweight contest of Valentina Shevchenko vs. Joanna Jedrzejczyk is more intriguing. Chael Sonnen is looking forward to finally seeing Holloway-Ortega because it was supposed to happen back in July, while Helwani is more intrigued in Shevchenko-Jedrzejczyk because of Holloway’s inability to make it to fight night so far in 2018.Read More →
Ariel Helwani and Chael Sonnen react to the UFC announcing Israel Adesanya vs Anderson Silva for UFC 234. Sonnen says he is excited for the bout as Anderson Silva’s intellect will make this an interesting fight. Helwani cannot believe people who are not excited for this fight as it is “the fight we all wanted to see.”Read More →
PFL president Carlos Silva joins Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show in studio to break down the highs and lows of the promotion’s first year and preview the tournament finals later in 2018 where six people will be crowned champion and will receive $1 million each. Silva looks ahead to changes that can be made for 2019 and teases a new partnership.Read More →
Fresh off his knockout of Chuck Liddell, Tito Ortiz calls in to Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show to discuss the build up to the fight and his reaction to the outcome of the fight. (2:09) Ortiz expresses why he feels like he is not getting enough respect after knocking out Liddell and how he proved he can still fight. Read More →
UFC heavyweight Alistair Overeem calls in to Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show to discuss his win vs. Sergey Pavlovich at UFC Fight Night 141, saying he needed to win this fight and expresses that his is still enjoying his journey in MMA. Overeem details the process it took leading up to his fight vs. Pavlovich and what it was like training with Curtis Blaydes. Read More →
On Ariel Helwani’s MMA Post-Show, New York Ric joins in to break down the earlier interview with Jon Jones and discuss whether or not the real “Bones” is back. They discuss the newly booked Israel Adesanya vs. Anderson Silva to take place at UFC 234, whether or not Chuck Liddell vs. Tito Ortiz 3 with Golden Boy MMA was a success and look ahead to this weekend’s Fight Night with heavyweight up and comer Tai Tuivasa taking on Junior Dos Santos.Read More →
UFC heavyweight Francis Ngannou calls in to Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show to discuss his fight vs. Curtis Blaydes at UFC Fight Night 141 in China. Ngannou expresses his thoughts on his victory, how much it means to his career and says he is finally issues that have slowed him down in some of his recent bouts.Read More →
UFC bantamweight Louis Smolka joins Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show to discuss his return to the promotion with an armbar victory over the weekend in China. Smolka describes how he previously struggling with issues outside of the cage and how he overcame them on his successful return to the Octagon.Read More →
Deron Winn calls into Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show to recap his win over Tom Lawlor in Golden Boy’s first MMA card this past Saturday. Winn discusses fighting at light heavyweight, his intentions of dropping to middleweight. Winn also says he spars with Daniel Cormier, Cain Velasquez and Luke Rockhold at American Kickboxing Academy, which gives him confidence he’ll do well at any weight.Read More →
Ariel Helwani recaps the weekend that was in mixed martial arts with UFC in China and Tito Ortiz knocking out Chuck Liddell in their third fight. Liddell’s former coach John Hackleman (9:45) joins Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show to break down Liddell vs. Ortiz 3, saying he felt bad about the fight from the beginning and explains why he declined to be involved with Chuck’s training camp. Hackleman discusses what it might mean for Liddell’s future.Read More →
New York Ric joins Ariel Helwani’s MMA Post-Show in studio to recap all things UFC Argentina, with Santiago Ponzinibbio knocking out Neil Magny in the main event. The guys also look ahead to Chuck Liddell vs. Tito Ortiz 3 on Saturday in Golden Boy’s first MMA event and much more.Read More →
UFC welterweight Santiago Ponzinibbio (6:15) starts off Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show to look back at his impressive victory vs. Neil Magny at UFC Fight Night: Argentina, including headlining the event in his home country.Read More →
UFC Hall of Famer Tito Ortiz joins Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show to explain why he came out of retirement to fight Chuck Liddell a third time this Saturday on Golden Boy MMA’s debut. Ortiz details his most recent neck surgery, doing an 18-week camp for this fight, his feud with Liddell, Dana White and himself.Read More →
Former UFC light heavyweight champion Chuck Liddell joins Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show via Skype to discuss his upcoming Golden Boy’s MMA debut against Tito Ortiz. Liddell expresses how he is feeling leading up to this fight and how training camp with a new team is going.Read More →
UFC welterweight Mike Perry joins Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show via Skype to discuss his loss to Donald Cerrone at UFC Fight Night: Denver, explains how he is being professional about the loss, what he did wrong and what he could’ve done differently.Read More →
Bellator MMA welterweight champion Rory MacDonald joins Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show on the phone to look back at “the worst performance” of his career, a one-sided loss vs. Gegard Mousasi for the Bellator MMA middleweight title.Read More →
Olympian and middleweight fighter Dan Kelly joins Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show via Skype explains that he is no longer under contract with the UFC, but still wants to have one more fight for his son, who is dealing with a rare genetic disease called cystinosis. Kelly explains that he wanted to get on the UFC Fight Night 142 card in Adelaide, Australia and why he didn’t get.Read More →
Former D-I college wrestler and International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation World Champion AJ Agazarm joins Ariel Helwani in studio to announce his signing with Bellator MMA. Plus, Agazarm calls out the Bellator roster ahead of his professional MMA debut, and predicts big things in the near future.Read More →