Jose Aldo turned down the main event fight at UFC Fight Night in Brazil for one reason. He did not want to fight 5 rounds. Chael Sonnen weighs in on this episode of Beyond the Fight.Read More →
Al Iaquinta’s recollection of Conor McGregor’s bus attack initially felt like a terrorist attack and Brendan changes his view on it, then they talk Al Iaquinta’s real estate opportunities.Read More →
Khabib Nurmagomedov and Conor McGregor were recently sanctioned by the Nevada State Athletic Commission. Did the punishment fit the crime?Read More →
Modern anti-doping is in crisis. The central institution in charge of the effort, WADA, has lost confidence among national anti-doping agencies like USADA as well as athletes. While the heyday of performance enhancing drug (PED) use is over, problems remain.Read More →
Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show turns back to the clock to May 23, 2015 when Daniel Cormier threw some shade at Ryan Bader during the UFC 187 post-fight press conference. Nearly four years later, each fighter became a 2-weight champion in the UFC and Bellator MMA respectively.Read More →
Ariel Helwani explains why he’s more excited to see a rematch between Max Holloway and Conor McGregor than a fight between McGregor and Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone. Helwani adds he’s not here to see glorified sparring matches which is how he views a potential match between Conor and Cerrone.Read More →
Chael Sonnen talks the Nevada State Athletic Commission fine of $50,000 for Conor Mcgregor’s role in the Khabib Nurmagomedov post-fight brawl.Read More →
Chael Sonnen talks Jon Jones Nevada State Athletic Commission hearing.Read More →
On Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show, Ariel hands out his 3 Stars of the Week to Chris Weidman for attending his son’s wrestling tournament days after surgery, Max Holloway for poking Conor McGregor during a trip to Dublin and Ryan Bader for becoming Bellator MMA’s first 2-weight champion.Read More →
Inn this video I narrated a video I posted months ago rolling with Johnny Yates a decorated Greco-Roman wrestlers. This video is meant to highlight some of the interesting exchanges that occur between these two different grappling arts. Special thanks to Johnny for rolling with me and allowing me to film it even though this is bjj is not the discipline he is trained in. Read More →
UFC president Dana White weighs in on Oakland Raiders QB Derek Carr’s challenge to fight First Take’s Stephen A. Smith and Max Kellerman. White also breaks down the spectacle of fighting and the popularity of announcer Bruce Buffer.Read More →
Coach Zahabi talks how a possible fight between Cowboy vs McGregor would go down. He also recaps the fights between Cejudo vs Dillashaw and Cowboy vs Hernandez. He also talks about how dehydration affects a fighter in a fight.Read More →
Justin Gaethje explains why he’s so frustrated at Al Iaquinta for not wanting to fight him, and breaks down what he expects from his match up against Edson Barboza on Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show.Read More →
Darren Till joins Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show to explain his Twitter tirade over the weekend which featured him going off on Ben Askren and others. Till breaks down why he wants to fight Jorge Masvidal and the beef between them and details why he likes the #UFCLondon card so much. Till also hints that he knows more about potentially getting his teammate Mike Grundy on the card as well.Read More →
Jake Hager, aka Jack Swagger from WWE, joins Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show to describe his first fight experience including the days, hours and seconds leading up to his debut. Read More →
Former UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping and stand-up comedian Luis J. Gomez discuss Michael post surgery condition, the backlash from The Believers about being a day late, Luis’ ever expanding waistline and his new plan to fight it, and Luis schools Mike on the best way to get back atRead More →
Ryan Bader joins Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show to discuss knocking out Fedor Emelianenko in under a minute to win the Bellator Heavyweight Grand Prix Final. Now the first ever Bellator MMA champ-champ, Bader looks to how he felt after his last loss as something he’d never want to feel again.Read More →
Both Conor McGregor and Khabib Nurmagomedov are effectively suspended for 6 months for their roles in the UFC 229 post-fight brawl.Read More →
Conor McGregor and UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov faced punishment from the Nevada Athletic Commission (NAC) on Tuesday for their respective roles in the melee following their fight at UFC 229 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The NAC fined McGregor $50,000 and suspended him six months retroactive to the day of their fight. Read More →
Ariel Helwani breaks down the co-main event of Saturday’s UFC Fight Night from Fortaleza, Brazil with Marlon Moraes looking to avenge his only UFC loss to Raphael Assuncao and (1:54) former featherweight champion Jose Aldo battling Renato Moicano.Read More →
First, comic and actor Ron Funches joins Jim and Matt in-studio to discuss his Comedy Central special “Giggle Fit”, being a fan of Joanna Jedrzejczyk and Rose Namajunas, losing a hundred pounds, and much more.Read More →
Brendan sits down with Al Iaquinta to discuss the Conor Mcgregor bus attack, fighting Khabib Nurmagomedov on a day’s notice, Lorenzo Fertitta helping with surgery bills, real estate agent life, fights he wants next and more.Read More →
Demetrious Johnson says while he’s moved on from the UFC for ONE Championship and doesn’t care if the UFC gets rid of the flyweight division, “Mighty Mouse” says it would be their loss since there’s a lot of great fighters in the division.Read More →