2 questions for you. 1. I know you usually don’t have journalists on the show but any chance you would have Marc Raimondi on the program to promote his NWO book when it comes out? 2. When you had Turki on the show recently and he said he would try to broker peace between you and Dana. It got it me thinking. Despite the rift between you and Dana, you both happen to be friends/acquiteinsces/on good terms with many of the same people ie. DC, Poirier, Mcgregor, Laura Sanko, Steve-O, Bisping back in the day etc etc. I have to imagine whether you formally asked or not, one of these people who have both a good relationship with you and Dana must have said something to Dana about burying the hatchet either in private on public on the show. So my question is do you have any info on whether the people I named or maybe someone else has said something to Dana in the past about you both squashing things for good? Who knows maybe Turki is the one to finally do it.
My question this time is for NY Rick. The recent headlines about Ronda Rousey reminded me of what I consider your worst take ever—her being named comeback of the year. After all these years, can you finally admit you were completely off?
As always, thank you all for making my week infinitely better.
And like that infamous baseball game where you partook in the wacky tobacky, what would have to happen at the Olympics for you to light up with snoop??
Ariel - Am I alone in thinking that the Mike Perry/Jake Paul interview was by far one of the weirdest examples of two fighters talking shit and building a fight? Is their fight gonna be streamed on Pornhub? WTF was that? Seems like they're ready to BANG....what were your thoughts on the interview? Love the show, love the Watch Parties! Shout out GC and Frank. Thank you
Good day to Ariel and crew. Opinions on where the Bloodline is headed/Jacob Fatu's debut on Friday? any predictions or hopes for the future of the bloodline storyline? (ps did u see Bo Dallas's video package on RAW? that's the type of shit that makes a grown man cry)
Any update from your excellency Turki Alalshikh on having a sit down with Dana white and "breaking bread"?
Hey G.C., have you noticed MMA memes being put on the meme of the day on MMA talk and Full mount MMA youtube channels?
Hey New York Rick, as someone who works from home, how come you are " work at home" sometimes and other days you aren't? And no offense to the rest of the crew, but which do you enjoy more? (Not sure if this has already been answered)
Hey Mysterious Frank, are you a horror movie fan and what are your thoughts on the Nosferatu trailer?
WWE announced that it’s coming to my hometown of Indianapolis in 2025! I was wondering your thoughts on this news, as well as what you think the chances of the UFC following them to Indy in the near future. I know your disdain for Indy comes from the Pacers, but it really is a great place with great people. Thanks for everything you and the team do!
Indy here as well! Extremely excited for the next few years of WWE events here. Royal Rumble and Wrestlemania are cant miss for me. You planning on going to the RR?
Shalom Ariel and crew. Would you kindly provide a brief history of international fight week? Who invented this occasion? Why do we celebrate it? What makes this week different from other weeks?
Hi, fellas, I'm wondering who your favorite movie directors are and what's your favorite film by him? I know Ariel claims he's not a huge film buff but he's namechecked Christopher Nolan (my modern GOAT) and Wes Anderson before- and of course the other guys are confirmed kino-heads.
My favorite ever is Ernst Lubitsch, a Jewish German director who fled Germany in the 30s and made romantic comedies for Hollywood. Check him out!
I've noticed an interesting thing that you keep doing with fighters. That you call them friends and consider them friends. However, you've also noted many times that you don't get together with fighters outside of interviews so as not to blur the lines. Can you explain this juxtaposition? It's very intriguing.
I know you have a bad relationship with Dana, but how's your relationship with hunter? In the event where Dana retires and hunter takes over, do you think that you would have better ties with the UFC?
I was recently scrolling through YouTube and an MMA Hour episode from 2 years ago popped up in my recommended, which led me to thinking. Do you ever sit back and think about an interview you’ve done in the last weeks, months, or years and wonder if that may be the last time you’ll ever speak to a certain individual? The recommended episode was one with Scott Coker and I was hit with a small wave of sadness because of how quickly time flies and how much the landscape of MMA can change right in front of you and it takes reflection to even recognize it. It’s a microcosm of life as a whole, so I hope you get a chance to be in the moment today and really enjoy and appreciate all the conversations you have as we don’t know when each could be the last. Thank you for all the content, crew! Cheers
Hey Ariel! Hope you're watching the Euro and seeing my Portuguese Team performance. We'll probably win the Euro.
One intricate question: Do you think there's any bias towards middle east/saudi/russian fighters? After watching UFC Saudi Arabia and seeing Dana white and Turki Alalshikh hand in hand, I think that there's a monetary plan there. There were a lot of controversial results on UFC Saudi Arabia, with the saudis being the ones to beneficiate from those "error's". I'm not saying that the results were "bought" but I can literally say with confidence that about 75% of the most controversial moments in the past few years have taken place in Abu Dhabi or Saudi Arabia. Do you think Saudi's money and influence are taking over the UFC?
Happy national catfish day and colour tv day to the mma hour crew.
Jiri has talked about dropping to middleweight at some point. If he loses on Saturday do you think he will drop to 185 and if so how do you think he matches up against the top 5. If Pereira wins on Saturday he will most likely mention going to heavyweight again. Do you think he’s earned enough favour with the ufc brass to be given a match against Jon jones? Harsh on Aspinall but I wouldn’t bet against it.
I would love to hear GC and NYRs thoughts on this aswell!
My husband Michael and I have been UFC fans since its inception. There is nothing I enjoy more than reminding him about all the fighters he would tell me are going to be contenders, or even future champions… but have turned out to be, for lack of a better term, ‘busts’.
The most memorable ones which I still give him crap about to this day are Jorge Gurgel, Mirsad Bektic, Andre Fili and my favourite of the bunch “The Real Deal” Chris Beal.
Who are the fighters that you were the highest on after you first saw them fight but didn’t have go on to have a memorable career in the sport
Hey Ariel
2 questions for you. 1. I know you usually don’t have journalists on the show but any chance you would have Marc Raimondi on the program to promote his NWO book when it comes out? 2. When you had Turki on the show recently and he said he would try to broker peace between you and Dana. It got it me thinking. Despite the rift between you and Dana, you both happen to be friends/acquiteinsces/on good terms with many of the same people ie. DC, Poirier, Mcgregor, Laura Sanko, Steve-O, Bisping back in the day etc etc. I have to imagine whether you formally asked or not, one of these people who have both a good relationship with you and Dana must have said something to Dana about burying the hatchet either in private on public on the show. So my question is do you have any info on whether the people I named or maybe someone else has said something to Dana in the past about you both squashing things for good? Who knows maybe Turki is the one to finally do it.
Thanks
Shalom Ariel and the team,
My question this time is for NY Rick. The recent headlines about Ronda Rousey reminded me of what I consider your worst take ever—her being named comeback of the year. After all these years, can you finally admit you were completely off?
As always, thank you all for making my week infinitely better.
Cheers,
Eran
Hold fast Rick!
Don't do it Rick. Double Down!
Sup Ariel,
It was announced that Snoop Dogg will be doing some commentating for the Paris Olympics, any chance we get a Helwani/Snoop Dogg collab?
Thanks for all you do.
And like that infamous baseball game where you partook in the wacky tobacky, what would have to happen at the Olympics for you to light up with snoop??
Ariel - Am I alone in thinking that the Mike Perry/Jake Paul interview was by far one of the weirdest examples of two fighters talking shit and building a fight? Is their fight gonna be streamed on Pornhub? WTF was that? Seems like they're ready to BANG....what were your thoughts on the interview? Love the show, love the Watch Parties! Shout out GC and Frank. Thank you
Thanks Hutt, sorry!
Good day to Ariel and crew. Opinions on where the Bloodline is headed/Jacob Fatu's debut on Friday? any predictions or hopes for the future of the bloodline storyline? (ps did u see Bo Dallas's video package on RAW? that's the type of shit that makes a grown man cry)
Questions for the crew!
Hey Ariel,
Any update from your excellency Turki Alalshikh on having a sit down with Dana white and "breaking bread"?
Hey G.C., have you noticed MMA memes being put on the meme of the day on MMA talk and Full mount MMA youtube channels?
Hey New York Rick, as someone who works from home, how come you are " work at home" sometimes and other days you aren't? And no offense to the rest of the crew, but which do you enjoy more? (Not sure if this has already been answered)
Hey Mysterious Frank, are you a horror movie fan and what are your thoughts on the Nosferatu trailer?
What’s up Ariel,
WWE announced that it’s coming to my hometown of Indianapolis in 2025! I was wondering your thoughts on this news, as well as what you think the chances of the UFC following them to Indy in the near future. I know your disdain for Indy comes from the Pacers, but it really is a great place with great people. Thanks for everything you and the team do!
Indy here as well! Extremely excited for the next few years of WWE events here. Royal Rumble and Wrestlemania are cant miss for me. You planning on going to the RR?
Shalom Ariel and crew. Would you kindly provide a brief history of international fight week? Who invented this occasion? Why do we celebrate it? What makes this week different from other weeks?
It's the Comic Con of MMA.
Hi, fellas, I'm wondering who your favorite movie directors are and what's your favorite film by him? I know Ariel claims he's not a huge film buff but he's namechecked Christopher Nolan (my modern GOAT) and Wes Anderson before- and of course the other guys are confirmed kino-heads.
My favorite ever is Ernst Lubitsch, a Jewish German director who fled Germany in the 30s and made romantic comedies for Hollywood. Check him out!
Tarantino
Hey Ariel and crew,
I've noticed an interesting thing that you keep doing with fighters. That you call them friends and consider them friends. However, you've also noted many times that you don't get together with fighters outside of interviews so as not to blur the lines. Can you explain this juxtaposition? It's very intriguing.
Hey Ariel! Long time first time!
I know you have a bad relationship with Dana, but how's your relationship with hunter? In the event where Dana retires and hunter takes over, do you think that you would have better ties with the UFC?
Rob from montreal
I caught Hunter watching the show from his office several times.
Hunter gave Ariel the wrong phone #
Just like Ariel did to the Schmo? It all comes full circle...I'm kidding
Hello from Idaho,
Thoughts on our good friend Chael Sonnen insinuating last week that Conor was in rehab while doing his show with DC?
Thank you as always!
- Israel D
He also insinuated that you are also “playing along” as to why this fight isn’t really happening.
Hello there Mr. Helwani,
I was recently scrolling through YouTube and an MMA Hour episode from 2 years ago popped up in my recommended, which led me to thinking. Do you ever sit back and think about an interview you’ve done in the last weeks, months, or years and wonder if that may be the last time you’ll ever speak to a certain individual? The recommended episode was one with Scott Coker and I was hit with a small wave of sadness because of how quickly time flies and how much the landscape of MMA can change right in front of you and it takes reflection to even recognize it. It’s a microcosm of life as a whole, so I hope you get a chance to be in the moment today and really enjoy and appreciate all the conversations you have as we don’t know when each could be the last. Thank you for all the content, crew! Cheers
Hey Ariel! Hope you're watching the Euro and seeing my Portuguese Team performance. We'll probably win the Euro.
One intricate question: Do you think there's any bias towards middle east/saudi/russian fighters? After watching UFC Saudi Arabia and seeing Dana white and Turki Alalshikh hand in hand, I think that there's a monetary plan there. There were a lot of controversial results on UFC Saudi Arabia, with the saudis being the ones to beneficiate from those "error's". I'm not saying that the results were "bought" but I can literally say with confidence that about 75% of the most controversial moments in the past few years have taken place in Abu Dhabi or Saudi Arabia. Do you think Saudi's money and influence are taking over the UFC?
Thanks Ariel and team!
PS: PORTUGAL! PORTUGAL! PORTUGAL! PORTUGAL! PORTUGAL! PORTUGAL!
Happy national catfish day and colour tv day to the mma hour crew.
Jiri has talked about dropping to middleweight at some point. If he loses on Saturday do you think he will drop to 185 and if so how do you think he matches up against the top 5. If Pereira wins on Saturday he will most likely mention going to heavyweight again. Do you think he’s earned enough favour with the ufc brass to be given a match against Jon jones? Harsh on Aspinall but I wouldn’t bet against it.
Imagine Izzy x Jiri
Or rob or dricus, even Sean. The intense buildup from jiri while Sean is saying loads of random shit 🤣
I would love to hear GC and NYRs thoughts on this aswell!
My husband Michael and I have been UFC fans since its inception. There is nothing I enjoy more than reminding him about all the fighters he would tell me are going to be contenders, or even future champions… but have turned out to be, for lack of a better term, ‘busts’.
The most memorable ones which I still give him crap about to this day are Jorge Gurgel, Mirsad Bektic, Andre Fili and my favourite of the bunch “The Real Deal” Chris Beal.
Who are the fighters that you were the highest on after you first saw them fight but didn’t have go on to have a memorable career in the sport
Ryan, from Mickleham, Australia.