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Ariel Helwani

Ariel Helwani has been covering mixed martial arts professionally since 2006. He is a graduate of Syracuse University's S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. Born in Montreal, QC, Canada, Helwani currently resides in New York City.

Josh Thomson vs. Tatsuya Kawajiri Signed for Dynamite!!

By Ariel Helwani
Fans won't get a chance to see Gilbert Melendez vs. Shinya Aoki at Dynamite!!, but there will be an important lightweight DREAM vs. Strikeforce fight on the card after all. Josh Thomson vs. Tatsuya ...

The MMA Hour With Fitch, Phan, Barry, Sadollah and Palaszewski

By Ariel Helwani
Another Monday, another live two-hour edition of The MMA Hour for you viewing pleasure. Here's who will be stopping by this week. * UFC welterweight star Jon Fitch will preview Saturday's title ...

Scott Coker Looks Back on Strikeforce: Henderson vs. Babalu II

By Ariel Helwani
ST. LOUIS -- MMA Fighting spoke to Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker following Saturday night's event about what's next for all the big winners and losers and his impression of the furious finishes in the ...

Dan Henderson: 'It Feels Great to Be Back on the Winning Side'

By Ariel Helwani
ST. LOUIS -- MMA Fighting spoke to Dan Henderson following his first round TKO win over Renato "Babalu" Sobral Saturday night. The MMA veteran talked about getting his first win since July 2009, how ...

Paul Daley Hoping to Return to Action for Strikeforce in January

By Ariel Helwani
ST. LOUIS -- MMA Fighting spoke to Paul Daley Saturday night following his vicious first round knockout of Scott Smith. "Semtex" talked about how he knocked out Smith, how good it feels to be back, ...

Robbie Lawler Expected to Knock Out Matt Lindland

By Ariel Helwani
ST. LOUIS -- MMA Fighting spoke to Robbie Lawler following his devastating knockout of Matt Lindland on Saturday night about why he wasn't surprised the fight ended so quickly, his next step and why ...

Ovince St. Preux Surprised Referee Didn't Stop Fight in First Round

By Ariel Helwani
ST. LOUIS -- MMA Fighting spoke to light heavyweight Ovince St. Preux about his unanimous decision win over Benji Radach Saturday night. The former University of Tennessee linebacker talked about ...

Antonio Silva Admits Mike Kyle Was Tougher Than Expected

By Ariel Helwani
ST. LOUIS -- MMA Fighting spoke to Antonio Silva following his win over Mike Kyle Saturday night about rebounding after getting dropped in the first round, the finish, Kyle performance and his place ...

Strikeforce: Henderson vs. Babalu II Preview Show

By Ariel Helwani
ST. LOUIS -- MMA Fighting was joined by Strikeforce middleweight fighter Luke Rockhold to preview Saturday night's card on Showtime, headlined by Dan Henderson vs. Renato "Babalu" Sobral. We discussed ...

Strikeforce: Henderson vs. Babalu II Weigh-In Video

By Ariel Helwani
ST. LOUIS -- MMA Fighting was on hand for Friday's Strikeforce: Henderson vs. Babalu weigh-ins at the Scottrade Center. Watch a highlight video of the proceedings below. Full results here. ...

Fight Calendar

UFC 124 - GSP vs. Koscheck
UFC 125 - Edgar vs. Maynard 2
UFC Fight Night 23
UFC 126 - Silva vs. Belfort
UFC 127 - Australia
UFC 131 - Toronto
Strikeforce Challengers 13
WEC 53 - Henderson vs. Pettis
Pancrase Passion Tour 12
Sengoku - Soul of Fight
Dynamite!! 2010

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