Ariel Helwani has been covering mixed martial arts professionally since 2006. He covers MMA on a daily basis for MMAFighting.com and NBCSports.com. He is a two-time World MMA Award Journalist of the Year winner, picking up the award in 2010 and 2011. Helwani is a graduate of Syracuse University's S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. Born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Helwani currently resides in Brooklyn, NY.
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Ariel Helwani: @DanLVNV thanks!11 hours, 40 minutes ago
Ariel Helwani: @Lollip1975 thank you very much.11 hours, 40 minutes ago
Ariel Helwani: @LeeMmaOnIy :)20 hours, 41 minutes ago
Ariel Helwani: Will his "manager" be in the UFC too? RT @MMAFighting: Josh Barnett: 'No heavyweight is safe' in UFC http://t.co/w9dArk8SMg22 hours, 19 minutes ago
Ariel Helwani: RT @MMAFighting: Alistair Overeem vs. Travis Browne set for UFC on FOX Sports 1 debut http://t.co/vBvjoFfEFk22 hours, 19 minutes ago
Ariel Helwani: @Lonman1129 @yesnetwork amazing.23 hours, 3 minutes ago
Ariel Helwani: The "Sassangle" is coming to Bellator. Promotion announced today that Paul Sass, Martin Stapleton and Rob Sinclair have signed with them.1 day, 1 hour, 5 minutes ago
Ariel Helwani: @SergehK agreed. Different circumstances at play, though.1 day, 1 hour, 7 minutes ago
Ariel Helwani: @jimmysmithtrain hopefully1 day, 1 hour, 8 minutes ago
Ariel Helwani: @MattDallura @aarbron @allaboutfigures yup. Serra got there only due to TUF. The setting was different.1 day, 1 hour, 8 minutes ago