Ariel Helwani

Ariel Helwani
Born July 8, 1982
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Occupation MMA journalist

Ariel Helwani is a Canadian mixed martial arts (MMA) journalist.[1][2][3][4]

Early life and education

Helwani was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Helwani's mother is from Lebanon and his father is from Egypt.[5] He grew up in a Jewish family in Mount Royal, Quebec and Westmount and attended the Akiva School and Herzliah High School.[6]

In 2004, Helwani graduated from Syracuse University's S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications in Syracuse, New York.[4][7]

Career

Journalist Helwani has been covering mixed martial arts professionally since 2006. He works for MMAFighting.com (SB Nation)[8] and Fox Sports. Helwani serves as an "MMA Insider" for Fox Sports 1's weekly "UFC Tonight" show and other pre- and post-event programming.[9] He is the former co-host of the Sirius XM radio show "Fight Club",[6] and is currently the host of "The MMA Hour" podcast.[10][7]

Personal life

Helwani lives with his wife Jaclyn Stein and two sons [11] in Brooklyn, New York.

Honors and awards

Helwani was awarded MMA Journalist of the Year at the 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014 World MMA Awards.[12][8]

In 2011, FIGHT! Magazine named him as one of their "Power 20", a list of the "most significant power players, movers, shakers, ambassadors, and game-changers in MMA," describing him as "the Howard Cosell of MMA".[7]

At the beginning of 2015, it was announced that he had won 2014 Journalist of the Year in the Awakening WMMA Awards.[13]

References

  1. ↑ Lees, James (July 18, 2010). "Full Mount Focus: Ariel Helwani". FullMount.co.uk. Archived from the original on 23 August 2010. Retrieved October 6, 2010.
  2. ↑ Hackett, Miles (October 5, 2009). "FLD Exclusive - Ariel Helwani: The Man Behind the Microphone". FightLockdown.com. Retrieved October 6, 2010.
  3. ↑ "VigilanteMMA Exclusive Interview: Ariel Helwani". VigilanteMMA.com. September 30, 2010. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved October 6, 2010.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 MMAFighting.com
  5. ↑ https://twitter.com/#!/arielhelwani/status/17821861614
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Lazarus, David. "Montreal native is a mixed martial arts broadcaster", The Canadian Jewish News, January 13, 2011.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 FIGHT! Staff, "The 4th Annual Power 20", FIGHT! Magazine, July 2011 issue.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Ariel Helwani on finding his calling down the road less traveled", Martyr magazine, January 12, 2012.
  9. ↑ "UFC's New Announcing Crew Mostly Impresses".
  10. ↑ "The MMA Hour".
  11. ↑ https://twitter.com/arielhelwani/status/435149785428140033
  12. ↑ "World MMA Awards 2010 Winners". MMAFighting.com. 2010-06-30. Retrieved 2011-06-12.
  13. ↑ "Awakening Fighters WMMA Awards". Awakeningfighters.com. Retrieved 2015-01-07.

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