MMA Fighting

Ariel Helwani speaks to Valentina Shevchenko (00:08:41), Quinton Jackson (00:29:59), Derrick Lewis (00:51:32), John Dodson (01:13:46), James Vick (01:34:16), Alex Volkanovski (01:53:23), Sage Northcutt (02:13:20), Fabricio Werdum (02:32:22), Cody Garbrandt (02:50:50), Robert Whittaker (03:16:02), Ali Abdelaziz (03:37:26), and NewYorkRic for The MMA [After] Hour featuring Ric's Picks (04:19:39) and the answers to your questions (04:59:01). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ariel Helwani speaks to Daniel Cormier (00:07:15), Eddie Alvarez (00:30:45), Paul Daley (00:52:08), Roy Jones Jr. (01:10:33), Stipe Miocic (01:29:14), Marshall Zelaznik (01:49:43), Al Iaquinta (02:10:38), Matt Brown (02:37:44), Cain Velasquez (02:54:28), Douglas Lima (03:12:56), Max Holloway (03:27:08), Kevin Lee (03:48:00), Dave Meltzer (04:06:31), and NewYorkRic for The MMA [After] Hour featuring Ric's Picks (04:39:57) and the answers to your questions (05:15:51). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ariel Helwani speaks to Daniel Cormier (00:01:08), Chael Sonnen (00:48:55), Tony Ferguson (01:13:32), Joanna Jędrzejczyk (01:34:39), Rory MacDonald (02:01:24), Jimi Manuwa (02:34:24), Aaron Pico (02:52:45), Brent Primus (03:14:53), Jessica-Rose Clark (03:33:03), and NewYorkRic for The MMA [After] Hour featuring Ric's Picks (04:05:52) and the answers to your questions (04:42:28). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ariel Helwani speaks to Luke Rockhold (00:09:16), Douglas Lima (00:31:08), John McCarthy (00:51:48), Chael Sonnen (01:14:22), Scott Coker (01:45:07), Brian Kelleher (02:20:19) in studio, Cris "Cyborg" Justino (03:10:36), Daniel Cormier (03:32:04) in studio, and NewYorkRic for The MMA [After] Hour featuring Ric's Picks (04:19:28) and the answers to your questions (05:07:09). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ariel Helwani speaks to Gunnar Nelson (00:07:36), Marlon Moraes (00:31:09), Jimmy Smith (00:49:46), Mike Perry (01:13:59), Nate Marquardt (01:37:53), Stipe Miocic (01:57:06), George Lockhart (02:13:49), Jared Gordon (02:38:51) in studio, Jimmie Rivera (03:41:36), and NewYorkRic for The MMA [After] Hour featuring Ric's Picks (04:18:03) and the answers to your questions (04:55:16). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On The MMA Hour's annual awards show, Ariel Helwani speaks to Demetrious Johnson (00:37:14), Rose Namajunas (00:55:42), and Justin Gaethje (01:11:30). Then Ariel and NewYorkRic hand out their 2017 awards for Male Fighter of the Year (01:24:11), Female Fighter of the Year (01:27:19), Submission of the Year (01:28:05), Fight of the Year (01:31:38), Round of the Year (01:34:02), Knockout of the Year (01:39:20), Breakthrough Fighter of the Year (01:45:00), Most Improved Fighter of the Year (01:52:55), Comeback of the Year (02:00:08), Upset of the Year (02:12:57), Rivalry of the Year (02:15:03), Coach of the Year (02:23:43), Event of the Year (02:33:32), Crowd of the Year (02:37:45), Walkout of the Year (02:47:00), Promo of the Year (02:57:50), Photo of the Year (03:11:34), Impact Person of the Year (03:16:24), Story of the Year (03:20:35), and Feel Good Moment of the Year (03:32:42). Plus, they look ahead to predict the Story to Watch in 2018 (03:41:10), Male Fighter of the Year in 2018 (03:45:53), Female Fighter of the Year in 2018 (03:48:08), and announce their Most Desired Guest in 2018 (03:49:40). Finally, they transition to The MMA [After] Hour featuring Ric's Picks (03:55:59) and the answers to your questions (04:14:23). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this special "Best Of" edition of The MMA Hour, we'll feature highlights from this year’s in-studio interviews. You’ll hear portions of Ariel Helwani's conversations with Alberto del Rio (00:08:08), Chael Sonnen (00:14:44), Scott Coker (00:24:35, 00:42:57), Mia Kang (00:29:57), Fedor Emelianenko (00:33:34), Matt Mitrione (00:38:27), Michael Chandler (00:44:25), Chris Weidman (01:05:10), Dillon Danis (01:15:50), Chase Sherman (01:22:03), Pat Miletich (01:28:10), Jimmie Rivera (01:32:56), Shane Burgos (01:36:15), Paul Felder (01:44:31), Heather Hardy (01:55:02), Lou DiBella (02:03:57), Stephen Espinoza (02:07:07), Al Iaquinta (02:10:47), Mickey Gall (02:23:50), Rafael Natal (02:32:29), Gegard Mousasi (02:47:35), Alexey Oleynik (02:55:54), Darren Till (03:00:18), James Vick (03:02:55), Kevin Lee (03:10:39), Randy Brown (03:17:54), Georges St-Pierre (03:19:50), Paulo Costa (03:24:11), Jake Hager (03:26:23), Garry Tonon (03:34:42), Tiffany Van Soest (03:42:00), Sijara Eubanks (03:58:40), and Chris Wade (04:16:07). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ariel Helwani speaks to Randy Couture (00:08:39), Eryk Anders (00:30:46), Stevie Ray (00:55:36), Aljamain Sterling (01:11:09), Justin Gaethje (01:31:58), Kamaru Usman (01:50:13), Josh Emmett (02:11:27), Yoel Romero (02:29:27), Darren Till (02:52:24), Jeremy Stephens (03:10:15), Aaron Chalmers (03:28:57), Pietro Menga (03:57:14), Rafael dos Anjos (04:18:30), and NewYorkRic for The MMA [After] Hour featuring Ric's Picks (04:35:10), and the answers to your questions (05:04:04). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ariel Helwani speaks to Marlon Moraes (00:05:40), Frankie Edgar (00:17:47), Nicco Montaño (00:29:56), Alexander Gustafsson (00:54:56), Eddie Alvarez (01:10:38), Daniel Cormier (01:31:18), Diego Sanchez & Isaac Marquez (01:56:06), Chris Wade (02:16:09) in studio, Brian Ortega (03:06:32), John Danaher (03:29:55), Frank Trigg (03:57:38), and NewYorkRic for The MMA [After] Hour featuring Ric's Picks (04:41:53), and the answers to your questions (05:14:33). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ariel Helwani recaps UFC 218 (00:06:55), then speaks to Dustin Poirier (00:29:15), Luke Rockhold (00:46:52), Brett Johns (01:07:20), Roxanne Modafferi (01:30:06), Volkan Oezdemir (01:51:49), Sijara Eubanks (02:09:04) in studio, Valentina Shevchenko (03:00:18), Max Holloway (03:16:10), and NewYorkRic for The MMA [After] Hour featuring Ric's Picks (03:48:55) and the answers your questions (04:34:50). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ariel Helwani speaks to Emil Meek (00:32:46), Matt Mitrione (00:52:06), Tiffany Van Soest (01:14:01) in studio, Rory MacDonald (01:52:02), Paige VanZant (02:15:38), Ben Askren (02:36:45), Eddie Alvarez (02:58:46), Kelvin Gastelum (03:32:22), and NewYorkRic for The MMA [After] Hour featuring Ric's Picks (03:51:15), a surprise appearance by Jessica Eye (04:22:22), and the answers your questions (04:33:26). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ariel Helwani speaks to Patrick Côté (00:06:13), Chael Sonnen (00:26:45), Michael Chandler (00:54:58), Colby Covington (01:12:58), Holly Holm (01:31:54), Tyron Woodley (01:53:46), Mirko Cro Cop (02:19:33), Garry Tonon (02:40:25) in studio, Cris "Cyborg" Justino (03:24:42), and NewYorkRic for Ric's Picks (03:45:01) and to answer your questions (03:58:18) during The MMA [After] Hour. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ariel Helwani speaks to Duane Ludwig (00:31:17), Mike Mazzulli (00:52:42), Jack Swagger (01:15:44) in studio, Quinton Jackson (01:58:02), Cub Swanson (02:30:48), Mackenzie Dern (02:49:40), Michael Bisping (03:08:28), Michael Carter-Williams (03:30:53), Jimmie Rivera (03:51:26), and NewYorkRic for Ric's Picks (04:11:39) and to answer your questions (04:39:17) during The MMA [After] Hour. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this special edition of The MMA Hour, Ariel Helwani speaks to Georges St-Pierre (00:02:43) in studio, Paulo Costa (00:41:24) in studio, and is then joined by The MMA Beat panelists Jeff Wagenheim and Danny Segura (01:19:08) to recap the week in MMA during The MMA [After] Hour. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ariel Helwani speaks to Rose Namajunas (00:08:43), Freddie Roach (00:31:16), Sage Northcutt (00:48:51), James Vick (01:05:40) in studio, Urijah Faber (01:50:42), Joanna Jędrzejczyk (02:12:56), Kevin Lee (02:31:29) in studio, Randy Brown (03:09:38) in studio, TJ Dillashaw (03:42:20), and NewYorkRic for Ric's Picks (04:02:25) and to answer your questions during The MMA [After] Hour (04:40:54). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ariel Helwani speaks to Chris Holdsworth (00:27:25), Mike Perry (00:49:12), Darren Till (01:13:06) in studio, Jorge Masvidal (01:59:00), Derek Brunson (02:13:39), Alexey Oleynik (02:37:16) in studio, Mark Hunt (03:22:21), Colby Covington (03:47:38), Kamaru Usman (04:08:49), and NewYorkRic for Ric's Picks (04:20:09) and to answer your questions during The MMA [After] Hour (04:40:11). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ariel Helwani speaks to Gegard Mousasi (00:07:08), Michael Page (00:54:59), Jesse Taylor (01:14:43), TJ Dillashaw (01:31:59), Georges St-Pierre (01:46:31) Rose Namajunas (02:04:17), Scott Coker (02:30:24), Colby Covington (03:00:30), Darren Till (03:30:58), and NewYorkRic for Ric's Picks (03:47:11) and to answer your questions during The MMA [After] Hour (04:24:34). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ariel Helwani speaks to Karolina Kowalkiewicz (00:06:56), Marc Goddard (00:27:58), Henry Cejudo (00:51:38), Derrick Lewis (01:15:20), Kevin Lee (01:37:51), Gegard Mousasi (02:01:01) in studio, Julianna Peña (02:47:11), Khabib Nurmagomedov (03:09:25), and NewYorkRic for Ric's Picks (03:43:53) and to answer your questions during The MMA [After] Hour (04:40:27). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ariel Helwani speaks to Demetrious Johnson (00:08:10), Max Holloway (00:30:15), Ian McCall (00:50:37), Carlos Condit (01:14:22), Frankie Edgar (01:33:59), John Alessio (01:53:39), Everlast (02:18:53), Darrion Caldwell (02:39:54), Tony Ferguson (02:56:13), and NewYorkRic for Ric's Picks (03:29:16) and to answer your questions during The MMA [After] Hour (04:18:51). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ariel Helwani speaks to Dominick Cruz (00:11:10), Alistair Overeem (00:36:19), Volkan Oezdemir (01:05:27), Frank Shamrock (01:24:01), Andrea Lee (01:43:11), Ali Abdelaziz (02:00:52), Rafael Natal (02:33:10) in studio, Mackenzie Dern (03:07:52) and NewYorkRic for Ric's Picks (03:26:48) and to answer your questions during The MMA [After] Hour (04:07:39). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ariel Helwani speaks to Gökhan Saki (00:05:23), Luke Rockhold (00:27:43), Ray Borg (01:04:06), Kamaru Usman (01:28:05), Matt Brown (01:51:06), Mickey Gall (02:13:58) in studio, Aaron Pico (03:06:02), and NewYorkRic for Ric's Picks (03:28:27) and to answer your questions during The MMA [After] Hour (04:23:31). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ariel Helwani speaks to Quinton Jackson (00:06:28), Edmond Tarverdyan (00:35:49), Daniel Cormier (01:03:16), Chuck Liddell (01:25:29), Joanna Jędrzejczyk (01:43:01), Stipe Miocic (02:06:11), Michael Bisping (02:21:13), Al Iaquinta (02:47:21) in studio, Mario Lopez (03:39:49), and NewYorkRic for Ric's Picks (03:56:08) and to answer your questions during The MMA [After] Hour (04:47:11). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ariel Helwani speaks to Demetrious Johnson (00:07:28), Darren Till (00:32:56), Raquel Pennington (00:48:58), Brian Stann (01:12:52), Andrea Lee (01:42:15), Mike Perry (02:02:07), David Branch (02:24:11), Arjan Bhullar (02:47:52), and NewYorkRic for Ric's Picks (03:23:26) and to answer your questions during The MMA [After] Hour (04:01:23). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ariel Helwani speaks to Joanne Calderwood (00:07:59), Francis Ngannou (00:35:42), Paddy Pimblett (00:53:29), Paige VanZant (01:10:42), Owen Roddy (01:33:14), Stephen Espinoza (02:02:23) in studio, Ben Askren (02:57:53), Rafael dos Anjos (03:20:00), Derrick Lewis (03:38:05), and NewYorkRic for Ric's Picks (04:01:22) and to answer your questions during The MMA [After] Hour (04:39:50). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ariel Helwani speaks to Oscar De La Hoya (00:15:20), Chris Eubank (00:29:42), Holly Holm (00:59:56), Chael Sonnen (01:16:06), Daniel Cormier (01:37:27), Joe Cortez (01:59:18), Paulie Malignaggi (02:16:11), Max Holloway (02:38:44), Esther Lin (03:05:18), Derrick Lewis (03:27:49), and NewYorkRic for Ric's Picks (03:32:27) and to answer your questions during The MMA [After] Hour (04:20:14). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this special edition of The MMA Hour, live from Las Vegas, site of Mayweather vs. McGregor, Ariel Helwani speaks to Randy Couture (00:02:48), Floyd Mayweather Sr. (00:14:41), Josh Thomson (00:34:05), Teddy Atlas (00:44:39), Isiah Thomas (00:54:32), Tyron Woodley (01:13:59), Heather Hardy (01:29:55), Ice Cube (01:40:41), Brian Kenny (01:56:51), Amir Khan (02:14:00, and Stephen A. Smith (02:25:42). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this special edition of The MMA Hour, live from Las Vegas, site of Mayweather vs. McGregor, Ariel Helwani speaks to Carrot Top (00:06:00), Valentina Shevchenko (00:20:04), Gavin and Joe Maloof (00:33:10), Skip Bayless (00:45:36), Amanda Nunes and Nina Ansaroff (01:08:58), Demetrious Johnson (01:20:34), Kevin Lee (01:26:28), Freddie Roach (01:37:44), Bruce Buffer (01:49:34), and Chris Eubank (02:01:52). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this special edition of The MMA Hour, live from Las Vegas, site of Mayweather vs. McGregor, Ariel Helwani speaks to Phil Baroni (00:24:05) and Stephan Bonnar (00:29:52), Malki Kawa (00:48:18), Michael Conlan (01:08:23), and Al Bernstein (01:30:44). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ariel Helwani speaks to Kevin Lee (00:08:59), Derrick Lewis (00:32:42), Bob Bennett (00:50:40), Dave Fogarty (01:20:26), Lou DiBella (01:38:03) in studio, Cody Garbrandt (02:53:56), John Kavanagh (03:14:07), Mick Konstantin (04:02:19), and NewYorkRic for Ric's Picks (04:20:30) and to answer your questions during The MMA [After] Hour (04:39:39). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ariel Helwani speaks to Daniel Cormier (00:05:48), Heather Hardy (00:39:17) in studio, Georges St-Pierre (01:31:19), Shayna Baszler (01:56:23), Brad Pickett (02:19:07), Dan Hardy (02:36:17), Paulie Malignaggi (02:54:07), and NewYorkRic for Ric's Picks (03:42:05) and to answer your questions during The MMA [After] Hour (04:19:09). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ariel Helwani speaks to Ian McCall (00:08:32), Luke Rockhold (00:38:29), Andre Berto (00:55:57), Gilbert Melendez (01:29:25), Volkan Oezdemir (01:51:51), Paul Felder (02:15:06) in studio, Pat Barry (03:11:24), Paulie Malignaggi (04:03:11), and NewYorkRic for Ric's Picks (05:04:59) and to answer your questions during The MMA [After] Hour (05:18:54). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ariel Helwani speaks to Malki Kawa (00:25:07), Anthony Johnson (00:51:21), Frank Mir (01:20:15), Rashad Evans (01:42:58), Sergio Pettis (02:03:01), Shane Burgos (02:18:23), Cat Zingano (03:10:28), Tyron Woodley (03:35:36), and NewYorkRic for Ric's Picks (04:10:30) and to answer your questions during The MMA [After] Hour (04:41:52). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ariel Helwani speaks to Chris Weidman (00:08:09), Sean O'Malley (00:33:25), Germaine de Randamie (00:51:05), Michael Chiesa (01:25:50), Dustin Poirier (01:44:53), Tyron Woodley (01:59:46), Pat Miletich (02:22:06), Jimmie Rivera (03:04:59), Chris Camozzi (03:44:08), NewYorkRic for Ric's Picks (03:55:41), and then closes out the show by dialing into the UFC 214 conference call (04:10:32) and taking your questions during the MMA [After] Hour (04:44:05). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ariel Helwani speaks to Tony McGregor (00:27:33), Demian Maia (00:50:09), Paulie Malignaggi (01:01:24), Yoel Romero (01:24:01), NewYorkRic for Ric's Picks (01:49:59), Chase Sherman in studio (02:16:21), Joseph Duffy (03:14:15), Demetrious Johnson (03:34:53), and then NewYorkRic once again for the MMA [After] Hour (03:59:59). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ariel Helwani speaks to Joanna Jędrzejczyk (00:07:10), Gegard Mousasi (00:29:23), Jesse Taylor (00:53:35), Justin Gaethje (01:12:44), Chael Sonnen (01:31:26), Valentina Shevchenko (02:10:40), Gunnar Nelson (02:29:36), Dillon Danis (02:49:30) in studio, and NewYorkRic for Ric's Picks (03:51:09) and The MMA [After] Hour (04:15:32). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ariel Helwani speaks to Alistair Overeem (00:07:34), Felice Herrig (00:37:03), Shannon Knapp (01:01:47), Daniel Cormier (01:22:00), Miesha Tate (01:43:20), NewYorkRic (02:05:17) for Ric's Picks, Michael Bisping (02:22:47), Chris Weidman (02:46:26) in studio, Cris "Cyborg" Justino (03:47:54), and then NewYorkRic (04:14:25) once again to answer your Twitter questions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ariel Helwani speaks to Kevin Lee (00:03:05), Scott Coker (00:21:11) in studio, John Kavanagh (01:10:46), Holly Holm (01:36:55), Derrick Lewis (02:01:59), Michael Chandler (02:27:32) in studio, Logan Storley (03:07:04), James Gallagher (03:22:30), Cortney Casey (03:49:09), and then NewYorkRic for Ric's Picks (04:14:02) and to answer your Twitter questions (04:31:07). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ariel Helwani speaks to Audie Attar (00:26:03), Leonard Ellerbe (00:47:56), Stephen Espinoza (01:06:32), Owen Roddy (01:32:57), Mike Goldberg (01:56:45), Fedor Emelianenko (02:25:44) in studio, Matt Mitrione (03:12:10) in studio, Josh Gross (04:08:17), Kevin Lee (04:37:16), and NewYorkRic (05:00:22). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ariel Helwani speaks to Ray Borg (00:27:43), Mike Winkeljohn (00:48:34), Joe Lauzon (01:07:40), Urijah Faber (01:35:22), Wanderlei Silva (01:57:47), Max Holloway (02:16:28), and NewYorkRic (02:58:24) for Ric's Picks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ariel Helwani speaks to NewYorkRic (00:19:11) to recap UFC 212, then to Brian Kelleher (00:28:56), Jimi Manuwa (00:49:04), Alexander Gustafsson (01:08:57), Roy Jones Jr. (01:29:53), Frankie Edgar (01:53:57), Demetrious Johnson (02:12:44), NewYorkRic (03:08:26) once again for Ric's Picks, and finally to Mark Hunt (04:04:30) to close the show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ariel Helwani speaks to Yoel Romero (00:12:29), Cody Garbrandt (00:31:49), Gökhan Saki (00:59:44), Mike Perry (01:19:04), Roy Nelson (01:41:10), Sage Northcutt (02:01:24), Georges St-Pierre (02:21:06), NewYorkRic (02:51:32) for Ric’s Picks (with a surprise appearance by Daniel Cormier at 03:13:03) and then concludes the show with a preview of UFC 212. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ariel Helwani speaks to Rory MacDonald (00:03:11), Michael Page (00:23:51), Yair Rodriguez (00:41:21), Derrick Lewis (00:57:31), Jorge Masvidal (01:19:59), Al Iaquinta (01:40:26), Stipe Miocic (02:04:51), Mia Kang (02:31:45) in studio, Tony Ferguson (03:33:20), Kajan Johnson (03:55:30), and NewYorkRic (04:20:43) for Ric’s Picks and to recap the week in MMA. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ariel Helwani speaks to Joanna Jędrzejczyk (00:05:31), Francis Ngannou (00:32:01), Tyron Woodley (00:49:21), Rory MacDonald (01:09:00), Joanne Calderwood (01:30:43), Michael Chiesa (01:52:53), Herb Dean (02:15:14), NewYorkRic (02:42:20) for Ric’s Picks, Henry Cejudo (03:01:45), Deron Williams (03:18:06), and NewYorkRic (03:42:29) once again to recap the week in MMA. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ariel Helwani speaks to Luke Rockhold (00:08:09), Justin Gaethje (00:32:25), Anthony Pettis (00:50:10), Malki Kawa (01:04:30), Matt Hughes (01:30:59), Aspen Ladd (02:04:17), NewYorkRic (02:19:24) for Ric’s Picks, Kelvin Gastelum (03:11:02), and NewYorkRic (03:34:27) once again to recap the week in MMA. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this special edition of The MMA Hour, Ariel Helwani speaks to UFC superstar Nate Diaz almost exactly one year after his last appearance on the show. Diaz discusses his future, fighting Tony Ferguson next, Conor McGregor vs. Floyd Mayweather, if he wants a trilogy fight with McGregor, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ariel Helwani speaks to Dominick Cruz (00:06:52), Valérie Létourneau (00:34:54), Artem Lobov (00:54:16), James Gallagher (01:14:35), TJ Dillashaw (01:39:23), Megan Anderson (01:56:24), Antonio Tarver (02:18:05), Anderson Silva (02:49:44), and NewYorkRic (03:31:19) for Ric’s Picks and a recap of the week in MMA. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ariel Helwani speaks to Al Iaquinta (00:07:35), Chris Weidman (00:32:55), Rafael dos Anjos (00:59:10), Holly Holm (01:17:31), Aaron Pico (01:37:15), Pearl Gonzalez (01:57:44), Audie Attar (02:21:41), Mike Perry (02:48:46), Frank Mir (03:11:00), Robert Whittaker (03:36:22), Phil Davis (03:58:04), and then NewYorkRic (04:24:32) to recap the weekend in MMA. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ariel Helwani speaks to NewYorkRic (00:19:19) to recap the weekend in MMA, then to Demetrious Johnson (00:26:16), Rose Namajunas (00:49:30), Todd Grisham (01:09:40), Aljamain Sterling (01:32:39), Cub Swanson (01:51:34), Diego Sanchez (02:10:33), Tom Duquesnoy (03:14:03), and NewYorkRic (03:37:12) once more to close the show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ariel Helwani speaks to Daniel Cormier (00:03:11), Urijah Faber (00:28:16), Henri Hooft (00:48:25), Patrick Cote (01:13:34), Michelle Waterson (01:27:16), Matt Riddle (01:42:30), and then recaps the weekend in MMA (02:20:34) with NewYorkRic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ariel Helwani speaks to NewYorkRic (00:13:32) to recap the weekend in MMA, then to Angela Lee (00:29:03), Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (00:52:49), Stephen Thompson (01:10:51), Kevin Lee (01:31:35), Ray Longo (01:55:09), Khabib Nurmagomedov (02:14:30), NewYorkRic (02:45:27) once more, and Muhammed Lawal (03:14:19) to close the show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices