MMA Fighting

Ariel Helwani recaps the week in MMA (00:07:57), then speaks to Mike Perry (00:24:09) in studio, Elias Theodorou (01:32:10), Yoel Romero (01:49:19), Israel Adesanya (02:11:04), Leslie Smith (02:34:37), Will Brooks (03:02:15), TJ Dillashaw (03:24:20), Matt Mitrione (03:42:50), and NewYorkRic for The MMA [After] Hour featuring Ric's Picks (04:14:28) and the answers to your questions (05:01:10).

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Ariel Helwani recaps the week in MMA (00:01:00), then speaks to Frankie Edgar (00:26:43), Roy Nelson (00:46:00) in studio, Matt Mitrione (01:32:39) in studio, Tyron Woodley (02:12:59), Rashad Evans (02:39:27), Henry Cejudo (02:59:34), Jose Torres (03:17:54), Mike Goldberg (03:34:15) in studio, and NewYorkRic for The MMA [After] Hour featuring Ric's Picks (04:28:14), a surprise appearance by Yancy Medeiros (04:49:57), and the answers to your questions (05:02:43).

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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).

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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).

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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).

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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).

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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).

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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).

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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).

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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).

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