Ariel Helwani
Biography
Ariel Helwani is a mixed martial arts (MMA) reporter. The award-winning MMA journalist joined ESPN in June 2018 to cover the sport. Helwani joined ESPN from SB Nation’s MMAFighting.com. He has been covering MMA professionally since 2006, is an eight-time winner of “MMA Journalist of the Year” at the World MMA Awards and a previous contributor to MMA coverage for Fox Sports and NBC Sports.
Born in Montreal, Canada, he is a graduate of Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications.
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Acting History
2025
Paul American as Self
2024Undisputed as Self
2024Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson as Self
2024The Cage as Ariel Helwani
2024Game 7 as Self
2023Untold: Jake Paul the Problem Child as Self
2023McGREGOR FOREVER as Self
2022WWE Rivals
2021Invincible as Self
2020Inside 30 for 30 as Host
2017Conor McGregor: Notorious as Self
2016The Hurt Business as Self
1995Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel as Correspondent
—Game 7: The Euro Step