Words matter. These are the best Ariel Helwani Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
There’s no rule that states you must touch gloves before a fight.
Considering fighters are usually going to want to fight the best, they need to be protected from themselves. That’s where management should come in.
I honestly don’t understand how people don’t enjoy watching Ryan Hall compete. I genuinely love every minute of his fights. They are different and fun. I’m captivated the entire time.
Bruce Buffer will forever be synonymous with the UFC and is a living legend, but I very much enjoy when Joe Martinez works a UFC card. He’s a pro with a great delivery.
When the UFC visits Canada, the card is usually filled up with a bunch of Canadians.
When Misha Cirkunov started his UFC career a perfect 4-0, I really thought he’d be a legit player at 205.
Different is good.
The fight game has never been just about winning.
Sometimes when a champ wins, there’s a debate about who should be next for him or her.
You have to entertain in the UFC. Like it or not, this isn’t news. It has been this way for a while, and it will continue to be this way.
The MMA world is a much better place when the Diaz brothers are fighting and thriving, isn’t it?
Never a dull moment in MMA, right?
Henry Cejudo actually saved the flyweights. Like, an entire division. I feel like this should be a bigger deal.
Usually, you become a star and then a champion.
My oldest son’s name is Oliver and my second son’s name is Walter.
Bethe Correia is really wacky, but I love it.
When I’m watching a fight with my wife, when the women come on, I can tell she’s more into the fight.
I’ve often felt that it was important to have an MMA media association, not so much to fight battles and things of that nature but also to teach a lot of the younger journalists.
They don’t make them like Trevor Wittman anymore.
I want to be the Howard Cosell of MMA.
I am being completely serious when I state this: Sage Northcutt might just be the nicest human being I have ever met in my life. He is sweet as can be. He doesn’t have an evil bone in his body.
That’s my role, I go get news.
Rousey took the fast track and marketed herself well.
I know he’s not an MMA fighter, but can we just talk about how great Deontay Wilder is? He’s must-see TV. Not since Mike Tyson has boxing had an American heavyweight who could hit like him… and talk like him, too. I love his interviews, his demeanor, his fighting style… the whole package.
I always feel like I leave a Max Holloway fight week feeling good about the state of MMA.
KSW might just be the best promotion you’ve never heard of.
I can understand why people have a hard time separating their feelings on Covington the man and Covington the fighter. He certainly doesn’t make it easy. He’s extremely polarizing on his tamest day. But it’s important to note that he wants the world to hate him.
I have a lot of contacts, a lot of sources that I’ve developed over the years and I like to break this guy signs, this guy is fighting this guy, this event is happening on such a date.
It’s one thing to boo, but to actually pelt someone down below because you’re upset a sporting event went a certain way is just so bizarre to me.
Don’t get me wrong; I’m not advocating for five-month breaks, like in other sports. That’s way too long. All I’m saying is it sure is nice to miss MMA from time to time.
Israel Adesanya will not be Eugene Bareman’s final UFC champion.
For whatever reason, the UFC wouldn’t credential me during the first two years of my career.
One of my roles, and one of the things I’m good at, is breaking news.
The reality of this sport is champions make a heck of a lot more than non-champions, so the pressure to keep the title in order to keep earning that money is immense.
I don’t mind showboating. Sports are supposed to be fun.
I love Wednesdays.
You know how some fighters retire but you have a feeling they will be back at some point? I don’t get that feeling from Chad Mendes.
Khabib Nurmagomedov is the most dominant fighter in the history of MMA.
Jorge Masvidal is a star. That wasn’t always the case. Hardcore fans always knew how good he was, but it always seemed like he would fall short in the big one.
Curtis Blaydes’ ground and pound is really scary. Like, really, really scary.
