UFC Boston – Ariel Helwani Interview – Watch more Funny Videos
At this point, MMA interviewer/analyst Ariel Helwani is more famous than a lot of the people he interviews. If you’ve ever spotted him at an MMA event, you know that he can’t get ten feet without being swarmed by another group of fans, who follow his work intently at MMAFighting.com and Versus. Keep in mind that Ariel Helwani is not a fighter. He’s just a dude who started with a dream and went on to become the most well-known interviewer in our sport. To put it simply, he’s come a long way since Andrei Arlovski‘s pee-pee-pee.
So here’s something special for all the Helwannabes in the house: Ariel stopped by the CagePotato.com booth at the UFC Fan Expo on Saturday and spent some time on the other side of the microphone. Watch the video above to learn about Ariel’s journey from sports fan to "liver of the dream," his love of Howard Cosell, and of course, why he thinks we’re so awesome. Many thanks to Ariel for giving us his time and, at least for one moment, lending the CagePotato.com carnival booth some measure of legitimacy.
Note: Keep your eyes peeled around 2:41 and 2:56 to watch some amazing background work from ReX13. Yep. That’s what I had to deal with all weekend.
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commentsAnd if you listen closely, you can hear Justin Beaver playing when ReX13 is dancing. What do you think the 13 stands for anyway?
All three were at this grappling-try-out-thing. I remember Old Dad serving Farra (even his submissions were funny) while Wanderlei tried to teach something, anything, to Helwani. Who just stood there like an old woman waiting for the bus.
It WAS a classic and it should be posted AGAIN.
And thanks to ReX. For making me laugh out loud by acting like a character out of a Naked Gun movie. I mean that as a compliment.
You sir, are a lurker.
Who takes it? BG
How? In the rear.
No I'm kidding. Please don't ban me.
I have kids to feed.
And umm.....
Did the man intimate (5:59) that he wanted to work for CP back in the day and y'all declined?
Not even close, either..
...wait maybe it was Farra...
Disregard my comments.. I'll be in the corner...
"Brooklyn." :-D
Although I always though he had a face better suited for radio.
You know your dancing would look great with the following song SHOTS SHOTS SHOTS SHOTS SHOTS SHOTS or maybe Matty can do some sort of slow motion work with it. Oh the options are endless.
Big fan of Ariel, always professional, and an incredibly nice guy. He deserves everything good thing that comes his way.
In other news....
Um, can we get some other news up?
Please?
That shit is PRICELESS. Since I was not able to attend I will take solace in the fact that I wasn't standing there grinding with you.
@Hershey
Very true. He's responded pretty frequently whenever I have sent him any tweets, always gracious and always a class act. You sort of can't help but be happy for the guy.
Also.....
Goldstein defeats Helwani via TKO - Knee Strikes 2:33 Rnd 1
I've seen that MMA reports grappling vid from way back. Fowlkes and Farra can throw down a little, with Fowlkes clearly having some minor wrestling technique, but Helwani got worked over hard. Goldstein's Muay Thai prowess all the way on this one. Those knee strikes will be so hard Helwani will be seeing Mogen Dovid's!
L'chaim! ;P
When he held his own when James Toney was trying to take the microphone = respect
hxxp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWyodr0K86k
Ariel's awesome. Best journalist in the game today. Well on his way to being the Jon Stewart of MMA for his great interviews & insight. Even though he's from Montreal, he still reps NYC in Boston...lmao. Love it!
MONTREAL!
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