Ariel Helwani is a famous Canadian-American sports journalist who gives one of the best coverage on Mixed Martial Arts (MMA), find out more about his brief bio, age, height, wife and kids, net worth, career, and more
Ariel Helwani has covered the sport since 2006 and works as the host of the MMA Hour podcast.
Who is MMA journalist Ariel Helwani: Net worth in 2023, wife, bio, age, height, religion
Rampage/Helwani clips will never end…
This TikTok video garnered 1.5m views and over 200k likes within 24 hours 🤗@arielhelwani / @Rampage4real pic.twitter.com/7uVkxsJngb— No Context Ariel Helwani (@NoContextAriel) April 26, 2023
"Ariel is independent, I like Ariel" Joe Rogan
Asking Ric Flair if he's scared of Ariel is HILARIOUS!@RicFlairNatrBoy is an absolute legend, The Man!"
(@arielhelwani) pic.twitter.com/kXfY55wFF1— No Context Ariel Helwani (@NoContextAriel) April 22, 2023
Aside from working in the MMA Hour podcast, Ariel is also currently a member of BT Sport and The Ringer.
Ariel Helwani brief bio
Ariel Jacob Helwani is a Canadian-American sports journalist born on July 8, 1982 in Montreal, Canada. Helwani graduated from Syracuse University back in 2004. He is best known for his coverage of mixed martial arts and his work at MMA Fighting.
He has also worked for major sports networks like Fox and ESPN. Interestingly, Ariel has won the MMA Journalist of the Year award at the World MMA Awards every year since 2010.
Ariel Helwani (given name Hebrew for “Lion of God”; surname Arabic for “Sweet”) was born to Mizrahi Jewish parents in Montreal, Canada, as the youngest of four siblings.
Age and height
Ariel Helwani is currently 40 years old and stands at a height of 5 ft 11 inches or around 178 cm.
Wife and kids
Ariel is currently married to his wife Jaclyn Stein and has 3 kids.
Net worth
According to various sources, Ariel Helwani has an estimated net worth of around $8 million.
Ariel Helwani early career
Interestingly, Ariel Helwani started out his career early on in his first semester of college at show sport on WERW. He eventually gained popularity from the show and landed a summer internship with NBC for the 2004 Summer Olympics. Sadly however, Ariel had to drop out after suffering an ankle injury.
Ariel Helwani later worked as a sports intern for HBO back in 2003 before eventually joining the organization full time in 2004 as a Sports Production Assistant after graduation. While at HBO, Helwani worked on documentaries about the 1999 Women’s World Cup final and the 1985 NCAA men’s basketball finals.
He eventually left HBO to work at Paramount, which he ended up quitting after a week of work. Following his decision to quit, Helwani went solo and created an MMA sports website. Through the website, Helwani provided professional reporting of the back then up-and-coming sport.
Ariel Helwani MMA career
2 years after graduating, Ariel Halwani joined MMA Fighting in 2006. Ariel worked as a host for the sport and also hosted the MMA Hour podcast. Moreover, he also started co-hosting Fight Club, which was a Sirius XM radio show. Later on, Helwani also became a host for MMA Beat Show on YouTube. Helwani’s career trajectory eventually kept on going on after that and has since worked on several roles.
While working at MMA fighting, Helwani also contributed to FOX, working as an MMA Insider for Fox’s UFC Tonight Show, as well as the pre and post-UFC event programming. However, Helwani got fired from Fox in 2016 after Dana White banned Helwani from attending any UFC event.
2 years later in 2018, Ariel joined ESPN in on a 3-year contract. While working with ESPN, Ariel also co-hosted the Ariel and The Bad Guy show with Chael Sonnon. He also co-hosted the Helwani and DC show alongside Daniel Cormier.
After three years of working with the company, Ariel left the company in 2021 and went back to MMA Fighting. He restarted the MMA Hour podcast and eventually signed a deal with Spotify to start the Ariel Helwani Show on the podcast. Ariel currently serves as the interim vice president of the Mixed Martial Arts Journalists Association.