Ariel Helwani speaks to Joanna Jędrzejczyk (00:05:31), Francis Ngannou (00:32:01), Tyron Woodley (00:49:21), Rory MacDonald (01:09:00), Joanne Calderwood (01:30:43), Michael Chiesa (01:52:53), Herb Dean (02:15:14), NewYorkRic (02:42:20) for Ric’s Picks, Henry Cejudo (03:01:45), Deron Williams (03:18:06), and NewYorkRic (03:42:29) once again to recap the week in MMA.

Ariel Helwani speaks to Luke Rockhold (00:08:09), Justin Gaethje (00:32:25), Anthony Pettis (00:50:10), Malki Kawa (01:04:30), Matt Hughes (01:30:59), Aspen Ladd (02:04:17), NewYorkRic (02:19:24) for Ric’s Picks, Kelvin Gastelum (03:11:02), and NewYorkRic (03:34:27) once again to recap the week in MMA.

On this special edition of The MMA Hour, Ariel Helwani speaks to UFC superstar Nate Diaz almost exactly one year after his last appearance on the show. Diaz discusses his future, fighting Tony Ferguson next, Conor McGregor vs. Floyd Mayweather, if he wants a trilogy fight with McGregor, and more.

Ariel Helwani speaks to Dominick Cruz (00:06:52), Valérie Létourneau (00:34:54), Artem Lobov (00:54:16), James Gallagher (01:14:35), TJ Dillashaw (01:39:23), Megan Anderson (01:56:24), Antonio Tarver (02:18:05), Anderson Silva (02:49:44), and NewYorkRic (03:31:19) for Ric’s Picks and a recap of the week in MMA.

Ariel Helwani speaks to Al Iaquinta (00:07:35), Chris Weidman (00:32:55), Rafael dos Anjos (00:59:10), Holly Holm (01:17:31), Aaron Pico (01:37:15), Pearl Gonzalez (01:57:44), Audie Attar (02:21:41), Mike Perry (02:48:46), Frank Mir (03:11:00), Robert Whittaker (03:36:22), Phil Davis (03:58:04), and then NewYorkRic (04:24:32) to recap the weekend in MMA.

Ariel Helwani speaks to NewYorkRic (00:19:19) to recap the weekend in MMA, then to Demetrious Johnson (00:26:16), Rose Namajunas (00:49:30), Todd Grisham (01:09:40), Aljamain Sterling (01:32:39), Cub Swanson (01:51:34), Diego Sanchez (02:10:33), Tom Duquesnoy (03:14:03), and NewYorkRic (03:37:12) once more to close the show.

Ariel Helwani speaks to Daniel Cormier (00:03:11), Urijah Faber (00:28:16), Henri Hooft (00:48:25), Patrick Cote (01:13:34), Michelle Waterson (01:27:16), Matt Riddle (01:42:30), and then recaps the weekend in MMA (02:20:34) with NewYorkRic.

Ariel Helwani speaks to NewYorkRic (00:13:32) to recap the weekend in MMA, then to Angela Lee (00:29:03), Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (00:52:49), Stephen Thompson (01:10:51), Kevin Lee (01:31:35), Ray Longo (01:55:09), Khabib Nurmagomedov (02:14:30), NewYorkRic (02:45:27) once more, and Muhammed Lawal (03:14:19) to close the show.

Ariel Helwani speaks to NewYorkRic (00:15:21) to recap the weekend in MMA, then to Marc Diakiese (00:27:55), Tonya Evinger (00:48:33), Marlon Moraes (01:07:04), Muhammed Lawal (01:26:57), Dillon Danis (01:51:47), Chael Sonnen (02:22:16) in studio, and Scott Coker (03:25:46) in studio.

Ariel Helwani speaks to NewYorkRic (00:11:32:18) to recap the weekend in MMA, then Joe Duffy (00:28:00), Lorenz Larkin (00:53:40), Arnold Allen (01:15:13), Jimi Manuwa (01:36:10), Edge and Christian (01:57:43), Bas Rutten (02:28:09), Kelvin Gastelum (02:50:31), Ryan Bader (03:11:52), Fabricio Werdum (03:31:53), and NewYorkRic (03:55:40) one more time to wrap up the show.

Ariel Helwani speaks to Demetrious Johnson (00:24:21), Yoel Romero (00:48:22), Joanna Jędrzejczyk (01:11:29), Brad Pickett (01:35:22), Makwan Amirkhani (01:58:55), Tony Ferguson (02:21:15), Michael Chiesa (02:39:36), Misha Cirkunov (02:59:17), and Rashad Evans (03:22:30).

Ariel Helwani speaks to NewYorkRic (00:13:52) to recap the week in MMA, Demian Maia (00:27:10), Jorge Masvidal (00:47:56), Eddie Alvarez (01:07:06), Tony Ferguson (01:27:56), Alistair Overeem (01:50:06), Georges St-Pierre (02:14:04), Ali Abdelaziz (02:40:38), Luke Barnatt (03:06:59), and Tyron Woodley (03:30:38).

Ariel Helwani speaks to Khabib Nurmagomedov (00:12:18), Tom Lawlor (00:32:29), Marloes Coenen (00:55:55), Johny Hendricks (01:15:58), Derrick Lewis (01:36:06), Greg Hardy and Malki Kawa (01:57:28), Artem Lobov (02:31:03), Holly Holm (02:46:38), Tyron Woodley (03:08:23), and NewYorkRic (03:37:07) to recap the week in MMA.

Ariel Helwani speaks to Germaine de Randamie (00:31:34), Junior dos Santos (00:53:54), Cris Cyborg (01:12:16), Al Iaquinta (01:31:29), Max Holloway (01:48:38), Freddie Roach (02:08:17), Matt Mitrione (02:30:20), Firas Zahabi (02:55:36), and NewYorkRic (03:14:35) to recap the week in MMA.

Ariel Helwani speaks to NewYorkRic to recap the weekend in MMA (00:08:23), Rory MacDonald (00:27:39), Paul Daley (00:48:12), Cris Cyborg (01:04:56), Luke Rockhold (01:33:00), Fedor Emelianenko (01:48:08), Michael Bisping (02:13:18), Jon Anik (02:42:23), Derek Brunson (03:14:03), and then NewYorkRic one more time to close out the show (03:37:56).

Ariel Helwani speaks to James Vick (00:08:36), Daniel Cormier (00:28:47), Demian Maia (00:56:46), Frankie Edgar (01:19:11), Yoel Romero (01:40:00), David Branch (02:04:22), Alberto Del Rio in studio (02:28:57), and brings in NewYorkRic to wrap up the show (03:22:37).

Ariel Helwani speaks to Francis Ngannou (00:29:43), Angela Hill (00:52:23), Anthony Johnson (01:12:59), Quinton Jackson (01:35:27), Derrick Lewis (02:12:06), Brian Stann (02:37:42), Valentina Shevchenko (02:48:02), Aisling Daly (03:08:37), Ryan Bader (03:21:40), and NewYorkRic to recap the weekend in MMA (03:38:24).

Ariel Helwani speaks to NewYorkRic to recap the weekend in MMA (00:18:34), Tim Kennedy (00:27:13), Yair Rodriguez (00:50:05), Sage Northcutt (01:11:43), Tyron Woodley (01:29:33), Mike Goldberg (02:02:44), Dan Hardy (02:44:41), Chris Weidman (03:10:34), and then NewYorkRic one more time to close out the show (03:36:17).

Ariel Helwani speaks with NewYorkRic to discuss BJ Penn’s performance at UFC Fight Night: Phoenix (00:08:36), then Jon Fitch (00:26:24), Rashad Evans (00:50:27), Chael Sonnen (01:12:23), Alan Jouban (01:34:01) Derek Brunson (01:56:21), Megan Anderson (02:15:09), Stipe Miocic (02:54:46), Mark Hunt and his lawyer Christina Denning (03:13:22), and finally NewYorkRic one more time to recap the weekend in MMA (03:47:50).

Ariel Helwani begins the show with a tribute to Adam “Snacks” Geller (00:12:40) then speaks to Stephen Thompson (00:31:39), Rose Namajunas (00:53:24), Yair Rodriguez (01:16:21), TJ Dillashaw (01:33:09), Mirko Cro Cop (01:54:48), Ralek Gracie (02:26:24), NewYorkRic to recap the weekend in MMA (03:09:25), and finally Tyron Woodley (03:34:26), a surprise guest this week.

Ariel Helwani speaks to Chuck Mindenhall (00:06:39), Mike Dolce (00:29:38), Cody Garbrandt (00:49:00), Tony Ferguson (01:15:30), Khabib Nurmagomedov (01:32:40), and then NewYorkRic joins the conversation to hand out the 2016 show awards (02:00:27).

On this special episode of The MMA Hour, we look back at 2016. This year on the show, Ariel Helwani spoke to the every current UFC champion including Dominick Cruz (00:05:08), Michael Bisping (00:20:20), Tyron Woodley (00:43:42), Daniel Cormier (01:06:31), Joanna Jędrzejczyk (01:36:17), Conor McGregor (01:56:24), Amanda Nunes (02:29:46), Demetrious Johnson (02:49:34), José Aldo (03:09:25), Max Holloway (03:31:30), and Stipe Miocic (03:49:37).

Ariel Helwani speaks with NewYorkRic to recap the weekend in MMA (00:19:49), Cub Swanson (00:26:42), Mike Winkeljohn (00:51:36), Paul Craig (01:09:24), Jorge Masvidal (01:31:21), Cody Garbrandt (01:49:25), Michelle Waterson (02:09:43), Mickey Gall (02:30:53), Dan Hardy (02:49:34), and then NewYorkRic one more time to answer some questions (03:13:46).

Ariel Helwani speaks with NewYorkRic to recap the weekend in MMA (00:14:00), Paige VanZant (00:24:55), Cole Miller (00:44:41), Derrick Lewis (01:08:26), Urijah Faber (01:27:52), Max Holloway (01:49:18), Rico Verhoeven (02:11:03), John Gooden (02:34:38), Mickey Gall (03:30:13) and then NewYorkRic one more time to look at the weekend ahead (03:47:08).

Ariel Helwani speaks to Demetrious Johnson (00:04:47), Dominick Cruz (00:27:01), Bjorn Rebney (00:49:04), Dillon Danis (01:30:15), Alistair Overeem (01:51:33), Ryan Hall (02:14:11), Dan Henderson (02:32:23), Henry Cejudo (02:50:59), TJ Dillashaw (03:13:36), and NewYorkRic to recap the week in MMA (03:44:00).