Ariel Helwani recaps the week in MMA (00:01:34), then speaks to Max Holloway (00:22:55), Rose Namajunas (00:36:55), Al Iaquinta (00:53:09), Paul Felder (01:18:24), Anthony Pettis (01:37:23), Javier Mendez (01:51:51), Colby Covington (02:18:34), Olivier Aubin-Mercier (02:37:43), Ray Borg (03:00:53), TJ Dillashaw (03:19:30), Zabit Magomedsharipov (03:37:44) and Ali Abdelaziz (04:11:12) in studio, and NewYorkRic for The MMA [After] Hour featuring Ric's Picks (05:02:55) and the answers to your questions (05:39:40).

Ariel Helwani speaks to Brian Butler-Au (00:06:53), Stephen Thompson (00:17:31), Garry Tonon (00:34:02) in studio, Joanna Jędrzejczyk (01:10:13) in studio, Khabib Nurmagomedov (02:41:52) in studio, Tony Ferguson (03:34:11), Jason Hehir (03:49:51) in studio, and NewYorkRic for The MMA [After] Hour featuring Ric's Picks (04:55:11) and the answers to your questions (05:05:47).

Ariel Helwani speaks to Frankie Edgar (00:08:15), Cub Swanson (00:27:33), Volkan Oezdemir (00:49:44), James Gallagher (01:08:23), Kamaru Usman (01:30:57), Brad Smuckler (01:57:08), Paul Craig (02:21:25), Benson Henderson (02:39:58), Michael Chandler (03:00:11), Patrício Freire (03:20:23), Tai Tuivasa (03:26:46), Nathaniel Wood (03:48:48), Scott Coker (04:16:17), and NewYorkRic for The MMA [After] Hour featuring Ric's Picks (04:24:57) and the answers to your questions (04:54:02).

Ariel Helwani speaks to Leon Edwards (00:10:17), Francis Ngannou (00:31:38), Anthony Pettis (00:54:43), Cynthia Calvillo (01:11:05), Devin Powell (01:39:20), Duane Ludwig (02:01:37), Max Holloway (02:18:14), Dillon Danis (02:38:51), Nick Newell (03:00:45), Paddy Pimblett (03:18:37) in studio, and NewYorkRic for The MMA [After] Hour featuring Ric's Picks (04:22:31) and the answers to your questions (05:10:41).

Ariel Helwani speaks to Ben Askren (00:08:29), Demetrious Johnson (00:28:22), Alex Hernandez (00:51:12), Cat Zingano (01:10:03), Darren Till (01:29:27), John Phillips (01:49:09), Rick Story (02:12:09), Raquel Pennington (02:29:22), Alexander Gustafsson (02:48:55), Mirko Cro Cop (03:04:59), Leon Edwards (03:33:22), Ilir Latifi (03:55:16), Roger Huerta (04:15:57), and NewYorkRic for The MMA [After] Hour featuring Ric's Picks (04:40:46) and the answers to your questions (05:16:24).

Ariel Helwani recaps the week in MMA (00:07:33), then speaks to Sean O'Malley (00:29:23), Brian Ortega and Rener Gracie (00:47:32), Holly Holm (01:12:41), Jon Fitch (01:34:30), Gegard Mousasi (01:56:30), Georges St-Pierre (02:14:21), Luke Rockhold (02:44:47), Darrion Caldwell (03:00:12), Nick Newell (03:15:54), Mackenzie Dern (03:33:19), Cris "Cyborg" Justino (03:58:50), Mike Goldberg (04:16:27), and NewYorkRic for The MMA [After] Hour featuring Ric's Picks (04:40:46) and the answers to your questions (05:19:57).

Ariel Helwani speaks to Mike Goldberg (01:32) and NewYorkRic for The MMA [After] Hour featuring Ric's Picks (26:05) and the answers to your questions (1:05:23).

Ariel Helwani speaks to Nick Newell (01:00), Mackenzie Dern (18:25), and Cris “Cyborg” Justino (43:43).

Ariel Helwani speaks to Georges St-Pierre (00:45), Luke Rockhold (31:10), and Darrion Caldwell (46:43).

Ariel Helwani speaks to Holly Holm (00:12), Jon Fitch (22:07), and Gegard Mousasi (44:05).

Ariel Helwani recaps the week in MMA (00:01:42), then speaks to Sean O'Malley (00:29:24) and Brian Ortega and Rener Gracie (00:47:26).

Ariel Helwani recaps the week in MMA (00:07:06), then speaks to Derrick Lewis (00:30:18), Mike Pyle (00:53:24), Gilbert Burns (01:12:31), Josh Emmett (01:32:02), Artem Lobov (01:53:47), Brian Kelleher (02:15:30), Frankie Edgar (02:32:36) in studio, Paddy Pimblett (03:21:06), Molly McCann (03:41:41), Marc Raimondi (04:07:55), and NewYorkRic for The MMA [After] Hour featuring Ric's Picks (04:36:06) and the answers to your questions (05:05:12).

Ariel Helwani recaps the week in MMA (00:07:57), then speaks to Mike Perry (00:24:09) in studio, Elias Theodorou (01:32:10), Yoel Romero (01:49:19), Israel Adesanya (02:11:04), Leslie Smith (02:34:37), Will Brooks (03:02:15), TJ Dillashaw (03:24:20), Matt Mitrione (03:42:50), and NewYorkRic for The MMA [After] Hour featuring Ric's Picks (04:14:28) and the answers to your questions (05:01:10).

Ariel Helwani recaps the week in MMA (00:01:00), then speaks to Frankie Edgar (00:26:43), Roy Nelson (00:46:00) in studio, Matt Mitrione (01:32:39) in studio, Tyron Woodley (02:12:59), Rashad Evans (02:39:27), Henry Cejudo (02:59:34), Jose Torres (03:17:54), Mike Goldberg (03:34:15) in studio, and NewYorkRic for The MMA [After] Hour featuring Ric's Picks (04:28:14), a surprise appearance by Yancy Medeiros (04:49:57), and the answers to your questions (05:02:43).

Ariel Helwani speaks to Valentina Shevchenko (00:08:41), Quinton Jackson (00:29:59), Derrick Lewis (00:51:32), John Dodson (01:13:46), James Vick (01:34:16), Alex Volkanovski (01:53:23), Sage Northcutt (02:13:20), Fabricio Werdum (02:32:22), Cody Garbrandt (02:50:50), Robert Whittaker (03:16:02), Ali Abdelaziz (03:37:26), and NewYorkRic for The MMA [After] Hour featuring Ric's Picks (04:19:39) and the answers to your questions (04:59:01).

Ariel Helwani speaks to Daniel Cormier (00:07:15), Eddie Alvarez (00:30:45), Paul Daley (00:52:08), Roy Jones Jr. (01:10:33), Stipe Miocic (01:29:14), Marshall Zelaznik (01:49:43), Al Iaquinta (02:10:38), Matt Brown (02:37:44), Cain Velasquez (02:54:28), Douglas Lima (03:12:56), Max Holloway (03:27:08), Kevin Lee (03:48:00), Dave Meltzer (04:06:31), and NewYorkRic for The MMA [After] Hour featuring Ric's Picks (04:39:57) and the answers to your questions (05:15:51).

Ariel Helwani speaks to Daniel Cormier (00:01:08), Chael Sonnen (00:48:55), Tony Ferguson (01:13:32), Joanna Jędrzejczyk (01:34:39), Rory MacDonald (02:01:24), Jimi Manuwa (02:34:24), Aaron Pico (02:52:45), Brent Primus (03:14:53), Jessica-Rose Clark (03:33:03), and NewYorkRic for The MMA [After] Hour featuring Ric's Picks (04:05:52) and the answers to your questions (04:42:28).

Ariel Helwani speaks to Luke Rockhold (00:09:16), Douglas Lima (00:31:08), John McCarthy (00:51:48), Chael Sonnen (01:14:22), Scott Coker (01:45:07), Brian Kelleher (02:20:19) in studio, Cris "Cyborg" Justino (03:10:36), Daniel Cormier (03:32:04) in studio, and NewYorkRic for The MMA [After] Hour featuring Ric's Picks (04:19:28) and the answers to your questions (05:07:09).

Ariel Helwani speaks to Gunnar Nelson (00:07:36), Marlon Moraes (00:31:09), Jimmy Smith (00:49:46), Mike Perry (01:13:59), Nate Marquardt (01:37:53), Stipe Miocic (01:57:06), George Lockhart (02:13:49), Jared Gordon (02:38:51) in studio, Jimmie Rivera (03:41:36), and NewYorkRic for The MMA [After] Hour featuring Ric's Picks (04:18:03) and the answers to your questions (04:55:16).

On The MMA Hour's annual awards show, Ariel Helwani speaks to Demetrious Johnson (00:37:14), Rose Namajunas (00:55:42), and Justin Gaethje (01:11:30). Then Ariel and NewYorkRic hand out their 2017 awards for Male Fighter of the Year (01:24:11), Female Fighter of the Year (01:27:19), Submission of the Year (01:28:05), Fight of the Year (01:31:38), Round of the Year (01:34:02), Knockout of the Year (01:39:20), Breakthrough Fighter of the Year (01:45:00), Most Improved Fighter of the Year (01:52:55), Comeback of the Year (02:00:08), Upset of the Year (02:12:57), Rivalry of the Year (02:15:03), Coach of the Year (02:23:43), Event of the Year (02:33:32), Crowd of the Year (02:37:45), Walkout of the Year (02:47:00), Promo of the Year (02:57:50), Photo of the Year (03:11:34), Impact Person of the Year (03:16:24), Story of the Year (03:20:35), and Feel Good Moment of the Year (03:32:42). Plus, they look ahead to predict the Story to Watch in 2018 (03:41:10), Male Fighter of the Year in 2018 (03:45:53), Female Fighter of the Year in 2018 (03:48:08), and announce their Most Desired Guest in 2018 (03:49:40). Finally, they transition to The MMA [After] Hour featuring Ric's Picks (03:55:59) and the answers to your questions (04:14:23).

On this special "Best Of" edition of The MMA Hour, we'll feature highlights from this year’s in-studio interviews. You’ll hear portions of Ariel Helwani's conversations with Alberto del Rio (00:08:08), Chael Sonnen (00:14:44), Scott Coker (00:24:35, 00:42:57), Mia Kang (00:29:57), Fedor Emelianenko (00:33:34), Matt Mitrione (00:38:27), Michael Chandler (00:44:25), Chris Weidman (01:05:10), Dillon Danis (01:15:50), Chase Sherman (01:22:03), Pat Miletich (01:28:10), Jimmie Rivera (01:32:56), Shane Burgos (01:36:15), Paul Felder (01:44:31), Heather Hardy (01:55:02), Lou DiBella (02:03:57), Stephen Espinoza (02:07:07), Al Iaquinta (02:10:47), Mickey Gall (02:23:50), Rafael Natal (02:32:29), Gegard Mousasi (02:47:35), Alexey Oleynik (02:55:54), Darren Till (03:00:18), James Vick (03:02:55), Kevin Lee (03:10:39), Randy Brown (03:17:54), Georges St-Pierre (03:19:50), Paulo Costa (03:24:11), Jake Hager (03:26:23), Garry Tonon (03:34:42), Tiffany Van Soest (03:42:00), Sijara Eubanks (03:58:40), and Chris Wade (04:16:07).

Ariel Helwani speaks to Randy Couture (00:08:39), Eryk Anders (00:30:46), Stevie Ray (00:55:36), Aljamain Sterling (01:11:09), Justin Gaethje (01:31:58), Kamaru Usman (01:50:13), Josh Emmett (02:11:27), Yoel Romero (02:29:27), Darren Till (02:52:24), Jeremy Stephens (03:10:15), Aaron Chalmers (03:28:57), Pietro Menga (03:57:14), Rafael dos Anjos (04:18:30), and NewYorkRic for The MMA [After] Hour featuring Ric's Picks (04:35:10), and the answers to your questions (05:04:04).

Ariel Helwani speaks to Marlon Moraes (00:05:40), Frankie Edgar (00:17:47), Nicco Montaño (00:29:56), Alexander Gustafsson (00:54:56), Eddie Alvarez (01:10:38), Daniel Cormier (01:31:18), Diego Sanchez & Isaac Marquez (01:56:06), Chris Wade (02:16:09) in studio, Brian Ortega (03:06:32), John Danaher (03:29:55), Frank Trigg (03:57:38), and NewYorkRic for The MMA [After] Hour featuring Ric's Picks (04:41:53), and the answers to your questions (05:14:33).

Ariel Helwani recaps UFC 218 (00:06:55), then speaks to Dustin Poirier (00:29:15), Luke Rockhold (00:46:52), Brett Johns (01:07:20), Roxanne Modafferi (01:30:06), Volkan Oezdemir (01:51:49), Sijara Eubanks (02:09:04) in studio, Valentina Shevchenko (03:00:18), Max Holloway (03:16:10), and NewYorkRic for The MMA [After] Hour featuring Ric's Picks (03:48:55) and the answers your questions (04:34:50).

Ariel Helwani speaks to Emil Meek (00:32:46), Matt Mitrione (00:52:06), Tiffany Van Soest (01:14:01) in studio, Rory MacDonald (01:52:02), Paige VanZant (02:15:38), Ben Askren (02:36:45), Eddie Alvarez (02:58:46), Kelvin Gastelum (03:32:22), and NewYorkRic for The MMA [After] Hour featuring Ric's Picks (03:51:15), a surprise appearance by Jessica Eye (04:22:22), and the answers your questions (04:33:26).