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).

Ariel Helwani speaks to Patrick Côté (00:06:13), Chael Sonnen (00:26:45), Michael Chandler (00:54:58), Colby Covington (01:12:58), Holly Holm (01:31:54), Tyron Woodley (01:53:46), Mirko Cro Cop (02:19:33), Garry Tonon (02:40:25) in studio, Cris "Cyborg" Justino (03:24:42), and NewYorkRic for Ric's Picks (03:45:01) and to answer your questions (03:58:18) during The MMA [After] Hour.

Ariel Helwani speaks to Duane Ludwig (00:31:17), Mike Mazzulli (00:52:42), Jack Swagger (01:15:44) in studio, Quinton Jackson (01:58:02), Cub Swanson (02:30:48), Mackenzie Dern (02:49:40), Michael Bisping (03:08:28), Michael Carter-Williams (03:30:53), Jimmie Rivera (03:51:26), and NewYorkRic for Ric's Picks (04:11:39) and to answer your questions (04:39:17) during The MMA [After] Hour.

On this special edition of The MMA Hour, Ariel Helwani speaks to Georges St-Pierre (00:02:43) in studio, Paulo Costa (00:41:24) in studio, and is then joined by The MMA Beat panelists Jeff Wagenheim and Danny Segura (01:19:08) to recap the week in MMA during The MMA [After] Hour.

Ariel Helwani speaks to Rose Namajunas (00:08:43), Freddie Roach (00:31:16), Sage Northcutt (00:48:51), James Vick (01:05:40) in studio, Urijah Faber (01:50:42), Joanna Jędrzejczyk (02:12:56), Kevin Lee (02:31:29) in studio, Randy Brown (03:09:38) in studio, TJ Dillashaw (03:42:20), and NewYorkRic for Ric's Picks (04:02:25) and to answer your questions during The MMA [After] Hour (04:40:54).

Ariel Helwani speaks to Chris Holdsworth (00:27:25), Mike Perry (00:49:12), Darren Till (01:13:06) in studio, Jorge Masvidal (01:59:00), Derek Brunson (02:13:39), Alexey Oleynik (02:37:16) in studio, Mark Hunt (03:22:21), Colby Covington (03:47:38), Kamaru Usman (04:08:49), and NewYorkRic for Ric's Picks (04:20:09) and to answer your questions during The MMA [After] Hour (04:40:11).

Ariel Helwani speaks to Gegard Mousasi (00:07:08), Michael Page (00:54:59), Jesse Taylor (01:14:43), TJ Dillashaw (01:31:59), Georges St-Pierre (01:46:31) Rose Namajunas (02:04:17), Scott Coker (02:30:24), Colby Covington (03:00:30), Darren Till (03:30:58), and NewYorkRic for Ric's Picks (03:47:11) and to answer your questions during The MMA [After] Hour (04:24:34).

Ariel Helwani speaks to Karolina Kowalkiewicz (00:06:56), Marc Goddard (00:27:58), Henry Cejudo (00:51:38), Derrick Lewis (01:15:20), Kevin Lee (01:37:51), Gegard Mousasi (02:01:01) in studio, Julianna Peña (02:47:11), Khabib Nurmagomedov (03:09:25), and NewYorkRic for Ric's Picks (03:43:53) and to answer your questions during The MMA [After] Hour (04:40:27).

Ariel Helwani speaks to Demetrious Johnson (00:08:10), Max Holloway (00:30:15), Ian McCall (00:50:37), Carlos Condit (01:14:22), Frankie Edgar (01:33:59), John Alessio (01:53:39), Everlast (02:18:53), Darrion Caldwell (02:39:54), Tony Ferguson (02:56:13), and NewYorkRic for Ric's Picks (03:29:16) and to answer your questions during The MMA [After] Hour (04:18:51).

Ariel Helwani speaks to Dominick Cruz (00:11:10), Alistair Overeem (00:36:19), Volkan Oezdemir (01:05:27), Frank Shamrock (01:24:01), Andrea Lee (01:43:11), Ali Abdelaziz (02:00:52), Rafael Natal (02:33:10) in studio, Mackenzie Dern (03:07:52) and NewYorkRic for Ric's Picks (03:26:48) and to answer your questions during The MMA [After] Hour (04:07:39).

Ariel Helwani speaks to Gökhan Saki (00:05:23), Luke Rockhold (00:27:43), Ray Borg (01:04:06), Kamaru Usman (01:28:05), Matt Brown (01:51:06), Mickey Gall (02:13:58) in studio, Aaron Pico (03:06:02), and NewYorkRic for Ric's Picks (03:28:27) and to answer your questions during The MMA [After] Hour (04:23:31).

Ariel Helwani speaks to Quinton Jackson (00:06:28), Edmond Tarverdyan (00:35:49), Daniel Cormier (01:03:16), Chuck Liddell (01:25:29), Joanna Jędrzejczyk (01:43:01), Stipe Miocic (02:06:11), Michael Bisping (02:21:13), Al Iaquinta (02:47:21) in studio, Mario Lopez (03:39:49), and NewYorkRic for Ric's Picks (03:56:08) and to answer your questions during The MMA [After] Hour (04:47:11).

Ariel Helwani speaks to Demetrious Johnson (00:07:28), Darren Till (00:32:56), Raquel Pennington (00:48:58), Brian Stann (01:12:52), Andrea Lee (01:42:15), Mike Perry (02:02:07), David Branch (02:24:11), Arjan Bhullar (02:47:52), and NewYorkRic for Ric's Picks (03:23:26) and to answer your questions during The MMA [After] Hour (04:01:23).

Ariel Helwani speaks to Joanne Calderwood (00:07:59), Francis Ngannou (00:35:42), Paddy Pimblett (00:53:29), Paige VanZant (01:10:42), Owen Roddy (01:33:14), Stephen Espinoza (02:02:23) in studio, Ben Askren (02:57:53), Rafael dos Anjos (03:20:00), Derrick Lewis (03:38:05), and NewYorkRic for Ric's Picks (04:01:22) and to answer your questions during The MMA [After] Hour (04:39:50).

Ariel Helwani speaks to Oscar De La Hoya (00:15:20), Chris Eubank (00:29:42), Holly Holm (00:59:56), Chael Sonnen (01:16:06), Daniel Cormier (01:37:27), Joe Cortez (01:59:18), Paulie Malignaggi (02:16:11), Max Holloway (02:38:44), Esther Lin (03:05:18), Derrick Lewis (03:27:49), and NewYorkRic for Ric's Picks (03:32:27) and to answer your questions during The MMA [After] Hour (04:20:14).