The MMA Hour: Dustin Poirier, Israel Adesanya, Darren Till, Rampage, Urijah Faber | Aug. 16, 2021
The MMA Hour is back in your life. The schedule is as below:
Ariel Helwani explains why he returned to The MMA Hour, what to expect in this new era, and more.
Dustin Poirier (31:09) breaks down his win at UFC 264, if he would fight Conor McGregor for a fourth time, and Nate Diaz’s “wolf tickets.”
Rampage Jackson (59:55) gives his side to the infamous car crash in 2008, his Fedor Emelianenko loss, his plans for a comeback, and more.
Urijah Faber (1:40:55) talks about if he’s interested in a possible return in MMA, his thoughts on T.J. Dillashaw’s return to the cage, and more.
Darren Till (2:06:40) discusses his thirst for a UFC belt, delivers a message to Israel Adesanya and more.
Israel Adesanya (2:34:51) talks about his delayed title defense against Robert Whittaker, his thoughts on Jon Jones fighting at heavyweight, and more.
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This is already better than every ESPN MMA show combined. Great Job Ariel, its so good to have you back in our lives!
@Let the flames takeover lol stop tryna gatekeep the sport we love yea Stephen A a casual but he’s the biggest sports analyst on espn with the biggest platform we want our sport to be scene more and helps That wether u like it or not plus his knowledge of the fights will continue to grow we all start at a casual base level before we grow into the real love for like megan olivi and John Anik both said that they’ve seen actual gradual growth with Stephen A lol he’s new
Second Best show next to RC and DC!
My name is rc and that show in not that great
@@DGATOR86 I agree with you Stephan A. and ESPN will help the sport grow and help the fighters make more money so anything that helps the fighters and sport is okay with me.
@Let the flames takeover fix FF
“I’m good why you call my name like that” 😂😂 Rampage and Ariel have the funniest hate/bromance
In addition why wasn’t Rampage and Him talked about as a show on ESPN 😂
@@rodneyrhinehart funnier then DC and Helwani for sure, when he kissed the Rampage toy I laughed my ass off 😂
@@rodneyrhinehart That was so classic Ariel and Rampage vibes. I loved that lol that end piece they had made me laugh so hard LOL
I haven’t got to rampage yet. But I’ve thought for a while that, even though rampage probably wouldn’t admit it. in the end he’s grown quite fond of Ariel!
@@ichigokurosaki6813 he could neeeeever show it on cam tho, its tough love
Ariel flexing on ESPN with this line up!
@@jonathansoko1085 Makes you think maybe Ariel is actually a good person right? Clearly fighters like him if they all come on his show willingly and laugh and are laid back.
Dam that Rampage interview was a real throw back to the good old days, like the show never left.
This is the format we have wanted back, for real MMA fans who watched this back in the day. No one does it like helwani. Great questions, keeps it real, and somehow... Remembers every ufc event ever. Nothing but respect for Ariel
Yes I would love to be a media person like him and I’m always blown away at how he’ll say a fight and the date of it even tho it’s like 10 years old
Yessss!! For the real fans!! I love the questions and love no censorship!!! Espn mma blocked fighters from swearing on a KZhead channel 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I totally agree. Seeing this show back again made me abit emotional. It's what nostalgia does to a person. I watched this show so many times, I'm glad that it's back. I like Dana's personality. But I always sided with Ariel when it comes to what happend with those 2. It's a shame Dana doesnt apprichiate the help from Ariel promoting this sport, even though he did leak a fightcard before UFC. It's sad that Dana is acting like a kid when it comes to this but it is what it is I guess.. entertaining non the less. The best to you Ariel
Had no idea he was coming back. Just randomly clocked in the channel to see what’s up with UFC.... SO HAPPY MMA HOUR IS BACK BABY!!!! I used to watch RELIGIOUSLY !
HEELWANI FOR LIFE!!!
"i back. trust me, i back" - Ariel Helwani
I normal
Hahaha
You left an L out the back and a H out the trust .
Rampage is a savage. Ariel- ‘do you miss her?’ Rampage- ‘I miss what that mouth did.’ ☠️🤣☠️🤣
Respect to Chael for staying on the bus with Ariel because they were making Ariel use a back entrance
Is this mentioned somewhere in this interview?
@@danyalkhandakar6564 yeh about 20min in. Pretty cool
This is so surreal.. wasn’t a fan of the ESPN era. Thought this gem was gone forever, but here we are.
ESPN mma is low key dead now ...
ESPN is awesome arieal sucks that's why they fired him numbers were low and Dana still has him black balled
@@mylesgonz8431 na ESPN is the future of mma lol
@@Watermelonman1 I’m talking about the KZhead channel
@@Watermelonman1 he was not fired. What the hell u talkin about? He even declined big money contract with espn.
So happy this is back!!!!
“38 to the face🎵🎶” let’s go dude didn’t know you enjoyed MMA. You’re music slaps hard☄️
@@barrackhussein464 That's the guys burner account my man.
Ok great - Chael
I agree with the comment above ^^^^
Back in your life 📣📢
I really was dying with the way Ariel said “Quintonnn”… u just knew rampage would check him for that 🤣🤣
For real he doesn’t give Ariel an inch I love it
@@GgCashh451indure It's awesome it's IT'S IT'S It's It's it's
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Ariel is back and beatboxing and I'm here for it.
Till talking about Ariel's nose and his wife meaning no real censorship. Ariel feels free... My Monday's are back to being good again!! Great to have Ariel well and truly back.
💯 closed my office door for the show and didn’t realize the door was closed for 3 hours!! 😂
Let us be grateful for this!!!! Ariel true journalist and now I can watch and see just as it is!!!
Ariel is the best. I really hate Dana white
Quinton and Ariel combo is unmatched man they crack me up everytime 😂😂😂
I know. I literally laughed at the first thing he said: "Why you say my name like that?"
Some meme guys like Beaver or photoshop Steve need to do a Rampage & Ariel one...
@@vlada same hahaha 😂
@@vlada yo i wad dying
Rampage should be in more discussions when people talk about chael and McGregor being the best and funniest trash talkers
"What do you want?!" the best interview start i've ever experienced. Till is the man.
😆😂😂 he really is!
Almost cried when you said the GMT for the show, just that acknowledgement. Your such a real one for the U. K fans brother.. I feel so alienated with all the U. S sport references on ESPN shows
Well lets say for all E.U fans mate haha. But I agree it is a nice gesture
@@tobitau89 Well hard to say that now, when I'm in England and we left the E. U lol. But yeah whole of Europe no doubt loves and appreciates the show.
@@tobitau89 gmt is a British time zone, Europe has its own timezones
he works for BT now, so that might be a reason why, but still felt good when he said GMT, like yes! a time i can figure out
@@jonathansoko1085 what's happening here... Your unhappy with the United countries of Wales England Scotland and Ireland?
Just feels right having the MMA Hour back with Ariel. Honest, independent, passionated and free journalism. As it MUST be!
Weird how he didn't ask those tough questions and wasn't independent when he was paid to shill for ESPN and the UFC.
Passionated ?
He’s still not independent, he’s working for his old company again
"Surprise surprise, the King is back!" - Ariel "Nose it all" Helwani
After Darren’s speech I immedietally got up and went to the gym working on the bag and it was a damn good workout! Thank you Darren! Thank you Ariel! I studied and lived in Liverpool for 4 years and Darren is a true inspiration. Go get that belt mate!
The banter between Rampage and Ariel never gets old 🤣🤣🤣
Yeahh 🤣😂😂😂😂
Best interviewer in mma. Glad the show's back.
Get Cyborg on the show guys. She was supporting you in the live chat throughout the show 👍
Facts !
No
agree! i’ve seen her show a lot of support for ariel
@@anthonygreen207 quiet peasant
for real!
Ariel comeback to MMA hour is the best comeback in MMA history.
Love that Rampage is back on the 1st ep. Some things just sync up...
This was amazing, especially Till asking “what about Schmo” at the end.
Dude that part was gold lmao
Has Ariel ever actually addressed the Schmo?
What happened between Ariel and the Schmo?
@@morganhynes3796 nothing really, the schmo challenged him to a boxing or bjj match and Ariel just doesn’t acknowledge him or the challenge
@@KingLeoSkunk yup he has. i think he addressed it in his twitter call with darren.
It's been 5 minutes so far that I've been watching and I can say with 100% that Ariel made ESPN
Scream that ishhh louder! Lol 💯💯
I unsubbed espn mma, no point anymore
Darren Till flipped the switch halfway through his interview. 🔥
Ariel we are SOOOO happy to have you and this show back, it really feels like home. You built this, and this format is what we want and where you shine the brightest. We were happy to support you at your dream gig at ESPN, but you deserve better. So lucky to see this format one more time, you're going to kill it man
That speech of Darren till wanting to attain greatness gave me chills. He also made my die everytime he talked randomly about Aries, his nose and his wife
Shoutout to Ariel for talking about his mental health for millions of people and for finding a way through that to give us this great content
not everything has to be about mental health lol
@@bradleylucido55 lol ikr
Thanks for coming back Ariel! 🙏
Didn’t expect to see you guys here! Just another reason to love y’all more haha. Can’t wait for next riding szn.
Didn’t expect to see you guys here! Just another reason to love y’all more haha. Can’t wait for next riding szn.
163k views within 12hrs on your (re)launch! let's goooooo!! let em know ariel. y'all must have forgot!
The GOAT has returned! Love The MMA Hour is back!
You’re a clown
Wannanow
@@mylesgonz8431 show sum respect clown
By far the best in the business is back! Rampage was an absolute riot of an interview both honest and raw! Ariel Helwani, welcome back thank you so very much for your dedication to the sport we love and entertaining people like myself who need that distraction from their daily lives !
The best MMA show to exist.
You realize the importance of things when its gone. Ariel is the best in the business. So glad to have him back.
31:21 Dustin Poirier 59:55 Rampage 1:40:37 Urijah Faber 2:06:42 Darren Till 2:35:20 Israel Adesanya
You are a saint thumbs up 👍
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Hespect
The Palki of the MMA Hour
That darren interview made me remember Ariel is the best interviewer in MMA, just gets the goods from the fighters like no scripted questions could!!!!
Rampage seems wiser than he used to be, father time has enlightened him. Glad to see him doing well.
I love that the MMA Hour is back! I missed hearing every week what the Nose knows. Now we get it twice a week. 👏🏽👏🏽
Watching this feels so nostalgic.
Was about to comment the same thing, it's so surreal
@@zMxsh Thank you.
I will go wherever helwani goes because I love his interviews and his perspective on mma and other sports! Great mind and cool dude, wish you the best!
@Marcus Middleton I’d watch a DC and chael show, just not of fan of RC and Sedano
So good to see rampage and Ariel interact again. I always loved their interactions and they cracked me up hard
real mma journalism for the people is BACK! THANK YOU ARIEL LOVE YOUR WORK 💕
The greatest combat sports journalist of all time.
Ariel is undoubtedly the goat of mma journalism
@dingle Berry Dave had his cup of coffee with MMA and still does some stuff, but his bread and butter is pro wrestling. Both are goats at what they do.
He was literally MMA journalist of the year...every year for a decade.
@@riseofazrael if that’s true I had no idea but that’s not surprising, he’s so good at what he does.
Best MMA Journalist? No, most popular? Yes. Better Journalists? David Castillo, Luke Thomas, John Nash, Karim Zidan, etc., are all better journalists because they don't shill as hard and they ask real questions.
@@riseofazrael And the warmongerer Henry Kissinger won the Nobel Peace Prize....so what? Winning an award for Best MMA Journalist does not mean one is the best MMA journalist.
Everyone needs a friend like Chael. What a guy - shoutout to Ariel for mentioning that.
Man, this really warms my heart. Happy to see you back, Ariel.
darren is the most spirited guy when he’s hyping himself up, it’s admirable, and i hope we see the best till we can v brunson
@Casual wait until you hear paddy pimblett when he debuts lmao
Darren till sucks to be honest. He needs to do alot for a title shot
@@trinidaddy It’s unfair Paddy is allowed to compete with a helmet on.
This is awesome 🤩 the best move dude, congratulations.
Brunson has been destroyed a bunch of times by Jacare and Adesanya for example, absolutely embarrassed, Till needs to do the same if he want people talking about him and btw Brunson vs Whittaker was an all time great fight.
The mma hour got me through my worst years and I can't be happier that it is back. This one on one interview style is so much better than his previous show
Same🙏 absolutely agree!
Between listening to so many Till and Pimblett interviews lately, I've got my Scouse dialed in pretty well, now 😂
Best MMA show out there. Ariel is a real g of the sport. Love that this is back
Darren Till is a gem with his interviews.
Ikr lol always driving in the car with his phone inside his mouth shouting weird Walsh things
@@benwilsonMMA ???
@@benwilsonMMA you mean welsh? Lol he’s from Liverpool nor Wales lol
“And This Is Still My Boy” - DC over at ESPN 😭
That show was a condensed shitty version of this. Welcome back to the real show boys.
Yeah DC was phoney af
Ariel, as nostalgic as you feel to be back home, I feel the same to be watching/listening to you on the MMA Hour again. Welcome back my friend!
Ariel my boy it’s so good to have you back my mondays have been so boring without you around. All Love brother
Uncle Chael undefeated undisputed. Turns out the bad guy is actually a pretty good guy
Who would’ve thought?!
What time stamp
@@mistergraham6702 like early on around the 20th minute
With everything, wins or losses, Till makes me wanna root for him like I'm from Liverpool, what a chill dude
@dingle Berry I mean the guy went to a close decision with Whitaker who is just below Izzy in skill and dismantled Kelvin so fair to say he deserves it 100% Losses shouldn't matter as much in extremely talented divisions like MW, LW,etc imo
@@ayubm1616 i wouldn't say dismantled lol. I thought he won but it was close.
@@ayubm1616 There’s no delusion like Darren Till fan delusion.
@@Garrett1240 excuse me have you met a McGregor fan? Or a Khabib fan? Insufferable
@@GgCashh451 Also true. This is relative however as I judge Till fans on a curve being that they’re from the UK generally speaking, and therefore not guaranteed to be brain damaged.
As a new fan of mma I really think is dope that this show is back. I fell like I can catch up on what I missed
Always a rampage fan! Underrated gem. If he was coming through MMA now he’d be bigger and funnier than Lewis by a mile
Agree, he was also twice the foghter Lewis is, Rampage never gave up, you had to beat the life out of him like Wanderlei did and he was still smiling while getting kneed in the face, no joke or submitt him and he was only subbed once in his career by Jones and once by Sakuraba early on.
@@milkyway6508 absolute legend always appreciated Ariel for giving him his flowers as he’s the only 1 in MMA community who does
I love the story about Chael Sonnen. Solid man.
All things I’ve ever heard about Chael behind the scenes are good things. Dude never even brags about it either.
Timestamp
Timestamp?
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chael the character is entertaining but chael the person, is unbelievably good
Never thought I'd miss Ariel as much as I did, you don't know what you have until it's gone. MMA media needs the nose
Couldn't be any happier that this is back. Know what i'm doing EVERY Monday and Wednesday. I'll be right here for the best damn reporter in MMA. Hell yeah Helwani - back where we belong.
Always looked forward to these back in the day. Ecstatic to tune in weekly again. Congrats on the return, & welcome back Ariel!
We prayed to the MMA Gods. They listened! 🙏🏻
Ride or die. There can only be one Ariel of MMA. The show of record. Uncensored and unfiltered. The show of shows!
Luke Thomas’ and Ariel’s difference in opinions and thoughts of Vox and Jim Bankoff are interesting. Here is Luke’s video for reference (29:12 - 35:35): kzhead.info/sun/ad57YdqHgHuZh6c/bejne.html Still, it was a great show and I watch them both. They do two different things.
Hooray! So happy to have this back in my podcast life. Unfiltered Ariel is pretty great so far, love the candor.
Hell yeah, the MMA hour is back in our lives. Ariel is the goat of MMA journalism, new guys wont understand the old days. But Ariel is better independent, where he can do his own thing and ask the tough questions to the people that matter. Chuffed.
I love everything about the return of the MMA Hour. Ariel seems at peace. Happiness is infectious. I love seeing the studio again. The toys, pictures.The shirts. The sneakers. The 👃. Great new graphics and visuals but that same iconic intro and outro.
Damn Ariel, I truly missed the MMA hour, holy sh**. Lol
Ariel's character arc coming full circle 🥺 I'm so happy to be back watching the mma hour!!!🙏
Always love Darren Till interviews. Can't help but smile when you watch him. He was so intense talking about his need to achieve greatness. Fan of all these guys but he's right, was hyped to see him on the show most.
He left his kids in Brazil? Tf you on
Greatest show in MMA period. Missed this, mondays now feel normal.
“I didn’t want to load the deck” superstar guests back to back to back!
Dude I'm so glad this show is back !! I missed it !! It was a huge part of my Mondays for years and then it's just ended and nothing came out that was worth listening to . Let's go !
Wow. Loves every second of the comeback rant. Not a second to long👍🏻dream come true having this show back. I was thinking all we need is twice a week and minste later u revehale just that. So much better than the sensored espn stuff. This is sportjournalistic art👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 beeing real and giving to the people. Thanks and welcome back👊🏻🤗 P.s. U probably considered second show on thurs/friday to prewiev the weekend shows up to date. I Would love that. Also its hard to prioritize 6 hous a week for the show so some shorter interwievs Would be Great. Thanks again for beeing back were we want u🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Who knew the MMA hour would be so moving? Amazing opening 35 minutes. Very glad to have this show.
Please tell the details about the Dana White temporary restraining order
“I’m in a happy place. I feel very violent!” Till 😂
Great to have you back, my dude. 🙌🏽
Im so glad Ariel is showing respect to some older mma guys like Rampage!👊🏾
As a die hard Morning Kombat fan, I’m thoroughly glad to have this show back. Never was a fan of ESPN Helwani.
Love the Donks. Never missed MMA hour when it was on, couldn't stand DC though so stopped watching AH ESPN stuff. Pumped he's back
Agree, espn was too corporate. This seems much more real.
ESPN Helwani was 🗑
Why didn't Ariel have the guts to be a real journalist when he was working at ESPN?
Facts
So glad this shows back!! Got some good content for more video ideas from this !
So great to have the show back man. Thanks for all your work Ariel.
Rampages intro was righteous. Lol
The Rampage and Till interviews had me laughing at the office
especially rampage.love this guy....so intelligent,goofy on purpose,but seriously intelligent.i miss rampage jackson big time.
Rampage is hilarious.. an mma legend too… His back and forth with Briggs on the Dr Greenthumbs podcast about a month ago was epic AF 🤣🤣🤣
Lmao when he starts kissing the Rampage toy and Rampage starts screaming at him to put it back 😂 missed this format so much
Glad to have you back in our lives Ariel. This is were you belong and more importantly deserve to be. Shout out to mmafighting for being genuine legends.
Great too see this show back on. Ariel gets a lot of stick from the promotions but I can't imagine an MMA world without him. He's another legend.
I’ve never commented in my life, but can’t even begin to explain how great it is to have Ariel back on air. You deserve all the success
*Surprise Surprise The King Is Back* - TheMMAHour with Ariel Helwani 🙌
Thank you Ariel for having these legends on..
So happy The MMA Hour is back in my life!
15 min in and i've fallen back in love with it already!!!! Edinburgh, Scotland
I'm a huge MK fan. But this is where it all started for me. It's like seeing an old friend from long ago and picking up exactly where you left off.
Yeah and it's cool cause now they're doing totally different things now
@@munkyzzb7504 100%. You could tell when Luke was doing MMA Hour, he was being put in a place that he just wasn’t fit for. MK is an amazing MMA show completely separate from MMA hour. Ariel belongs here.
@@Brantendo64 definitely
Ariel is the Man. This show is even better than Ariel and Cormier show.
So much joy this show brings to me. Thank you Ariel and the crew that helps make this magic happen. Such a fan.
So happy to have you back Ariel, you've become just as big a part of MMA for me as the fighting. The MMA world truly wouldn't be the same without you.
"ESPN was never my friend." - Ariel Helwani
Ariel is back. Omg I missed you so much. You are the best dude. The absolute best!!!
Extremely glad that this show is back! It's the show that really got me into the MMA world.