Ariel Helwani: Four Options for UFC 300 Main Event | The MMA Hour
Ariel Helwani discusses UFC Vegas 86, the issues of the UFC APEX, the surprising move to promote Slap event over UFC event Saturday night during Super Bowl week, the UFC 300 main event drama during the Super Bowl, what he knows at this moment for possible UFC 300 main event, and more.
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Dana now changing the main event to avoid Ariel leaking it again LOL
Dana vs his wife 2
That’s funny af
Ilh de😊😊
he actually will did it like 2 times before aswell lmao
Is Ariel banned from ever going to a live ufc event?
15:41
Much appreciated bro 🙏
The man
Many thanks! I don't know why they don't put timestamps or a smaller clip. I can't imagine people are thrilled to see a juicy headline on an hour-long video...
that is too late, that is after the conversation has started init?
😘
I just personally watch every event because I genuinely love watching mma.
Sometimes less is more
Khamzat just said on Instagram comments that he's not fighting during Ramadan.
April 13th is technically after Ramadan
Won't make 170 either
@@Jeff-nb8iyhe isn’t doing the training camp during Ramadan
@@evilkhamzatbuttttt why? 😢 doesn’t Belal celebrate Ramadan too?
@@Jeff-nb8iyBelal doesn’t have the luxury of saying no he is a special case.
GIVE US TIME STAMPS GOSHHHHH
Do you think they'd risk the 300 main event on Chimaev's (in)ability to make weight?
Yeah, I could see 185 but didn’t expect 170. If anything, Khamzat should be made to be a backup for Belal.
@@Kaaashhhhhhh agree 185 is safer, it's 170 I was skeptical about.
185 lb interim bmf championship lololololo ufc is becoming sad
Ramadan could get him back down. More deserving of a title shot at WW than at MW. He missed weight once. Yes by 8 pounds, however Ramadan could give him that advantage to lose weight quickly. Just a thought.
Catchweight mabey
Khamzat isn’t going to fight during Ramadan (ie have a training camp during the holiday) no matter how much money they offer. It’s either DDP vs Izzy or Leon vs Belal.
Yeah true but kinda crazy Belal IS fighting during Ramadan, respect to him
Both would be sick
@@krish3758he pretty much has to imo, if he says no they’ll throw khamzat or someone else at him before he can get another shot
@@jbortiz98true he doesn’t have the luxury of saying no but he also has been doing it all his life being an athlete and competing during Ramadan because he grew up in the states. The guys from overseas are from Muslim majority regions/countries so they probably aren’t used to it.
DDP won't be ready. Ufc is just embarrassed that the BIG ufc 300 event is Leon vs Belal lol
Someone please just tell Khamzat to go to the southern boarder for christ sakes.
😂😂😂😂
He can bring his son too. They got a cage for him also.
😂
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
😮😮😂😂😂😂
Derek from betr media vs Ariel helwani 300
Damn Ariel can’t believe u leaked the brock news for UFC 200
Glover vs Hill in brazil 🇧🇷 was also announced late within a month but i guess brandon vs figgy was the original main event
There’s no reason why they couldn’t put that Apex card on in Oslo for hermanson. People would come out for a UFC event anyway, plus you’d have a ‘local’ fighter. Just because that card wouldn’t sell out an arena in some no mark US city, doesn’t mean it wouldn’t sell outside. They just need one local fighter and an arena. Most cities in developed countries have an arena. Same goes for Rozenstruik. You could put that card in the Netherlands and it would be immediately better
Apart from MMA being illegal in Norway lol
I honestly think they stopped simply because it's too much work. Less travel, less red tape. Younger Dana would be livid.
It could be khamzhat vs Usman 2 their fight was dope!! Part 2
makkes 0 sense fight was kkinda boring and in a 5 rounder Khamzat loses to everyone elite lol
Time stamps?
Khamzat just confirmed to a fan he won’t be fighting at 300 due to Ramadan that only leaves Izzy and DDP at this stage
BELAL BELAL
But did he say he got an offer for it? $$$ can change people’s minds sometimes
Unless they can find someone to fight Pereira? I could see them doing Alex vs Khalil. That fight would be a banger
@@Jeff-nb8iynot in this case
Khalil is a nobody@@MrDaltontrumbo
Wild theory: Dana adds 165 weight division, changes welterweight to 175lb. They do Leon v Khamzat for 175 title and main event and Belal v Shavkat for 165 title and co main
Will never happen to many fighters are on contract they'd need to reset so many contracts and pay them all extra including all the unranked unless ufc cooking on going to netflix like wwe
No way Belal and Shavkat can make 165lbs. That's a Conor vs Chandler weight class. I think Colby would be the only 170lber who would move down
Would be wild tho. Referencing Dana on the Full Send podcast, he referenced possibly changing “everything we know” so I started to game out what that could mean, adding in the buzz around the 165 lb weight class as well as some rumored match ups, I think this would be the card that the fans want to see. Not sure why we can’t get Pereira v Aspinall either, nobody would be against seeing that fight
The worst thing to happen to the UFC has been the ESPN deal. It’s gone directly down the drain. At a significant angle from the action and quality of matchups to production and decisions they’ve made in the commentator booth. It’s just declining steadily. Sure they will continue to sell but it is not as good as it was from 05-15, were the golden age of mma as far as ufc, WEC, pride, strikeforce
I think they announce it in the octagon this weekend
Around 39 min -I’m that fan, i watched every single UFC card from 2017 - 2020 from the early prelims until after the post show with Mike Heck. After that I’ve watched most main cards and have missed less then 10 because of work. Although I did miss a care entirely for the first time this year because I wanted to go out on a Saturday and the UFC is watered down so the card sucked
what ufc did u miss?
@@yuini4227holm vs bueno Silva
Why do you watch them all live when you can just download them the next day
@@edotball it’s more exciting live, watching them the next day isn’t as fun if you know the results. And I’m not going to spend the night trying to avoid seeing who won
Tom Aspinall vs Cyril for the paper heavyweight belt should be the co-main. Both those guys should be camp ready.
Gold painted cardboard belt
Aspinall needs 48 hrs notice to fight anyone & will…(flight time!)…he doesn’t duck like most of them
@@DaveB432JJ fought x1 as a heavyweight & once in 4 years..is that a champion? Or Dana’s lovechild?
You can still have the Apex format but add a small crowd. $20 a pop. People unfamiliar with UFC will come to Vegas, check it out and decide if they like it.
Pretty damn sure everyone knows the UFC at this point
Strickland vs Izzy perhaps
WONT CUT IT .....
@@aydinalavi6776 DDP is out though. Khamzat is the only possibility if he can get a visa. Then maybe Khamzat vs Strickland.
Chales 300 videos are gold😭😭😭
Dana is going to get destroyed online if it ends up being Leon vs Belal that he announces for 300
Yeah the casuals would hate that for sure
For me it's very clear that Alex Pereira will be the main event, I just don't know who against.
Maybe Izzy but J Hill is next for a title shot and pereira v hill isn’t 300 main event imo
@@yungartisgood storyline and high quality fighters. I wouldn’t mind
@@michaelimadiyi That's nearly Leon vs Belal 2 level for "I thought Dana said the 300 main-event would be Earth-shattering" lol. They're going to Brazil for a PPV, Pereira vs Hill makes sense for that
Maybe not they got ufc 301 in Brazil the next month Need a main for that card
Alex vs Hill is a banger wtf??@@jamesthompson9003
Leon vs Khamzat would be insane. I hope Ariel’s right
Khamzat isn’t fighting during Ramadan
@@ssj4goku18825theepic Ah that’s true
This should be easy, it’s the promotions biggest card, get McGregor on it, get Izzy on it
All of the waiting just for Belal the KO artist to main UFC 300
So cool to see Ariel plugging Aaron Cheng and Ronny. Both amazing comedians! AaronChen is a goddamn legendary
The UFC’s favored fighter already knows and who they want to lose will be told the last minute 💪
Is New Yawk Ric in front of an electrical panel ⚡️
They gotta atleast put stands in the apex and sell tickets
They do they are just 2000$ per ticket 😅
I don’t understand why they can’t just use a full sized cage also
They usually have people but last week there was a super rich person that bought out the Apex
@@Kaaashhhhhhhlegal reasons
I was trying to go last weekend tickets were $2,995 and they only sell 75 of them. Rest are personal invites from Dana
Why don't they just make Izzy DDP the main and Leon Belal as the comain? Dana said 2 more fights, why does it have to be a choice?
Imo pareira and izzy for the LHW title main event
Leon vs Belal. Ufc struggling to do anything else to avoid the embarrassment of it being the main event of 300
Belal is a decision winner not a finisher, i won't be surprised if the matchmakers leapfrog Shavkat to a title shot.
I'm a casual fan at best. For me, the deciding factor is who's on the card. Don't really care if it takes place in the apex or not.
Its not Khamzat. He just replied on an IG post that he wasnt fighting during Ramadan.
I have been skipping apex for sure
I want to see Hamzat Chimaev fight on the 300 card and also in America
Honestly i dont mind the Apex cards at all. If it means more cards per year im okay with that.
They’re boring
Agreed... i dont even watch the Apex shows.
Why? You hate watching terrible unwatchable cards?
Never watch Apex fights. No atmosphere and Poo 💩 cards
your loss some of the best fights happned at the apex the smaller cage has meant every single weight class has seen a increase in fight finishes plus you get the cageside mics picking up all the hits for added sfx
The onky reason "High End" celebritys went to Power Slap is because they want to stay in good grace with Dana for UFC high end REAL fighting!!!
Mike Goldberg is back, on Pro Box TV!
37:38, I’ve got to disagree. I will be tuning in for fight night cards every time but I cannot motivate myself to stay up to a stupid hour to watch am Apex Card.
Izzy DDP will be in South Africa.. y'all behind af for mma podcasters damn
Why would they do Khamzat fight Leon anyway?
Well Jon Jones said UFC has offered him UFC 300 but he said he won't be ready to fight in April, which essentially means he wants more money. So if UFC is ready to splash the cash then we might see Jones vs Miocic
He came off a pec tear be real man. Hes also probably wanting to do msg
the ufc has like 700 plus fighters. It’s impossible to build incredibly strong cards with name value in the apex when you owe a fighter 3 offers a year 36:30
Dana White vs Bob Menery
Chenny baby! Love Aaron Chen
Khamzat is saying he’s not fighting due to Ramadan.
Well you can forget about Khamzat he said he isn't fighting during Ramadan.
Leon Edwards was completely right when he tweeted at Belal "You just have to figure out why they (the UFC) hate you so much" on December 21st.
Izzy vs DDP is the way to go
Ariel so mad he didn't get to leak it 😅
Imagine if they could do ngannou vs jones
Imagine Dana n the ufc werent tightarsses😂
Jones is out mate…dislocated diaper
This and maybe Conor fighting would be about the only things I can think of that would make all the hype worth it, but im pretty sure its going to be a disappointment.
New York Rick is wayyyyy off with--"the same fans tune in for Apex like they used to" --take. No they have been watered down and they haven't built any stars or characters because Dana is checked out and no stars can be made anywhere else because contender series has taken the local card talents before they can gain a vocal following
ESPN is not going to want to exit the Apex. They were the ones to invest 100M into building it!
At this point it’s DDP vs Izzy. No Conor, no Jones, no wolf #UFC300
DDP said its toosoon which it is so no
Ariel got annoyed by all these people calling his reporting false so now he is going for EVERY main event UFC 300 gets haha
Typical jhuw
I would literally take a Belal main event over Izzy getting gifted an undeserved title shot. He has lost the belt twice over the span of a year. Feed him to Khamzat
Defended his belt 8 times. Held the belt for 4 years. Has history with the current 185 lb champion so there’s drama to be made. One of the losses he gained it back almost immediately. If DDP wins you get more drama with a Sean rematch and if Izzy wins you get drama with a Sean rematch. Sean’s one of the biggest stars right now and it looks he gets another chance regardless of the outcome. Also Izzy is one of the biggest stars so why wouldn’t he get some privileges? He lapped the division.
he has 5 defenses,... and the most overrrated reign ever the middleweight divsion was by far the worst division in the UFC Izzy never even fought 1 good wrestler which tells you how shitty MW was nowadays he wouldnt get more than 3. Izzy fans making up 8 defenses and casuals actually comparing him to Anderson its crazy prime Anderson is five times the fighter Izzy is. Hot take but prime Chael Sonnen would have a really good chance of beating Izzy lol. Chael was on roids but so is Izzy lmao@@ruh-rohbro6434
@@ruh-rohbro6434 ok, all of the stats you just provided are why he received an immediate rematch against Alex, despite being 0-3 against him in kickboxing/mma at the time. He wins the rematch and then gets not only beaten, but completely outclassed in his first title defense. You're telling me that he deserves an immediate rematch AGAIN? If we're just going to base title shot opportunities off of career accolades, doesn't that defeat the purpose of rankings? Of any type of meritocracy? You are a casual fan and don't know anything about this sport. Hope you don't own any dogs btw 🐕
Might be hill vs Alex
Dana White in the UFC 300 BTS Documentary- “Ariel was never my friend”
I’d personally hate if Izzy is the main event, and Khamzat can’t make 170 so either fight they make I guess I’m depressed
Usman and chimaev was too close of a fight.. they can definitely have a rematch
khamzat aint fighting during ramadan
Good point
Ufc 300 is not during anything
@@armandotext But its just after ramadan so I doubt he would do a training camp for the biggest fight of his life during ramadan
Tom Aspinall vs Sergei Pavlovich rematch
I think we wind up with Strickland Izzy 2 or something like that, Strickland the only one who’s proved he’ll play ball. I think ddp refuses
Will Hamza Chimaev face Leon Edwards for the title? I hope this happens
If DDP izzy happens at 300, the UFC are dropping the ball. It sells out a stadium in Africa. It needs to happen there
We need Rogan vs Dana for 300!
Why not Sean Strickland vs Izzy 2
It will be izzy vs ddp and leon vs khamzat.
Or khamzat vs ddp and leon vs belal.
I don't think the UFC has the money to take the show out every weekend anymore
We all know the 300 main event will be announced at 299. That's why they've stacked 299.
If the fight is Leon vs Khamzat then that suggests to me his 8lb weight miss was engineered by the UFC to rearrange that card. There should be no rhyme or reason why Dana would trust him to make 170 fir the prelims, nevermind for the 300 main event.
Worst take I’ve ever seen congrats
@jamess7231 Logic seems to bother you huh? 8lb weight miss and they're talking about trusting him with the 300 main event? C'mon.
Khamzat isn't making 170 lbs and the UFC won't risk it after his last miss on the scales. Lazy take
No way it’s Khamzat. He’s not training during Ramadan.
UFC should Cody finish the story at 300!
Ariel is starting to lose touch. Did he really think that Khamzat vs Leon @ 170 was a possibility? Theres multiple obvious reasons why that fight is highly unlikely to headline 300.
If I have to hear Ariel talk about these leaks again😤 get a plumber already
Digging tunnels can get leaky
Nobody wants a belial fight. Except, perhaps, belial
I think Dana has to have some kind of huge fight up his sleeve for 300 otherwise he loses all credibility with what he’s saying about the sphere. When think about the money they’ll make off that it’s worth breaking a few thumbs to make it happen
If they do 175 and 165 belts khamzat is the one they want at 175
No Khamzat, cuz of “Ramadan” but then immediately recommends n international location? Definitely suspect…. He clearly can’t come to the US for WHATEVER reason….. it’s gonna end up being Izzy V DDP…. Don’t get me wrong, it’s a good fight BUT the way Dana was hyping this up, it doesn’t live up to expectation….. was expecting a double champ scenario, at the LEAST…. Oh well, it’s a good card regardless
Ufc 300 Cm punk vs Leon edwards
We don’t care, we want shows every weekend man
Izzy DDP .... Khamzat needs to stay in middle weight
Mfers complain just to say it’s great. Then say give it to Belal/ Leon over pereira / jhill. Belal fights at best two fights a year and has never had an exciting win or beat a 1 or 2 contender ( best win was an injured burns who was probably ranked 4 or 5) You need to be more active, more verbal, or more exciting to win opportunities. we barely remember the name.
CONNOR VS NATE 3 IS THE FIGHT TO MAKE - LOW RISK FIGHT FOR CONNER HE'S BIGGER NOW HE'LL KNOCK OUT DONE NATE IN TWO ROUNDS. THEN YOU SET UP A FIGHT BETWEEN CONNOR AND EDWARDS SO CONNOR CAN FIGHT FOR HIS THIRD BELT. TOTALLY MAKES SENSE.
Connor who? Hype boy has only won x1 in 7 years and that was cowboy failing to turn up
The criticism of the lattest apex card is getting too much stick Michal Johnston fight was lit and he’s a legend ! Brad Tavares is a legend , Andre fily awesome fighter The main event was a long standing top 🎉10 vs an hot up and comer , if Jo Pfizer won in big fashion it would have been a coming out party and the beginning of a new star , The truth is everyone needs a fight and a platform BUTT !! If the fight night was in pifers back yard it would have been better so it’s back and forth
What about Izzy vs Perreira for LHW belt for 300?
Khamzat vs Strickland
Great fight but with no belt, it’ll have to be co co main for Gaethje and Zhang
Khabib vs Leon
100% agree so much on the Apex matches. Have been saying this for so long. It's so disrespectful to the fighters who literally put their lives on the line.
Ariel looks like Robert Whittaker
Strickland vs izzy 2
9:08 ariel bites hes tongue but keeps going like a boss
🤡🤡
ariel is the best in the world
He's an alpha
Imagine how epic it would’ve been if the main event was announced as a Super Bowl commercial
How hard is it understand that belal isn’t a draw. They want numbers
So if he isnt a draw then put him on the card that doesnt need him to be a draw which would be 300 because everyone is going to watch no matter what.... Leon is not much of a draw either imo.