Ariel Helwani Reacts to Dana White’s Recent Power Slap Claims | The MMA Hour
In the latest On the Nose, Ariel Helwani discusses Dana White’s recent claims about the success of Power Slap, if Nate Diaz will return to the UFC, Dominick Cruz’s recent comments, best post-UFC fight runs, Nottingham Forest, favorite Ariel catch phrases, and more.
00:00:00 Intro
00:00:37 Power Slap Social Numbers
00:12:02 Nathan Diaz next moves
00:18:05 Dominick Cruz’s comments
00:20:55 Grounded knees in UFC
00:21:43 Sterling’s relationship with MMA Fans
00:23:03 Best Post-UFC run by a fighter?
00:24:03 Patricio Pitbull’s Triple C claim and P4P standing
00:32:09 Mysterious Frank and the Kentucky Derby
00:34:50 Helwanisms
00:42:22 DC X Helwani friendship
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00:00:00 Intro 00:00:37 Power Slap Social Numbers 00:12:02 Nathan Diaz next moves 00:18:05 Dominick Cruz’s comments 00:20:55 Grounded knees in UFC 00:21:43 Sterling’s relationship with MMA Fans 00:23:03 Best Post-UFC run by a fighter? 00:24:03 Patricio Pitbull’s Triple C claim and P4P standing 00:32:09 Mysterious Frank and the Kentucky Derby 00:34:50 Helwanisms 00:42:22 DC X Helwani friendship
I honestly wonder if he has some sort of medical issue with his brain. I know he's a great promoter but , come on! Really? I don't think Dana believes all that bs. My opinion. Have an awesome weekend Ariel 🤙
Power slap is a dumb sport..
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“Two truck drivers from Idaho slapping each other in front of six people” 😂😂😂
Just got to that part 🤣
Lol
WIsh that reported said that live at conference like I doubt it and then saying that HAHHAHAHA
😂😂
im dead
Dana White calling Oscar De La Hoya a “liar” and “coke head” seems very odd after watching his explanation about Power Slap numbers. 🤷🏻♂️
You could probably slap a transparency on Dana’s back and see it blown up on the wall, with the amount of projection he puts out.
I watched Dana selling that slapping and lying hi ass off. If they sprayed him with holy water, he would have combusted. Power Slapping will be illegal in a hurry with the spinal cord and other injuries. Power Slapping in the accident and claim business is called whiplash with liability.
Dana saying Slap is bigger than F1, the second most watched sport on the planet ( after Football / Soccer) is just just pure delusions lol
@@MotoGearSolid Only in the US to be fair. In most of the rest of the world its always been popular. Only the World Cup and Olympics pulls in more viewers. It's taken a crappy fake-drama filled Netflix show for the US to discover F1..
What's F1?
@@demetriusshaffer1784i believe it’s a type of racing i watch nascar here and there but i haven’t given F1 a try yet
Lol I just looked up the top 10, f1 isn't even on there 😂😂 you must be delusional. Dana is talking about VIEWERSHIP, f1 doesn't beat soccer, hockey, cricket basketball etc etc. Maybe f1 wins in some other metric like Instagram followers , but definitely not viewership 😂
@@rollin60z tell me you have no idea about f1 without telling me you have no idea about f1. F1 is absolutely humungous, almost every person I ever meet has watched it in the last few years, race highlights get more views in the first 24 hours than any UFC related content even with all the hype around the events. THE RACE CALENDAR IS ALMOST THE SAME EACH YEAR AND THEY STILL PULL MORE VIEWS. Not as big as soccer but you're just showing your ignorance by saying f1 is just "instagram reach". My man, you couldn't have said a dumber fking thing.
Dana's commitment to slap is fascinating. Pure comedy
The only way to bring the rating up would be for his wife to enter the tournament.
It just screams of a pump and dump with the amount of fake statements he's making about it
Bro, he even went to slap his wife. That's commitment
We will see how this ages. the man knows his audience despite what you all think. Dana will be successful at slap, probably more than anyone will expect. You can’t hate on a guy that brought UFC out of bankruptcy and for 30 years has Grown YoY exponentially. If you can even understand that significance. Less than 2% of business have a 10% or greater YoY, let alone 30 years. Put some respek on his name.
@@OnWaxCandle we’re not talking about UFC.. slap fighting is something very little people have an interest in compared to mma. And tbh if slap was doing that well they wouldn’t need to lie about the numbers and force it on their audience via UFC’s channels.
Dana is the only person in the world that can have a product cancelled due to bad ratings and the next day claim it has better ratings than any sport ever
Dana was capping so hard it was embarrassing
what did he say, cba to watch 40 minutes
@@Kugann goofball
@@Kugann See the lDana white press conference last weekend.
@@Kugann Dana said he enjoyed slapping his woife he said the entire power slap league is an ode to that moment.
Him being that nice means he wasn’t sure how to play it. When he has the goods to back it up, or knows he can at least make it sound like he does, he goes way harder in the paint.
Powerslap is legitimate degenerate entertainment. Makes BKFC look like a night at the Opera by comparison, and I actually like what BKFC is doing now.
That was one card from bkfc.. they'll have 2 good cards a year
@@rollin60zthat is two more than this slap stuff has
Bkfc needs gloves . The fighters are getting cut up too bad
@@Charmander009 it’s literally “bare knuckle” fighting dude
A night at the opera!! Lolol this comment is amazing
What Dana is leaving out is that he beat those sports ... on Rumble. He also leaves out that those sports dont even have a presence on Rumble. Rumble has Powerslap, Jorge Masvidal, and Tulsi Gabbard.
Lmaooo
Rumble bot the numbers.
Conjecture
I thought this was obvious.... are people just dumb and don't listen, or hate dana white, so purposely misconstrue what he said. Obviously he also said it in a way that would lead you down a curtain path, but you'd have to be a fucktard to go down that path..... idk
They have Andrew tate, as well, the most googled man ever
"2 truckdrivers in front of 6 people" good one! Lmao 😂. Ariel finally made me laugh...
I knew I couldn't be the only one who enjoyed that line 😂
I don't care for Powerslap and I am fine with others enjoying it, but it does annoying when they post a load of videos about it, on the UFC youtube channel.
@@ghostbane47 Agreed.
@@ghostbane47 unsub. I had to
I tried. They shouldn’t have paraded Forrest Griffin out there to catch people as they redeem their brain damage gift bag. He and Bonnar helped establish the foundations of the modern UFC like John Wick and the impossible task - and you’re having him catch slap fight contestants? Like you said to each their own it just doesn’t sit right personally.
It was torture, the idiots put about 50 videos up in a bunch a different languages 🙈
My dad and I watched an episode, laughed at how Fucken stupid it was and turned it off.. the guys look like they’re on meth and they’re treating it like a competitive sport. 😂😂😂
It was some great questioning from an actual journalist on the power slap thing. It’s a shame the UFC will never let that person in again
He's actually grilled dana in the past so he could be back
@@PotentSenzu fingers crossed
@@PotentSenzu Doubtful he comes back to press conferences.
Imagine A kickboxing division instead of slap
You’ve been listen to joe rogan huh
Give the casuals what they want
The goal is to launder money not organize an existing sport
@@edelmendoza7766 yes and I agree I thought about it when ONE started doing it
Or their own cage Muay Thai with 4oz gloves, those fights are sick.
If it's bigger than every other sport together why's he paying fighters $2,000 a fight.
Because Dana is a god damn liar!
😂😂😂😂
It’s important what Ariel does, bullies need to be held accountable and especially when they lie 💪
He did gaslight francis into his current situation though
Ariely is a weasel. Hes by no means virtuous
@@CarlosGarcia-nt4wf more so than Daddy Dana¡🤡👋💩
Ariel has become the bully. Gaslighting Jamahal hill because he was so obsessed with “10-7s”. Constantly discrediting any dominance mma fighters because of his personal grudge towards Ali. Constantly directing his fans to a hate Reddit dedicated to producing hateful content on Brendan Schaub, which also has posts attacking Schaub’s wife and and kid.
@@CarlosGarcia-nt4wf only a weasel to bad people.
“That’s a great thing that they cut a deal for slap with something called Rumble.” The low key shade from Ariel is fkn hilarious 😂 😂
Hilarious and he has a point also lol
I guarantee you a lot more people know who’s in the NBA playoffs than the slap thing Dana has going on rn 😂😂😂
I'll buy my first ever PPV if Ariel fights Dana in boxing.
Ariel will ko dana even though he is a jewjitsu master ✡️ 😂
Obviously 12
Dana White bragging about Power Slap beating every sport on social media just shows that there's a mahoosive difference between social media figures and bank balance figures. He compared Power Slap to Formula One, where the annual spend to put the show on is about 5 billion dollars. What's Power Slap's annual spend, about 5 thousand dollars? HAHAHA
They Can’t even afford to get out of the apex 😂
Yep. And the difference is Formula One gets its worldwide audience from actual TV not from social media.
@@SpyroTek Formula One will have ten times Power Slaps viewing numbers in just illegal streams.
Nice to see Ariel has put his Dana history behind him.
Lmfao
😅😅😅😅
He is a analyst of the sport amd thats the president of ufc he has to talk about things especially something like that …but nice to see you have but that behind
Nice to see you still don't have a damn job!!!!!! LOL
Dana lives rent free in his little mind
Dana white is in denial, he cant just say his rating were bad, he has to promote SLAP, he is never gonna admit being wrong
Love when Ariel goes at Dana
Can you imagine DANA vs ARIEL on a power slap fight.
@@bluewendigo672 I'd rather a Francis vs Dana👋🏿
@@DocProcRealm total annihilation of the GREAT WHITE
@@bluewendigo672Ariel is the type of guy to get beat up by women
@@DocProcRealm dana would get beheaded
Dana clearly doesn’t read the comments 😂
"Globally, Slap is bigger than soccer." - Dana White
Did he say that?
I knew this would be a great episode as soon as Dana starting talking about this at the press conference.
Ariel .. love your work mate. Enjoy every episode. Well done on your success.
dana saying slap was bigger than all those sports is honestly just sad.
🤣🤣
There must be some sort of quantifiable that he is referring to, he mustn't be saying that it's bigger than them all put together
@@oscarsmall8719 I see you're new to Dana White
If only you held yourself as accountable as you hold Dana White... You'd be unstoppable Ariel!
shut up guru, merab belal muhammad anakalev will all be champs salty boi but u right about this ariel bum
You you worked out instead of being a keyboard warrior, you could have attended a live event without shame
If only you stopped sniffing his jock straps and loved your own life, you’d be as big as him
are you accountable for your pretend stolen accent ?
You act like a girl Ariel didn’t call back.
Ive never unsubbed from a channel faster than I did the ufc
why did you do that
@@UK-nf3ui power slap bs
I swear I Love Ariels breakdowns of Dana's pressers. 🤣🤣
Oh hell yeah I was waiting for this one
My respect for Dana will always be there because he did help form the UFC and make it massive, but man this Slap stuff is embarrassing. Everyone I talk to knows UFC, even if its just Paddy or Conor, but literally nobody talks about Slap, nobody cares. Dana is really shooting himself in the foot and I really hope this isn't a hill he's willing to die on.
it’s the opposite for me everyone I know who is not even into mma sends the slap league clips and talks about slap league all the time
What people don't know about this is the more people complain the more the keep Slap in the lime light. Also Dana would do what Dana does. It's online and also why do people care about it so much.
It blows my mind why there isn’t a 165 division. They need more title fights and 170/155 are stacked af yet Dana insists it’ll never happen. Jorge and Gilbert are perfect examples of possible 165 champs that could’ve been smh. Dana is just holding the company back from its true potential now.
Total Instagram followers NFL 27.6M, NBA 80.1M, NHL 6M, F1 22.8M, WWE 28.1M, power slap 868K.
Don’t do that at a press conference when I’m there Eh he did didn’t he 😂😂😂
For some reason the hardest thing on that desk is the single Benjamin just chillin there.
Dana’s not lying. SLAP is bigger than Beatlemania and Hulkamania combined. It’s beat Usain Bolt’s record for fastest 100m sprint and is viewed by Aliens in a galaxy far away.
Bro you're comment.....lol.... cracked me up
2 truck drivers slapping each other from Idaho in front of 6 people at the apex💀😂
Ariel lamenting a media member at a press conference trying to incite a reaction out of fighters is actually hilarious😂
😂
From a business perspective Dana likely bought a large amount of equity in the company, is looking to promote it for a bit with ufc media and then sell it soon.
Its gonna be called crumble soon enough
Ariel needs his own channel!! Only reason I watch this channel bro!
Love how Ariel's voice already cracks when he gets passionate about something 🤣
The ending was hilarious.
I completely agree Ariel, I am a big Leeds United Fan and my family have been for all our lives it’s a special feeling sharing such a passion for a club.
A contact sport where you aren’t allowed to defend yourself, or try to avoid blows, shouldn’t even exist. And someone like Dana, who knows the dangers of traumatic brain injuries, damn sure shouldn’t be involved. It just goes to show you he really doesn’t give two sh*ts about these people.
Did Dana lose a bet or something? It’s mind boggling how he can sit there with a straight face and say these things about men slapping each other.
Honor and Respect 🪶 Greetings from Saint Augustine Florida.
I don't think Dana realises that the viewership numbers on Rumble is filled with bots. Most livestreams viewers on Rumble consist of bots, its not that big compared to mainstream KZhead
KZhead is waaaaay worse
Love that your kids are getting you more interested in soccer! Its a beautiful game! Thank you!
Where do we send questions for this ??
It's not about how many clicks a video or subscribers a platform has. It's about Active Viewers/Users. For example, social media companies care more about daily and weekly active users, than how many subscribers they have since having subscribers doesn't necessarily equate to having active participation in order to truly capitalize, like clicking on a stream doesn't equate to active viewership.
Those Power Slap numbers are a sum of every 5 second clip that was watched of someone getting slapped...
Allegedly that reporter was fired after this press conference.
It's fine to give it attention. Good arguments always win over time.
The Champions League final generally averages around 400 million viewers
Love Ariel Vs Dana vid's ... truly entertaining !!!!! KEEP GOING BRO!
"Something called Rumble " lol hahaha dude
This is why I love listening and watch Ariel he is so humble and respectful to admit he should’ve said something about the nick joke that’s awesome specially when the fighter isn’t there to defend there own name
Respect to Ariel for his new found love for football(soccer) - Love from the UK
“Power tends to corrupt - and absolute Power corrupts absolutely.” - An observation that a person's sense of morality lessens as his or her power increases. The statement was made by Lord Acton, a British historian of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Time for a favorite segment: “Ariel is Petty and can’t put the past behind him”
Its not on tbs cause its to hard to pull veiwers on tbs i have to buy a a streaming subscription just to watch
It boggles my mind how a 165 division hasn’t been created yet . They need more title fights and 170/155 are stacked af yet Dana insists it’ll never happen. Jorge and Gilbert are perfect examples of possible 165 champs that could’ve been smh. Dana is just holding the company back from its true potential now.
What's the point of a division 5lbs lighter than 170? They'll have to make 170 into 175 and 185 to 190 to make it feasible
@@welshboxing5864 It’s simple move 170 up to 175 and keep 185, there is no need for 190. The ufc didn’t start off with the welterweight division and it doesn’t even match boxings weight class so what’s wrong with changing it again. It’ll help with people cutting weight 145-175 due to fighters finding the natural weight class.
“Two truck drivers” lol
To question 9, Michael Bispings "believe you me" i can't remember listening to a young Bisping where he didn't say it.
"I think I said something under my breath" 🙈🙈🙈🙈😂😂😂
ariel fell for the promoter trap lmao! talking about slap. dana got you
Ikr
He could talk about it every day ain’t nobody watching power slap 😂
@@everydaffodil5344exactly even if we talk about it no one’s gonna watch lol
People don’t realize that each of these entities (NBA, NFL, MLB, EPL, NHL, La Liga, Ligue 1, etc) have hundreds of individual media entities. We’re talking about hundreds of millions, to billions of impressions. Even on any given night, they are doing massive engagement as a whole.
For a european fan (MCFC fan myself) it never stops being weird to see the difference between the sports in terms of hype etc. To be uptodate in depth both for european sports (mainly soccer) and american sports like NBL or NHL takes much I'm pretty damn sure. Your kid chose the perfect team for your common interest. If you want to go deeper in theory than your kid, focus on pep guardiola and his tactics.... this guy is the best soccer coach active, making the real stars and goats out of talents, making the superstars even learn other positions (defenders play as midfielders, midfielders as "false" strikers etc) came here by being hardcore mma fan (which is unusual over here) and ended commenting about soccer haha, that can only happen at helwanis show hahah
You say you don’t want to talk about it that much but then you’ve put it in the title. You clearly want to talk about it
If what Dana said is true(its not, Dana lies more than the police investigating themselves) then exactly how much is he paying his "slappers". 5-10 million per slap? Or is he just pocketing these profits?
They all LIE.
Dana was rambling like a criminal that just got arrested, the more he talked I think he actually was believing what he was saying lol😂 DANA DANA DANA
Getting in a cage to fight doesn't make them better men than you. You had nice upbringing and conflict is not the norm. For some people, its no big deal as they grew up fighting and others are life long combat athletes. No of that makes you better, just different paths. Taking care of your responsibilities and not doing bad things is what makes you better, not having the courage to fight someone else for sport.
I totally forget that slapfighing exists and then Ariel talks about it. Now im getting interested. Maybe I'll check it out
slap is only bigger on rumble. all his metrics where rumble specific
Dana is the reason I’m starting to hate mma. Ariel is the reason I keep coming back
he meant numbers on rumble only
Chael has had Ariels back forever, tbh I think Ariel kinda ditched Chael for DC and DC never gave the same love back. If anyone should feel a little underappreciated its the bad guy
The biggest cap was the 1.7 - 3.2 mil numbers. I struggle to believe that rumble had 1.5 million watchers prior to the slap event. 😅
did he do a q&a on mondays show????????
For additional context, the deal that Dana references, MMA was still illegal in France (and several other countries I believe) when it took place lmao
TBH reading the comments on slap fight's social media is rather entertaining.
That reporter wasn't wrong. I laughed my ass off the entire time watching slap. Will I watch a second season? I'll probably skip to the knockout highlights
TBH I watch all your stuff But I definitely clicked on this one because you were going to dunk on power slap. And I suspect that's why the headline has power slap in it, instead of the Diaz thing
Love the way Ariel takes on DW head-on! #kahoonas
Yeah, head on on his KZhead show that Dana doesn't watch.
@@johnboylan3832 how do you know?
I thought the UFC had to pay to get their first season on Spike or something or had to pay the production. Maybe I'm wrong.
Does power slap even beat the video of him slappjng his wife?
“I’m not gunna stand there and do nothing” … bro you did stand there and do nothing.
Dana "wife slap" White will continue to promote Power Slap and will slap some common sense into any media member that questions his promotion slapping skills. Slap.
Bet that journalist lost his press pass
*Poweslap fighters making 1,300 a match 👁️ 👄 👁️
How is Noah?
Arial is not my most favourite but this is savage!!!
I honestly didnt knew this slap thing was still on
Man I wish Ariel stepped in for the Nick Diaz comment, but hes new at the role so probably wasnt sure if he should jump in or not
Another one bites the dust, RIP mma mania.
It is entertaining that’s for sure.
Saltwani up in this
Dana: Power Slap is bigger than everything else combined Also Dana: Like 3 million people watched on Rumble Chappelle would be proud
Here for Ariel talking Power Slap & Dana… stayed for that soccer/football story!
Ariel needs to do the Mr. Beast face for his thumbnails.