Ariel Helwani: Is UFC's Current Lightweight Era Coming To An End? | The MMA Hour | On The Nose

In the latest On the Nose, Ariel Helwani discusses what he would ask Dana White, if fighters should be able to bet on themselves, Eurovision, the UFC 302 main event, GC’s favorite bets, Khamzat Chimaev, his relationship with Pat McAfee, and more.
00:00 Intro.
01:07 If you did an interview with Dana White again, what are the top three questions you would ask him?
02:02 Do some fighters actually get a bigger check for fighting Conor Mcgregor or no?
04:36 Do we think we get both Champs at the UK card?
05:10 Do you think fighters should be able to bet on themselves to win in a fight?
05:36 Hot take: What are the golden ages for every weight class?
06:15 Tatiana Suarez off limits now she’s with Ali?
07:20 Chase Hooper shoutout
08:53 GC ever consider coming to Perth for UFC 305?
10:15 Dream blunt rotation?
11:14 Do you think UFC will have a PPV event while Wrestlemania being in Las Vegas at the same time?
11:54 Are you doing anything to celebrate Israel’s independence this year?
17:21 Better sporting career Happy Gilmore or Bobby Bushay?
17:52 Buckley’s call out
18:50 Have you ever followed up with Joaquin Buckleys after that weird interview?
19:05 Have you ever read the Drizzt series of books?
19:29 Ex UFC fighters stand up? Recs?
20:05 Western Narrative for Dustin to win?
20:56 Futures for Champs end of 2024
23:17 GC: Favorite bet to place
24:39 When do you think Tatiana vs Zhang will happen?
24:31 Mike Heck voice of On the Nose?
24:54 Do you dedicate certain weekdays as weekends?
25:45 Will GC and Ric be on the new show?
26:18 Has UFC fumbled the bag with Khamzat Chimaev?
26:44 Louisville pronunciation
27:27 Pat Mcafee Collaboration
29:05 When will the beef Brendan be over?
31:20 What does it take to get a 10-7?
32:18 Chase Hooper vs Jim Miller?
33:20 Outro Song being removed from videos? frank?
34:10 Shoutout for talking about your mental health
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01:07 If you did an interview with Dana White again, what are the top three questions you would ask him? 02:02 Do some fighters actually get a bigger check for fighting Conor Mcgregor or no? 04:36 Do we think we get both Champs at the UK card? 05:10 Do you think fighters should be able to bet on themselves to win in a fight? 05:36 Hot take: What are the golden ages for every weight class? 06:15 Tatiana Suarez off limits now she’s with Ali? 07:20 Chase Hooper shoutout 08:53 GC ever consider coming to Perth for UFC 305? 10:15 Dream blunt rotation? 11:14 Do you think UFC will have a PPV event while Wrestlemania being in Las Vegas at the same time? 11:54 Are you doing anything to celebrate Israel’s independence this year? 17:21 Better sporting career Happy Gilmore or Bobby Bushay? 17:52 Buckley’s call out 18:50 Have you ever followed up with Joaquin Buckleys after that weird interview? 19:05 Have you ever read the Drizzt series of books? 19:29 Ex UFC fighters stand up? Recs? 20:05 Western Narrative for Dustin to win? 20:56 Futures for Champs end of 2024 23:17 GC: Favorite bet to place 24:39 When do you think Tatiana vs Zhang will happen? 24:31 Mike Heck voice of On the Nose? 24:54 Do you dedicate certain weekdays as weekends? 25:45 Will GC and Ric be on the new show? 26:18 Has UFC fumbled the bag with Khamzat Chimaev? 26:44 Louisville pronunciation 27:27 Pat Mcafee Collaboration 29:05 When will the beef Brendan be over? 31:20 What does it take to get a 10-7? 32:18 Chase Hooper vs Jim Miller? 33:20 Outro Song being removed from videos? frank? 34:10 Shoutout for talking about your mental health

[@tuffneggah]

it's bouchet...

[@wrldw4r]

Of course this era is coming to an end to make way for a whole NEW era, which is upon us.

[@zachroderick7377]

I hate when Ariel is in a bad mood and just blows off questions. Would have loved to hear him actually talk about the lightweights for a minute. Pettis, RDA, Eddie, Conor, Tony, Khabib there were some crazy storylines, characters and fights throughout that era. Clicked on the video because of that question and he just said “I don’t care”

[@erickbolden2584]

Shoutout class of 2012. First PPV I watched was UFC 100 with Brock Lesnar in 2009. Dan Henderson KO of Bisping got me hooked and I watched all the UFC Unleashed/Best KO’s on Spike TV all day. Fantastic times.

[@akatzzki]

Ariel, I’m loving the beard! You look better with it filled out like how you do right now. Great show.

[@tomkeidan]

Can someone please explain to me what Ariel meant when explaining that the show will be changing? What did I miss and where can I find him explaining this in more detail?

His going overseas with his boyfriend for 3 months. The dynamic of the show will be changing, different host for that period of time.

[@Mr.never_use_a_coupon]

Basically he’s saying it will be more WWE

[@Onlybadtakes2589]

I think its based on his comments about him covering other combat sports aka more boxing and wwe, joked about changing the name to the combat sports hour

[@MikePerry-bt9yv]

Recording it from new tunnels

[@Gle-lv2fm]

Is he really celebrating Israel WHILE they're committing the most heinous crimes in human history? Man I thought Ariel is a good guy...

[@nathanleblanc6992]

Any MMA questions?

[@toziassmitt]

No

[@ricktheruler1665]

As long as Charles Oliveira is in the lightweight division, It will be interesting to see

[@corwins1991]

Someone asked the question that was a sherdog thread. Blunt rotation

[@jamesmaguire9518]

I can comfirm the prounouncing of Louisville. People can tell if you are from there but how you pronounce it

[@RealMattKiefer]

Idk how Islam is p4p #1 His most impressive win is Charlie Olives. Sure the volk KO was shocking but he was 10 days removed from the couch & is a 45’er. Jones resume smokes Islams

[@johanneskrv]

The athletic and skill level in lhw and hw is garbage compared to lw and has always been. That's why islam is and should be p4p best at the moment.

[@hatorihanzo8435]

​@@johanneskrv the knockout odds are way higher and not sure what crack your smoking but how many 55ers can beat any of the lw hw? The fighters are getting better and more athletic it's not 20 or 30 years ago. Islams record is terrible compared to Jones. His best win is Olivera he arguably lost the fist volk fight and even a win over dp puts him no where close. He needs to clear out his division to even be considered

[@johanneskrv]

​@@hatorihanzo8435 "how many 55ers can beat any of the lw hw?". How ignorant are you to say something like this? Jones's record is so good because the skill level in lhw and hw has been and still is so low. With the same skill level he would never have reigned as long in the ww, lw or in the featherweight division. lhw and hw are _by far_ the two weakest divisions in the ufc.

[@hatorihanzo8435]

@@johanneskrv no not at all skill beats size you think the lhw is not as skilled I'd say there all about the same. Fly weights and bantamweight an even fw are most skilled but it depends on the fighter not the division Royce beat people early days because of skill not size GSP went up an got the belt because skill So again how many lw beat lhw? Jones doing spinning elbows , judo sweeps and ECT more versatile striking then Islam who's only ko comes from a 10 days notice volk Alex pierea strikes better then any of the 55er atmo how ignorant of you to think 😂 Tom moves like a lw at hw Lw division is most stacked but that's it. You might need to re evaluate what it is your watching

[@Onlybadtakes2589]

Got curious on the Pat McAfee thing and theres only one clip from a couple years ago of McAfee and his crew roasting Ariel….. couldnt tell if it was a work or shoot but if it was legit then it seems like McAfee doesnt want a work relationship with Ariel anymore. Play “who me?” Audio clip

[@sdelgado2187]

Hey GC chimes in a lot, huh?

[@ricktheruler1665]

The weight classes getting interesting are all of them lmao

[@desertraider8628]

It seems like it's the same contenders over and over again ,the sport is attracting top level athletes /fighters

[@jasonchesson1709]

Love the show but 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸

[@fir5910]

The show hates you

[@jayjacob6855]

Ariel wont hate you.

[@fir5910]

@@jayjacob6855 he already does

[@DoubleMKGaming]

Its good that other companies are getting bigger in the MMA market. It will make the UFC shrink, or force them to pay all their fighters better..

[@TheDuketexas04]

He’s not wrong about Louisville.

[@joshuarittenhouse4938]

It ended a couple years ago. Hence every other division being more popular these days.

[@nathanleblanc6992]

Tighten it up boys🤦🏻‍♂️

[@calebrollins1120]

How long has Frank been playing D&D??

[@cassanateli]

4 days

[@brendondowdy5651]

It came to an end the second dustin lost to charles.

[@brockbenavides7185]

It's been coming to an end for a good year or two. The introduction of the BMF, Max Holloway, and older vs young match up helped prolong it a bit. The old/young match up required some luck to keep the names around, it could've also killed it this year. Justin came back to life by nesting Fiz and Porier and winning the BMF, sure Max sparked him but he still feel like he will be relevant when he comes back. Max is now legitimately in the conversation. Tye young prospects didn't lose anything, I feel many will comeback better over the next few years. Dustin got sparked but found a new lifeforce in the BSD fight. Curious to see where Olives goes, everytime I think he's on the plummet he looks damn good in the next one. Which I think will be the way we see 2024 when it's all said and done. Nevertheless, that can't go on forever. I'll say we have about 2 years maximum before the Olives, Dustin's, and Justin's fall genuinely out of the elite of the division if not move up or down or fully retire.

[@hatorihanzo8435]

I don't see anyone leaving except dp if he doesn't get a title. Rda is still beating dudes and is 39. Max is only 32 . Chandler and Conor who are 36 will probably go soon if they don't win much. But I think most the rankings stay the same for another 4-5 years. I haven't seen much prospects in lw except arman that are young.

[@predestinedbyGod]

“Independence” killers

[@phillmendel9104]

Ariel is wrong that conor doesn’t benafit from bkfc ownership in negotiations. It’s a big.

[@Swindler-wz5md]

He’s not saying there’s no benefit, he’s saying Conor doesn’t rlly need it to get what he wants. Bit of a difference.

[@TheFireStarter1215]

Free Palestine 🇵🇸

[@DoubleMKGaming]

Stop terrorism.

[@cassanateli]

@@DoubleMKGaming Yes, help with BDS, let Netanyahu know what the world thinks of him

[@DoubleMKGaming]

@@cassanateli In no way what so ever, will i follow that small minded thinking.

[@tuffneggah]

muslims own ariel now

[@jm12green31]

They can own me for that kind of money

[@toziassmitt]

Tell that to Raffah 😂😂

[@fir5910]

lmao yeah since he's talking about Israeli independence day

[@raywhite6258]

Lmao

[@Case-inpoint]

Independence day for whom exactly? Surly not the millions of Palestinians already living there right? I can see you dancing around the subject and thats just sad. Ive seen kids the same age as yours blown to bits. But yeah, lets talk about "Independence day" and EuroVision.

[@jayjacob6855]

For the ones who accepted the un partition plan and didn’t start a war maybe?

[@Case-inpoint]

@@jayjacob6855 You don't get to just move into someone's house and then pretend to be some conscientious objector when the fighting starts. They started this war when they moved there and moved over those people already there. Same history as the US with the indigenous people here.

[@jayjacob6855]

@@Case-inpoint canada australia as well and probably whole sout america as well. There was no house, thats the problem. The term Palestine as a country came in the 60's as well as their flag.

[@Case-inpoint]

@jayjacob6855 the "house" was the community already established there. You are playing a game of semantics and people are losing their lives over it. Israel is a settler colonial project that is just a continuation of the same settler colonial projects you just mentioned. At what point do you draw the line and say enough is enough?

[@jayjacob6855]

@@Case-inpoint Sorry thats a myth. All expulsions and massacres started with uprising Arabs. Without the arabs starting the war in 47, there barely would’ve been expulsions. Tel Aviv for example was mainly built from scratch up in 1909.

[@zacharychamot6031]

Why is he talking about Israel independence day on an mma show. Country shouldnt even exist

[@turbobuick33]

Why doesn't Dana like Ariel?

[@DoubleMKGaming]

Dana dont like anyone, that he cant control.

[@Jaishim-]

Free Palestine

[@beetlejuice4693]

Israel should not stop until hamas is no more

[@fir5910]

Amen

[@cassanateli]

Sure, but why all the massacring children? What does hamas have to do with them?

[@Realestyh1212]

​@@cassanateli because its a war on children! Really sad the world is doing nothing about it

[@nathanleblanc6992]

Hey let’s talk about my trip to the concentration camp, how about my auto vision party… Wow he is so tone def if he thinks anyone wants to hear him dribble on and on about nonsense… an absolute ear beating🤢🤦🏻‍♂️

[@tomkeidan]

This discussion was a result of a question he was asked. If you don’t like it you don’t have to watch….

[@kfirmuller-ie1ry]

Am Israel Chai 🇮🇱