10th Annual The MMA Hour Awards | Jan 4, 2023

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00:00:00 Standby 00:00:59 Intro 00:05:55 Stephan Bonnar Tribute 00:15:30 Damar Hamlin 00:24:53 Danis v KSI 00:44:16 Dana White Incident 01:39:01 Awards Intro 01:49:26 Knockout of the year 01:53:03 Submission of the year 01:57:30 Breakout fighter of the year 02:03:50 Most improved fighter of the year 02:09:00 Coach of the year 02:15:00 Event of the year 02:19:49 Crowd of the year 02:24:12 Walkout of the year 02:30:32 Promo of the year 02:36:08 Poster of the year 02:44:00 Photo of the year 02:50:00 Social media user of the year 02:57:47 Bad beat of the year 03:00:30 Betting underdog of the year 03:02:46 Lock of the year 03:05:05 *Mysterious fighter of the year* 03:10:30 Most profitable fighter of the year 03:08:00 Comeback fight of the year 03:15:39 Comeback fighter of the year 03:21:05 Upset of the year 03:23:41 Rivalry of the year 03:29:39 Story of the year 03:35:25 Feel good moment of the year 03:41:09 Round of the year 03:45:12 Fight of the year 03:48:42 Female fighter of the year 03:52:01 Male fighter of the year

[@overlordghosthd7428]

Thanks for this

[@jackobrien4130]

Any darts chat?

[@Fabo100]

Whoever does these time stamps doesn’t get enough credit! I typically just watch the whole podcast minus some interviews but for this one it’s great to see it laid out ☺️

[@in2theheart]

Happy new year 🎉 let’s go

[@TheDuketexas04]

You da real MPV of the MMA Hour comment section!

[@crisstryna_mma1622]

What an amazing year for this channel, the fans and sport. Love and respect for 2023 to the whole team behind the scenes and the best journalist we have in the buisness.

[@ccking1989]

Ariel hit dana with the mic drop then the hotline. Damn

[@habowtat]

Yeah man I said whoa out loud when that happened lol

[@TheFireStarter1215]

Very heavy, stoic, very sad, but triumphant for Heelwani. Let's put DC or Forrest Griffin for new UFC president.

[@danidrolok4689]

Yeah okay

[@elbaso12345]

2:31:41 promo of the year is hand down “pfp headshot dead” “look at me”. Mocaino sounded like a drunk who somehow got the mic. Leon’s post fight was amazing and even made the majority of us watching tear up.

[@jaimesandoval5774]

Bro Ariel I love you man, that was the hardest mic drop of all time, you said you’ll be back in a second after the awards Gets up real quick and then the podcast slams the domestic violence hotline! Man your the best! You created the biggest slap to Dana white, since 2016 that was a major punch to his face, my sister always told me wait for your right time, then you get to pick when They get it, and they got it Ariel

[@DV-888]

Facts!!!!

[@auginater4200]

I got serious goosebumps! Ended up yelling "Woahhhhh!! WUUUUT!!! ARIELLLLL!" in the airport lobby haha. Then I shared the domestic violence pic 🙌 a real mensch, that Ariel

[@Fabo100]

Love you guys man, 2022 was a hell of a year for the MMA HOUR! Didn’t miss an episode, can’t wait to see what happens in 2023💯

[@MenoftheCulture]

If no one else will talk about it. Helwani will.

[@reecemccullough4829]

Great show. Happy New Years Ariel, GC, Rick, Frank and anyone else in the team. 2022 was great for MMA, and I'm looking forward to 2023. Absolutely love Mondays and Wednesdays :)

[@inskrootable]

Epic show today! The awards were spot on and entertaining and I couldn’t agree more on the piece about Dana. Team Heelwani all day! 🔥

[@michaelm2517]

Ariel is one of the only public facing people who keeps it real about dana.

[@natemarx4999]

Ariel got a 10-7 on Danis and Dana in one day 😅

[@beauaIloevv]

Nate ‘the virgin’ Marx

[@beauaIloevv]

another comment botted with alt accounts 🤡🤡🤡

[@beauaIloevv]

everyone around 10Iikes on their comment and you again with unrealistic number 😂 such a 🤡 living in moms basment using multiple accounts coping every day in your miserabIe Iife

[@hype2teach]

Saying “10-7”, “Helwani Wins”, or even Heelwani would cheapen how amazing his final words to Dana were. Your kids would be proud, brutha💯

[@leighpotts1793]

Dana's wife was going to leave him until she realised she was contracted for another 4 fights

[@walterkaiyuenpang3556]

😂😂😂

[@ERASA]

W comment 👏👏👏

[@corymmarules7462]

This is the comment of the year!🎉

[@Dave-nt8yt]

Dana after getting slapped: “oh so you wanna be a fighter”

[@technodromen]

Ooohohooooo this was coooold 🥶

[@rich45davis]

As a child who grew up in a house with domestic violence, you almost had me in tears at the end of your 10-7. If it was any other sport/person he would be gone, there isn't a world where he should be sticking around. Keep up the good work my friend, to show emotion is not a crime.

[@25Dzone]

MMA Hour really taking every MK Sponsor - I kid, I kid, love both this show and the MK boys, the two best shows in MMA.

[@alloverdaplace2043]

Welcome back! Man I've been feening for some mma hour and today we get a. Combo with the awards included. Let's go!

[@KrishnaCow108]

Lol are you in Hawaii? "Feening" had me cracking up

[@hunterwolf6898]

I bet Bisping doesn't talk about the Dana White incident. At least Ariel has the guts

[@happymeal918]

Bisping is a ufc employee u dunce. Ariel is an independent journalist. Use ur brain

[@walterkaiyuenpang3556]

Will DC ? 🧐🤔

[@ERASA]

@@walterkaiyuenpang3556 lol bisping more likely than DC.

[@habowtat]

Not a single one of them including Joe Rogan on his own show will. Puppets.

[@EricCKeys]

I'll lose all respect for DC and Bisping (or any UFC boot licker) who is afraid to call out Dana for this.

[@brianorokos955]

Show so big it can't even be downloaded with KZbin premium, clearly 10-7

[@brendablunt]

Make space 😂

[@morrid17]

You should include the artist series posters more frequently throughout the year! Those were amazing.

[@jayr.3720]

Me: aight tough time in the sports world but now let's relax and enjoy a fun award show Ariel: (pulls the chopper and dumps the entire mag into Dana) Me: 😳 happy new year...

[@chrisprieto12000]

Dude, bummed you’re going in on Dillon. Everyone knows he’s a liar and a wet fart, but the banter between you guys was great. It was lighthearted and silly and more importantly, relatable. Almost everyone has a Dillon in their life. The guy or girl that can’t be trusted but at the same time, is relatively harmless. He makes a fool of himself publicly and is always saying how he came out on top. The banter you had with him was great because it’s the same nonsense we all have. Bummed you’re actually mad at him. I really thought it was all just silly to you and that you’d have him on again so we can see that he’s still the wet fart of MMA. The dynamic between the both of you was perfect. You trying to get the truth and him convincing himself that he’s the A Side. It was great and I’m bummed we won’t see that silly fun again.

[@winston2831]

Exactly, and while Ariel is right on the bad things about Danis, he only shows this energy when dillon isn’t in the same room with him! When dillon is sitting right across from him Ariel is this playful joking character which is what made the interview hilarious in the first place is this chemistry between the two. Now all of a sudden Ariel never appreciated any of it even though he completely switched up his mood just depending on if dillon was in studio or not

[@supervibesor]

@@winston2831 Kind of…he did confront him on a few things but I hear ya.

[@Mac-j9i]

Why u gonna have him on again if he made Ariel feel like that u know how he feels about liars (even the silly ones)

[@darcebader2126]

The cohost was right. You guys really want to see more of Dillon. You don't want him to go away. Y'all love the b.s.

[@jwinston1995]

😂😂😂 this comment sucks

[@flow7791]

That prank on Frank was 👌😂

[@GregBeattie]

Shout out to Stevie Ray on comeback of the year back from retirement through injury, let go from UFC through injury comes back to to work his way through big opponents into the pfl final! Incredible

[@MundaneThingsBackwards]

Dana White crying in his hole RN. Even while dismantling him, Ariel showed more grace and fairness than Dana deserved. Respect.

[@Dave-nt8yt]

Lmao you must be delusional 😂 Dana definitely isn’t crying and definitely isn’t in a hole. Ariel is tricking a lot of y’all. He’s okay but he does what a lot of people accuse him of. He even leaves out information so you casual fans follow his agenda. Why didn’t he mention that Rachel didn’t give a f about Hardy being on the same card?? Because he wants you casuals to only hear his side of the story and follow his agenda by disliking Dana and the UFC. Use your brains

[@flameflame7218]

This heel turn is 🔥🔥

[@misterandrew]

Great show! To reduce confusion you can change Comeback Fight to Come from Behind Fight

[@ronaldbbx631]

My favorite show of the year!

[@hunterwolf6898]

Great show Ariel 👌

[@gsutherland3614]

the fact that Ariel gives so much public praise to Khabib proves he is the goat of MMA journalism

[@physicsariel9237]

Thank you Ariel for the tribute to Stephen. Not heard much about him passing away

[@caidenstone3340]

even crazier that usman got 2021 ko of the year and then is on the receiving end of the 2022 ko of the year

[@thebigbadman47]

ariel, you killed it this episode great job keep up the amazing work!

[@markrobb7028]

Aerial we are lucky to have you in the sport asking the hard questions and keeping it real -The best interview ever was your interview of Holly before her fight with Ronda Respect

[@xHULLxDADDYx]

Great show. Always love these episodes. Some fair calls this year. Fun to look back on some awesome moment that occurred in 2022. Congrats to all winners!

[@shotgunshelz7987]

Don't know why Nate vs Tony wasn't even an honorable mention for submission of the year. What a story surrounding the fight, at 2:09 on the dot, and the first ever Sub of T-Ferg. if not for Jiri it would be my pick.

[@Aqua_Holic_Fishing]

I'm not a huge fan.... However, New York Ric makes this award show what it is. He really puts in the work and breaks it down extremely well. Great work my man, you're doing great work and it's tremendous o hear it.....

[@auginater4200]

Byee

[@noicemate9111]

How are u not a fan of ric you literally just named the reason he’s awesome and he has good debates with Ariel. I love GC he’s the king but he’s too chill to really have heated debates. They all have their role

[@LilMarine718]

Thanks for all you guys do

[@gogreen8173]

My man dropping the mic. 👏🏽 bravo Ariel. Bravo.

[@dogstar5927]

The domestic violence hotline info after that epic Dana rant was just the 🍒 on top of the WhiteCake ! 🤣

[@The_RealDon]

Dana's wife was complaining about Costa's pay! She was like "F this 70 70 bull$hit" and then BOOM with the stockton slap!

[@Elgallonegro666]

Great show guys ! I love this show . Ariel . You are the man 🙏

[@MrLebowski1980]

Timestamps?

[@Bulldog2108]

loved it! Love this show full stop. was a hard two weeks without it lol. I will say though there was no definitive winner to almost all the categories apart from the ones you agreed on......Happy new year!

[@Stipe_Tapped]

Volkanovski is definitely male fighter of the year imo, 2 title fights no rounds lost is more impressive than 2 regular fights (one competitive) and a comeback win...

[@CasualClobber]

How do I send in a question for the 'On the Nose' segment they do on Wednesdays

[@MrWizardvoice]

I was on vacation with my family when UFC 275 happened. My family had all went to sleep and I got to sit on an oceanfront balcony, drinking beers, and watching the PPV on an ipad. It's probably my favorite UFC memory.

[@donnypotsmoker]

I remember exactly where I was when Masvidal KOd Askren, like it was yesterday. Treasure that memory my friend! Nothing like those isolated moments, frozen in time.

[@brendablunt]

Ah been Waiting for this 😁

[@tylergates3477]

How did the photo of Leon look at the camera while the rules were being announced prior to the start of the fight not make it for best picture of the year??

[@jeepz669]

We missed you soo much Ariel, glad you're back! 😭

[@rome1201]

26:10 “If Dillon Danis is a wet fart then Ariel is the underwear.” “If you play in the mud with a pig, you get dirty too, but the pig enjoys it”. Me, circa today.

[@danidrolok4689]

Amen

[@grusand]

Great to have you back!

[@ngould2420]

Iv posted this so many times on different videos, but you could honestly argue that the Leon headkick was the greatest moment in the sport. Sure, plenty of arguments for others, but that absolutely has to be up there when you take all the variables into account

[@finmason8339]

This podcast slaps

[@SoullessKassidy]

you need to stream or upload higher then 1080p

[@maxrabkin]

1:15:27 I guess we already have the KO of the year for 2023.

[@Leg3ndKilla687]

2:47:10. That picture is worth 1000 emotions. Never-mind words.

[@ChOcLaTeFaNtAsY]

Dillon Danis should’ve been mysterious fighter of the year. We hear him talk all the time but never actually see his face in the cage.

[@michaelnelson3834]

Don’t talk about someone’s kids. Then he talks about someone’s kids.

[@Dave-nt8yt]

Exactly lmfao. He loves to play victim and is such a hypocrite. He also loves to give half the story and get people to follow his agenda. He talks about making amends with people but then says he’s allowed to talk smack because he doesn’t forget even tho making amends means a clean slate. He also leaves out information if it doesn’t follow his agenda. He purposely left out the fact Rachel didn’t care at all about Hardy being on the card. He acts tough and then plays victim faster than anybody. It’s starting to get pathetic and I’m starting to see what everyone says about him is true

[@RicardoDiaz21129]

Best MMA show

[@HomieG8601]

Ariel, we have your back my man. You’re always honest, always so real, and speak your mind. More men need to be like you!

[@dreamingmartyr]

At 42:53 when GC & Rick respond, pure gold 😂😂😂

[@jamesmelbrook7432]

Volk beat Zombie worse than he had to in order to prove his level, the level of domination in that fight and over Max is far more impressive than Alex’s close win over Silva, KO over Strickland, and losing effort against izzy until the ko

[@FruitparidiseAZ]

Love this channel!

[@chillycityyadig]

Love the Awards, awesome.

[@leeh8386]

I've been an avid boxing fan since I was 9 (maybe earlier as I always watched the fights with my dad as a kid). I will never forget watching the Mancini vs Kim Duk-Koo Saturday afternoon in Nov. 1982. It was a 15 round title fight, in the days before they changed pro-boxing championships to 12 rounds. It was a particularly brutal fight, Kim Duk-Koo took a severe beating for most of it, but continued to fight back and seemingly could take all that Mancini could dish out (he was never at the point where you would say it should be stopped). In the 14th round it all went south and he died in the ring on national tv. I've seen a lot of crazy injuries in the NFL too as a Steeler fan (Ryan Shazier and Antonio Brown etc / both of which occurred at the same Paul Brown Stadium in Cincinnati). The Damar Hamlin injury had that same stomach wrenching feel to it as the fight and the other injuries. It reminds us that these guys literally risk their lives (to make a living) for our entertainment. *Prayers for Damar for a full recovery.

[@stoakcity]

Epic show. Great start to 2023. Thanks, MMA Hour gang 🍻

[@xxmaggsxx9993]

I feel like you've matured so much over the years and I really enjoy watching your show. You're not afraid to speak your mind and stand up to these fighters that throw dirt on your name! Keep up the good work! 🙌🏻 and may god bless you this year, happy 2023! 🎉🎉🎉

[@SoyDivine]

"he really annoyed me" = he got the best of you ariel BAHAHAHA

[@Dave-nt8yt]

Ariel: “I forgive but don’t forget” = an excuse to talk smack on someone and then play victim lmfao. Once you make amends with someone, it’s a clean slate, but he’ll do anything to get the chance to talk smack and play victim

[@hakona.l.monsen2135]

I am on team Ariel ! You are brave for standing your ground against the big bully. 🙌 you are a great role model through the quality of your work and the way you come of as a person, Ariel. I thank you for that. I pray that you will not suffer any further negative repercussions from this conflict with Dana 🙏 Happy belated new year !

[@SaveUsMarku]

New York Ric dapper suit. Looking fresh. I love this show looking forward to another year.

[@jaimesandoval5774]

How do you look at the live comments I was watching it live when it started and when I went back Obviously show was over But I hate that my phone took my out of live so I could continue watching it With live comments

[@J_Makaveli]

I didn’t realise Dana was such a huge fan of slap fighting, that’s insane

[@mateuszScott9432]

Wish I had time to watch the full show but was wondering at what time Ariel talks about the darts? 🎯

[@mladenroncevic4601]

This was the first time Dana got to say : "Dana, 50 gs baby "

[@bawbawl]

Yep, I’d said tht Ariel and Danis should do a show together. AND I STAND BY IT!!!😂😂lol

[@R0lDS]

Helwani starting off 2023 with all the smoke 💨 😂. Love it

[@coldwaxmn]

Ariel should get Dana’s job. Now that would be true justice

[@danidrolok4689]

The company would go bankrupt in 6 months. Don't be silly, he's a socialist, Dana is a capitalist.

[@zulu_rdrgz]

Hey man Ariel just dropped the mic on the kingpin Dana White. That is what the righteousness call “what goes around comes around”

[@diademkennels8550]

2:02:15 Who’s Muhammad Machaev?

[@sunnyday3971]

You can hate somebody and still concede to their greatness

[@in2theheart]

Happy new year!

[@hundohan3280]

I’m here for all the smoke. Who want it?

[@elijahwolf7563]

Ariel forgive Mysterious Frank 😂

[@garethmorgan2362]

The Mysterious award actually made me lol. Bravo.

[@jarrodhumphrey9350]

Ariel is at his best when the moment matters most. He’s in a different class of human being than Dana. Everyone knows it. Props to you Mr Helwani.

[@dogstar5927]

Best PowerSlap TKO of the year : Dana White

[@jeremymatthews9999]

Lol Ariel been on a winning spree. Schaub, paddy, Dillion, and now Dana. Before last year I couldn’t stand Ariels voice but he’s won me over.

[@dogstar5927]

Best chin of the year : Dana's wife

[@Probasaur]

Happy new year and thank you for a phenomenal year of content to everyone at TheMMAHour much love and respect!! 🎆🎆🎆🎆💙💙💙🙏🙏🍻

[@waltanderson1149]

How do I get some custom signed memorabilia to Ariel?

[@roromcgorro2315]

Depends. Do you have a cannon??

[@waynezworld7249]

Best MMA journalist by far

[@GregK97]

Dillon messed up big time for pulling out of the fight, but it still doesn't change the fact that he got the better of Ariel in their interview and 10-7'd him 🤷‍♂ tbh, Ariel should be thankful that Dillon brought so much attention and views to that video. Great stuff from both of them and one of the most entertaining interviews in the history of The MMA Hour.

[@MrJcologne]

Ariel’s wife smacks him around worse than Dana did.

[@gjVAallday]

Brennan Ward should’ve at least been mentioned for Comeback Fighter

[@masimo1516]

The best show the best award. Thank you mmafighthing

[@Mandoop8]

WE BACK

[@kylechristie5145]

Never thought Ariel would 10-7 Dana. Epic start to the year.

[@Aigis99]

"Dentist!?"🤣

[@TheFightFoo]

My bad beat was a big parlay with Jared Gordon as the last leg. It was $150 to win 5k

[@vonlorenzdevera8883]

100% agree with Ariel about the Fighter of the Year. I can't believe they had a debate for that.

[@dogstar5927]

10- 7 Ariel once again. He's been on a roll lately - calling Pimblet and Schuab out for their lies and BS, predicting dongdo Danis would pull out of the boxing match against KSI and now serving Dana his new year humble pie. It's never been a better time to be high road Helwani. 👌🏽😉🤣

[@sothis1448]

Massive ego.