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</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">This article is about the news website. For the sport, see <a href="Mixed_martial_arts" title="Mixed martial arts">Mixed martial arts</a>.</div>
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<span typeof="mw:File"></span><div class="infobox-caption">Screenshot for <i>MMAFighting.com</i> in April 2018</div></div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Type of site</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Mixed_martial_arts" title="Mixed martial arts">Mixed martial arts</a> news</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Available&nbsp;in</th><td class="infobox-data">English</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Owner</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Vox_Media" title="Vox Media">Vox Media</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Created&nbsp;by</th><td class="infobox-data">Ray Hui<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">URL</th><td class="infobox-data url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.MMAFighting.com">www.MMAFighting.com</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Commercial</th><td class="infobox-data">Yes</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Registration</th><td class="infobox-data">Optional (required for comment posting)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Launched</th><td class="infobox-data">April&nbsp;2001<span style="display:none">&nbsp;(<span class="bday dtstart published updated">2001-04</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Current&nbsp;status</th><td class="infobox-data category">Active</td></tr></tbody></table>
<p><i><b>MMA Fighting</b></i> is a news website that covers the sport of <a href="Mixed_martial_arts" title="Mixed martial arts">mixed martial arts</a> (MMA). Founded in 2001, the site is notable for its breaking news coverage, podcast series, and <i>The MMA Hour with <a href="Ariel_Helwani" title="Ariel Helwani">Ariel Helwani</a></i>.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Overview">Overview</h2></div>
<p><i>MMAFighting.com</i> was launched by Ray Hui in 2001, initially as an <a href="Angelfire" title="Angelfire">Angelfire</a> site.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>In 2009, <i>MMAFighting.com</i> was acquired by <a href="AOL" title="AOL">AOL</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2011, it was sold to their current owners, <a href="Vox_Media" title="Vox Media">Vox Media</a>, where they now are a part of <a href="SB_Nation" title="SB Nation">SB Nation</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>A 2 million <a href="Unique_user" title="Unique user">unique users</a> per month website reported in 2011,<sup id="cite_ref-SportsBusiness_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SportsBusiness-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and currently the #3 most popular MMA media &amp; news website worldwide according to <a href="Alexa_Internet" title="Alexa Internet">Alexa Internet</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Alexa_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Alexa-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards">Awards</h2></div>
<p>In the <a href="World_MMA_Awards" title="World MMA Awards">World MMA Awards</a>, <i>MMA Fighting</i> has won the award for "Media Source of the Year" a total of four times between 2015 and 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Additionally, <i>MMA Fighting</i> employee <a href="Ariel_Helwani" title="Ariel Helwani">Ariel Helwani</a> has won the award for "MMA Journalist of the Year" every year since 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-first11_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-first11-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="The_MMA_Hour"><i>The MMA Hour</i></h2></div>
<table class="infobox"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="background: #ccccff"><i>The MMA Hour</i></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><div class="infobox-caption">The logo for <i>The MMA Hour</i> since June 2017</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background: #ccccff">Presentation</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Hosted by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Ariel_Helwani" title="Ariel Helwani">Ariel Helwani</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Genre</th><td class="infobox-data">Talk</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Format</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">
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<li>video</li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Created by</th><td class="infobox-data">Ariel Helwani</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Language</th><td class="infobox-data">English</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Length</th><td class="infobox-data">4–5 hours</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background: #ccccff">Production</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Production</th><td class="infobox-data">Danny Segura</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Opening theme</th><td class="infobox-data">Ring Ring</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Composed by</th><td class="infobox-data">Byron Brizuela</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> of episodes</th><td class="infobox-data">453 (as of October 15, 2018)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background: #ccccff">Publication</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Original release</th><td class="infobox-data">June 18, 2009</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background: #ccccff">Related</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.mmafighting.com/mma-hour">www<wbr>.mmafighting<wbr>.com<wbr>/mma-hour</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table>
<p><i>MMA Fighting</i> hosts <i>The MMA Hour</i>, a twice-weekly show hosted by <a href="Ariel_Helwani" title="Ariel Helwani">Ariel Helwani</a>, that features interviews with various names in mixed martial arts, including fighters, promoters, agents, coaches, and journalists.
</p><p><i>The MMA Hour</i> was hosted weekly by Ariel Helwani from June 2009 until June 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In June 2018, Luke Thomas took over as the host.
</p><p>In June 2021, Helwani announced his return to <i>MMA Fighting</i> and Vox Media as host for <i>The MMA Hour</i>, with a new twice-weekly schedule.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> But in August 2024, Helwani fulfilled the contract between Spotify and MMA Fighting to move in to <a href="Yahoo" title="Yahoo">Yahoo</a> Sports, where he would serve as the anchor of a new Combat Sports Vertical called Uncrowned. 2 months later, he hosted a three-times weekly show that features the same format, with the same tune as <i>The MMA Hour</i>.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2></div>
<ul><li><a href="Bloody_Elbow" title="Bloody Elbow">Bloody Elbow</a></li>
<li><a href="Fightmag" title="Fightmag">Fightmag</a></li>
<li><a href="Inside_MMA" title="Inside MMA">Inside MMA</a></li>
<li><a href="MMAjunkie.com" class="mw-redirect" title="MMAjunkie.com">MMAjunkie.com</a></li>
<li><a href="Sherdog" title="Sherdog">Sherdog</a></li></ul>
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