Ariel Helwani

**Ariel Jacob Helwani** ( Arabic   ; Ibrananci : אריאל יעקב חלוואני; an haife shi a ranar 8 ga Yuli, 1982) ɗan jaridar wasanni ne ɗan ƙasar Kanada-Amurka, wanda aka san shi da labaransa na fasahar yaƙi iri-iri (MMA) da kuma kokawa ta ƙwararru . Ya fi shahara da aikinsa a *MMA Fighting*, amma kuma ya yi aiki a Fox da ESPN . Ya lashe kyautar ɗan jaridar MMA na Shekara a gasar MMA ta Duniya kowace shekara tun daga 2010. 

## Rayuwar farko da ilimi
Ariel Helwani (sunan mahaifi yana nuna alaƙar iyali da birnin Helwan a Masar) an haife shi ga iyayen Yahudawa na Mizrahi a Montreal, Quebec, Kanada, a matsayin ƙarami a cikin 'yan'uwa huɗu. [1] Mahaifinsa ɗan asalin Siriya ne amma an haife shi kuma ya girma a Alexandria, Masar, kuma mahaifiyarsa daga Beirut, Lebanon ce. [2] Mahaifinsa ya ƙaura zuwa Lebanon a ƙarshen shekarunsa, kafin shi da iyalinsa suka ƙaura zuwa Montreal a 1967, yayin da mahaifiyarsa da iyalanta suka ƙaura zuwa wannan birni na Kanada a 1973 saboda "ya fara zama mai haɗari ga Yahudawa a Lebanon ". [2] Helwani ɗan uwan mahaifin David Saad ne, wani judoka wanda ya fafata a gasar tsere mai sauƙi ta maza a gasar Olympics ta bazara ta 1976, [3] da Gad Saad, ƙwararren masanin ilimin halayyar ɗan adam. [4] Helwani ya iya Turanci, Faransanci, da Ibrananci, kuma yana fahimtar Sifaniyanci da Larabci. [5]

Helwani ya girma a Montreal da Westmount, Quebec, kuma ya halarci Makarantar Akiva da Makarantar Sakandare ta Herzliah .  A shekara ta 2004, Helwani ya kammala karatunsa daga Makarantar Sadarwa ta Jama'a ta SI Newhouse da ke Syracuse, New York ta Jami'ar Syracuse .   A lokacin da yake can, ya dauki nauyin wani shirin rediyo na wasanni a WERW da dalibi ke gudanarwa kuma ya sami horon bazara tare da NBC wanda ya shafi gasar Olympics ta bazara ta 2004, amma dole ne ya janye saboda raunin idon sawu.  Duk da cewa ya ci karo da dabarun fada (MMA) a lokacin da yake ɗan shekara goma sha biyu, lokacin da ya sake cin karo da shi yayin da yake jami'a ne ya yanke shawarar neman aiki a ciki, yana sane da cewa abokan karatunsa da abokan hamayyarsa na gaba a fannin aikin jarida na wasanni ba za su yi sha'awar wasannin da suka yi fice ba.  Helwani ya bayyana cewa yana son zama " Howard Cosell na MMA".  Ya yaba wa mahaifiyarsa, "wanda abokansa koyaushe suke kira don shawara", saboda ƙwarewarsa ta yin hira, da kuma mahaifinsa, "wanda bai taɓa ba da uzuri ko yin rashin lafiya ba", saboda ɗabi'arsa ta aiki. 

## Sana'a
Bayan ya yi horon aiki da HBO a farkon 2003, Helwani ya zama mataimakin shirya wasanni a kamfanin a 2004.  Bayan tsawon wata guda a Spike TV, Helwani ya yi murabus ya kafa gidan yanar gizon sa a ranar 19 ga Oktoba, 2007, JarryPark.com.  Ya bayyana cewa ya fara gina hanyar sadarwar sa ta hanyar aika saƙonni ga duk wani mayaƙi da ya samu a Myspace .  Helwani ya kuma yi aiki a gidajen yanar gizo na *MMA Rated*, Versus.com (daga baya NBCSports.com ), da kuma AOL 's FanHouse .  Ya fara aiki a *MMA Fighting*, bayan AOL ta saya shi a 2009.  A can, Helwani ya ƙaddamar da shirin mako-mako *The MMA Hour tare da Ariel Helwani* a watan Yunin 2009, wanda ya shirya kuma ya ɗauki nauyinsa.  Yanayin sauti da gani biyu na shirin ya shafi ƙaunarsa ga *The Howard Stern Show* .  Helwani ta kuma dauki nauyin shirin *The MMA Beat* na gidan yanar gizon a YouTube kuma ta dauki nauyin shirin rediyo na Sirius XM *Fight Club* tare. 

Helwani ya yi aiki a matsayin "MMA Insider" a shirin Fox Sports 1 na mako-mako na *UFC Tonight* da sauran shirye-shiryen kafin da bayan taron daga 2011.  An kore shi daga Fox a watan Maris na 2016.  Helwani ya bayyana cewa matsayinsa kan *UFC Tonight* ya zo ne a karkashin sharadin cewa albashinsa dole ne ya fito daga kamfanin iyayen UFC, Zuffa .  Yana kiransa babban abin takaici a rayuwarsa, Helwani ya ce ya yarda da shirin ta hanyar kallon kudin a matsayin suna fitowa daga Fox kuma ya "tace" Zuffa.   A cewar Helwani, "ba su son wasu abubuwan da nake magana a kansu a shirina ba, da kuma zuwa wani taron manema labarai na Bellator . Amma ba su taɓa gaya mini kada in je ba, ko kada in yi magana game da wasu abubuwa. Mutanen da na yi fushi da su su ne mutanen FOX, waɗanda kawai suka bar UFC ta tsara abin da suke yi kuma ba su tsaya mini ba." 

### Haramtawa da dawo da UFC
A ranar 4 ga Yuni, 2016, an raka Helwani da abokan aikinsa biyu na *MMA Fighting* daga UFC 199 kafin fara babban taron. An karɓi takardun shaidar manema labarai kuma an hana su shiga duk wani taron UFC har abada. Shugaban UFC Dana White ya sanar da cewa haramcin zai daɗe "Muddin ina nan." kuma an ce daga baya "[Helwani] zai iya rufe duk abubuwan da yake so, kawai ba zai iya samun takardar shaidar ba".  A farkon ranar, Helwani ya ba da rahoton cewa Brock Lesnar zai dawo UFC 200, sa'o'i kafin UFC ta sanar da shi a watsa shirye-shiryen 199. Kakakin UFC Dave Sholler ya ce "ƙa'idodin ƙwararru sun nuna cewa 'yan jarida su tuntuɓi UFC don yin tsokaci kafin su ba da rahoto kan wani labari", amma cewa bayanin dawowar Lesnar ba shine kawai dalilin cire Helwani ba.   A wani shiri na *The MMA Hour*, Helwani ya yi cikakken bayani game da lamarin a cikin wani shiri mai ratsa zuciya. Ya ce an kawo shi wurin Dana White, wadda ta gaya masa cewa an dakatar da shi saboda "ya yi muni". Daga baya ya ji cewa Shugaba na UFC kuma wanda ya kafa Zuffa, Lorenzo Fertitta, ne ya yanke wannan shawara. Helwani ya tsaya tsayin daka kan shawarar da ya yanke na bayar da rahoton labarin a kan lokaci. 

'Yan jarida sun yi suka sosai kan ayyukan UFC,      kuma wasu manyan mayaka na UFC sun tausaya wa Helwani, ciki har da Jon Jones da Chris Weidman, wanda daga baya ya ce, "Wannan wasan yana buƙatar rahoton  na MMA". 

Bayan kwana biyu, UFC ta soke haramcin a ranar 6 ga Yuni, 2016, tana mai cewa:

Helwani ya yaba wa martanin da kafofin watsa labarai da magoya baya suka bayar kan tilasta wa UFC dage haramcin.  Lamarin UFC 199 ya taimaka wajen kafa kungiyar 'yan jarida ta Mixed Martial Arts a watan Yunin 2017, inda shugaban riƙon ƙwarya Dann Stupp ya ce "Ƙoƙarinmu na farko a 2009 bai taɓa tashi ba, amma muna yin hakan yanzu saboda ya bayyana sarai cewa lokaci ya yi da za a yi hakan". A lokacin da aka kafa ta, Helwani memba ne na kwamitin gudanarwarta . 

A watan Agusta na 2017, Helwani ya yi ikirarin cewa an cire shi daga ƙungiyar watsa shirye-shiryen Showtime Sports don ziyarar manema labarai ta Floyd Mayweather Jr. da Conor McGregor, sa'o'i kafin taron manema labarai na farko a Los Angeles bisa buƙatar UFC.  "Ba na aiki a @SHOsports a rangadin Mayu/Mac ba," in ji Helwani a shafin Twitter, "UFC ta nemi a cire ni. Abin takaici ne ƙwarai." 

### ESPN
Da kwantiraginsa da *MMA Fighting* zai ƙare a watan Yunin 2018, Helwani ya sami tayi daga ESPN a watan Fabrairu. Ya sanar da *MMA Fighting*, amma ba su taɓa ba shi sabuwar kwangila ba.  Helwani ya shiga ESPN a watan Yunin 2018, jim kaɗan bayan da kamfanin ya sanar da kunshin haƙƙinsu na shekaru 5, dala biliyan 1.5 tare da UFC.   Ya karɓi *bakuncin shirin MMA na Ariel Helwani* a Twitter da YouTube, *Ariel & the Bad Guy* tare da Chael Sonnen a ESPN+, da kuma shirin *DC & Helwani* tare da Daniel Cormier .   Ya kuma ba da gudummawa ga watsa shirye-shiryen ESPN na NBA na lokaci-lokaci.  A watan Yunin 2021, Helwani ya sanar da barinsa daga ESPN bayan ya kasa cimma sharuɗɗa kan sabuwar kwangila.  Andrew Marchand na *jaridar New York Post* ya ruwaito cewa Helwani ya samu ƙarancin dala $500,000 a shekara a ESPN, amma sabbin tayi da suka yi masa sun haɗa da rage albashi da kashi 5% a matsayin wani ɓangare na rage farashi a kamfanin. 

### Komawa ga MMA Fighting & New Ventures
Daga baya Helwani ya sanar da komawarsa *MMA Fighting* kuma a matsayin mai masaukin baki da kuma furodusa na *The MMA Hour*, tare da sabon jadawalin mako-mako sau biyu.  Ya kuma fara aiki da BT Sport da Spotify / The Ringer, inda ya kuma ba da labarin dambe da kokawa na ƙwararru, yayin da yake ƙirƙirar abubuwan da ba na MMA ba don tashar YouTube ta kansa.    Ya kuma ƙaddamar da asusun Substack don tunaninsa na rubutu.  Helwani ya bayyana cewa ba ya son a ɗauke shi a matsayin "mutumin MMA" ko "mutumin yaƙin kawai. Ina so a gan ni, a gaskiya idan zan iya yin jarumtaka, a matsayin mafi kyawun mai yin tambayoyi a wasanni. Kuma idan ina son yin hakan, ina buƙatar yin abubuwa daban-daban."  A watan Satumba na 2021, ya zama jakadan alama na BetMGM .  Bayan ya yi horo a shirin a 2003, Helwani ya koma *Real Sports tare da Bryant Gumbel* a watan Yulin 2022, a wannan karon a matsayin wakilin watsa labarai na kan layi. 

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