# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ariel-helwani
# Generated: 2026-09-01T03:34:43.009Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ariel-helwani"
name: "Ariel Helwani"
slug: "ariel-helwani"
description: "Ariel Jacob Helwani is a Canadian-American sports journalist, known for his coverage of mixed martial arts (MMA), boxing, and professional wrestling. He is best known for his work at MMA Fighting, but has also worked for Fox and ESPN. He has won MMA Journalist of the Year at the World MMA Awards every year since 2010."
tagline: "Canadian MMA journalist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ariel_Helwani.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1982-07-08"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           55.66
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.666354666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/arielhelwani"
    handle:    "arielhelwani"
sources:
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariel_Helwani"
    title: "Ariel Helwani"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%AD%D9%84%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A"
    title: "آرييل حلواني"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%87%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%89"
    title: "اريل هيلوانى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariel_Helwani"
    title: "Ariel Helwani"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariel_Helwani"
    title: "Ariel Helwani"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariel_Helwani"
    title: "Ariel Helwani"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%84_%D8%AD%D9%84%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C"
    title: "آریل حلوانی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariel_Helwani"
    title: "Ariel Helwani"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariel_Helwani"
    title: "Ariel Helwani"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4790418"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump