Helwani has covered mixed martial arts professionally since 2006. He worked for MMA Fighting[1] before joining ESPN in May 2018.[12] He formerly served as an "MMA Insider" for Fox Sports 1's weekly UFC Tonight show and other pre- and post-event programming.[13] He is the former co-host of the Sirius XM radio show "Fight Club",[4] was formerly the host of The MMA Hour podcast [5][14] and the MMA Beat show on YouTube. He's interim vice president of the highly controversial Mixed Martial Arts Journalists Association.[15]