Ariel Helwani: The Howard Cosell of MMA - a podcast by ESPN, Sarah Spain

Sarah talks to ESPN's Ariel Helwani about his rise in the MMA world, getting banned from covering the UFC by Dana White in 2016 and the support he got from mainstream media figures like Dan Patrick and Dan Le Batard that helped reverse the ban, his struggles with social anxiety, the six month stretch he refers to as the crossroads of his life, the role the film Garden State played in his personal life, and the Helwani Nose Awards.

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