ArielHelwani

Ariel Helwani's Jiu-Jitsu Take Just Blew Up In His Face! 🤯

1.3K views 2025-11-23

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An analyst breaks down the surprising comments made regarding a recent matchup comparison. The expectation was that a bodybuilder's take would be predictable, but for a long-time MMA and Jiu-Jitsu observer like Helwani to completely miss the mark on the reality of elite grappling matchups—especially

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And Ariel's was more like Greg Ducet, I would expect that. I mean, he's a bodybuilder. He's an IFBB pro. Like that's not his, you know, and he does like these hit pieces on people. So like that I kind of expected. But for Ariel Hwani to not understand that Moneyberg would stand no chance against Gordon Ryan and not make it past 30 seconds, uh, shows, especially for someone who's commentated, who has a black belt behind him. Obviously, it's not a real black fellow, but for him to do commentary on MMA and jiu-jitsu all these years and have such a lack of understanding of jiu-jitsu is kind of insulting to

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@stevenschwartz7162
@stevenschwartz7162 11/24/2025

Absolutely 100% agree. No defense of Moneyberg, but I was really appalled by Helwani’s statement.

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@christianburns-o2o
@christianburns-o2o 11/24/2025

If helwani is a black belt I can go 5 rounds with merab and pull off the victory

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