Fans have voted him MMA journalist of the year for the past five years. It was 1: 30 a.m. and the MMA reporter has just been ejected from UFC 199 by Dana White, the Ultimate Fighting Championship president. Within 48 hours, after much fan backlash and support from several other members of the media, White and the UFC relented, and Helwani, a reporter for mmafighting.com, had his credentials back. “First of all, to see the fan reaction and how it kept growing and growing and growing was incredible,” he said. “I’m a big sports media fan as well.

Source: thestar June 12, 2016 20:39 UTC