MMA insider Ariel Helwani announced Thursday he'll join ESPN next month.
Helwani, who will make the leap from MMAFighting.com, will host his own podcast as well as a shared podcast with Bellator fighter Chael Sonnen called "Ariel and the Bad Guy."
ESPN recently acquired multi-year media rights from the UFC.
Helwani is a six-time MMA Journalist of the Year award winner.