Sébastien Heulot

At a glance

• Calls ARES events on Canal+ Sport 360 and the myCanal app
• Works the booth with analyst Malick Sylla
• Canal+ holds ARES broadcast rights through 2027

Overview

Sébastien Heulot is the play by play announcer for ARES Fighting Championship on French network Canal+. You can hear him on Canal+ Sport 360 and on myCanal, the network's streaming app, which carry the French promotion under a deal that runs through 2027.

He called ARES 43, for example, held at the Adidas Arena in Paris on September 25, 2026. In the booth he teams with analyst Malick Sylla, a former pro fighter. Pauline Sanzey and Marine Clerc handle hosting duties and cageside reporting.

What you'll find

On ARES nights, Heulot calls every fight live, from the prelims to the main event. He describes the action, recaps each fighter's background and leaves the deepest technical reads to Sylla, which is the usual split between a play by play man and a color analyst.

He also brings a teaching angle. At ARES 10 at the Dôme de Paris, he walked viewers through the three most important phases of an MMA fight on air, to help Canal+ audiences follow how a bout unfolds. That kind of explanation makes the broadcast easy to follow for viewers new to the sport.

Why follow

ARES is one of the main MMA promotions in France, and Canal+ is its broadcaster. Watching its events with Heulot on the call means following the French scene and the fighters building their careers there, often before they move on to international promotions.

His commentary gives you the essentials without filler: who is fighting, what is at stake in the promotion's rankings and what just happened in the cage. Paired with Sylla, the booth covers both storytelling and analysis, so you can follow a full card even if you do not know every name on it yet. If you want to scout French prospects early, this broadcast is where many of them first get national exposure.

MMA Official's take

This is for fans who follow French MMA live and understand French. Start with the ARES 43 replay on myCanal to hear the Heulot and Sylla booth on a big night at the Adidas Arena. If you are new to the sport, look up his explanation of the phases of an MMA fight to get the basics down.