I'm sure he expected it to and it brightened his day lol. This is the same dude that twists fighters words all the time to piss of their opponents so he can get a good headline. He'll be like "what do you think of your opponent, is he the toughest opponent you faced?" Then they will say they have faced tougher and he'll ask how they think they'll win and they say by ko so.... When interviewing the opponent he'll be like "he said he thinks you suck and he's going to knock you out!!" Prompting them to get pissed off thinking the opponent was being disrespectful but really it's just Helwani being a little weasel.