Him being good at actually conducting interviews is what makes the fact that he starts drama even WORSE. Because it means he's effective at his gossip show bullshit. He COULD be a great, legitimate journalist, and we see glimpses of it when he questions Dana. But the man just loves starting shit too much with fighters.
I don't think he starts drama anymore than any other so called reporter, journalist, podcaster, youtube intellectual and etc. Fighter A says something about Fighter B, when Ariel is talking to Fighter B, he asks about the comments that Fighter A made about Fighter B.
Everybody does this. As they should, because we the spectators spend 85% of our time on Sherdog gossipping about "did you see what Derrick Lewis did to Alistair Overeem on his Instagram?" and etc. We love the drama and gossip. The vast majority of us.
For example, when Dana White stepped up to the microphone and told the MMA community that Ferguson vs Nurmagomedov will be for the LW title. The first question was "Does this mean that Conor McGregor has been stripped of his title?" How is this any different than what Ariel often does? Somebody makes a statement, and you challenge them.
However, I do agree sometimes Ariel goes fishing for drama. But, this what all so called journalists, reporters, youtube intelectual and etc are doing. So, the vitriol against Ariel for doing what everybody else is doing, is laughable. LOL
It is interesting that some people will get mad at Ariel, because he asks one fighter to respond to a comment another fighter made about him. While, Joe Rogan will start a blatant rumor about a fighter sniffing cocaine cut with tainted creatine, and the vast majority of the MMA community will run with the story, and nobody checks Joe Rogan for being a "gossip girl." LOL
Fake outrage about Ariel's shortcomings in my opinion.