Media Buckley to Ariel: When fighters come on your show, you try to use us as weapons against the UFC with your platform, setting us up with questions

[wildchild88]

The fact that the fighters have to be so scared about what they say about the UFC tells you everything.

I get where Buckley is coming from, but at least Ariel stands up to the UFC's BS. 99% of other journalists are castrated by the UFC. They're dickless.

Other journalists are like - let's distract from the fact fighters make 20k to fight, and do a fun quiz game or wear a wig in an interview, that's the real travesty here.

 

[Nabs]

Ofc he can't see it. Smdh! Not a big fan of Buckley but I agree with him 100% on this.

Two things can be true. Ariel is absolutely needed in a sea of journalists who stay kissing Goofopotamus' ass, but he's also a weasel and whiny AF.

 

[Substance Abuse]

Agreed with everything except that last part.

There's no point in Buckley trying to come up with examples. You know Ariel is the smarter guy and will find his way out of any example Buckley could've presented to him.

Then why did Buckley agree to come on the show in the first place if he was going to hit Ariel with that and clam up? If you're going to make an accusation, bring receipts? That's all I'm saying. Buckley, just like everyone else is entitled to their opinion, but he looks like he's standing up for the UFC when Ariel definitely has a grudge with them over some worthwhile stuff.

 

[Nabs]

The fact that the fighters have to be so scared about what they say about the UFC tells you everything.

I get where Buckley is coming from, but at least Ariel stands up to the UFC's BS. 99% of other journalists are castrated by the UFC.

Let's distract from the fact fighters make 20k to fight, and do a fun quiz game or wear a wig, that's the real travesty here.

Ariel can afford to stand up to them but only a few fighters can, and they can be counted on one hand (Conor, Bones to a smaller extent).

 

[Wreckless]

Then why did Buckley agree to come on the show in the first place if he was going to hit Ariel with that and clam up? If you're going to make an accusation, bring receipts? That's all I'm saying. Buckley, just like everyone else is entitled to their opinion, but he looks like he's standing up for the UFC when Ariel definitely has a grudge with them over some worthwhile stuff.

Honestly I wasn't following the whole story but yes, you're right. That's a good point.

 

[Davidjacksonjones]

Jon Jones would smash Ariel easily in a fight

 

[HHJ]

Then why go on his show? It's his show.

Thats true. You gotta be ready for this shit. Ya gotta think about how to respond to this shit ahead of time.

 

[Killer Kadoogan]

Then why did Buckley agree to come on the show in the first place if he was going to hit Ariel with that and clam up? If you're going to make an accusation, bring receipts? That's all I'm saying. Buckley, just like everyone else is entitled to their opinion, but he looks like he's standing up for the UFC when Ariel definitely has a grudge with them over some worthwhile stuff.

because he's still going to get exposure, we're talking about it now. and refusing to go on the show is another win for ariel, to spin it as "poor me" fighter X won't come on the show, boo hoo. buckley is fair to make accusations, anyone with half a brain knows what ariel does 90% of the time when he's not being this expert award winning journalist of MMA. he's an instigator, buckleys fair to say it, he doesn't need to bring the rece33psz to share his opinion. this isn't court, this isn't the truth of law, it's the weasels show. of course buckley is going to stand up for his employer, the people that pay him, as a fighter on the precipice of doing something more, gaining something more than most other fighters this day and age.

 

[HHJ]

Imagine if we still had Bloodstaine Lane and not Ariel. Even if he's playing a character, it would be insufferable.

He already was insufferable. You had to know there was no way that shit was gonna last.

 

[wildchild88]

Ariel can afford to stand up to them but only a few fighters can, and they can be counted in one hand (Conor, Bones to a smaller extent).

The fighters can answer how they like, it's Ariel's job to be a real journalist. He's done a lot of good things too, he backed francis and gave him a platform when most people doubted him / downplayed him.

Yeah he's sooky sometimes, but everyone has their faults.

 

[SalvadorAllende]

Ariel is a bitch

 

[italiamusica]

Everyone loves to hate on Ariel and sometimes with good reason

Yeah it's really weird. Yeah there are times he is in the wrong, but he's clearly the best MMA media person. Like normal, people seem to hate because he cried on his show and he's a nerd, people need to chill the fuck out though. I don't give a fuck about listening to any other MMA podcast, they aren't as well done and are usually half assed and boring.

 

[storeybuckle]

Then why go on his show? It's his show.

Probably to call him out

 

[markg171]

He's doing all these big interviews on ESPN? He's still employed by ESPN? Ariel left in 2021 and went back to Vox. He worked for them for three years. He's still getting the big interviews. I'm not a fan of Helwani but I do appreciate his interviews compared to most of his contemporaries.

Why does the YT channel with 1.7M subs get interviews compared to the other channels?

Questions for Plato.

 

[Substance Abuse]

Why does the YT channel with 1.7M subs get interviews compared to the other channels?

Questions for Plato.

I'm just glad you got it right that he was on ESPN still, lol.

 

[markg171]

Yeah it's really weird. Yeah there are times he is in the wrong, but he's clearly the best MMA media person. Like normal, people seem to hate because he cried on his show and he's a nerd, people need to chill the fuck out though. I don't give a fuck about listening to any other MMA podcast, they aren't as well done and are usually half assed and boring.

People hate him because he's clearly a grifter who doesn't actually like MMA but saw the opportunity with no one else in the space.

 

[Substance Abuse]

He already was insufferable. You had to know there was no way that shit was gonna last.

His channel is still up on YouTube. I went and looked. That gimmick was something else, lol.

 

[HHJ]

His channel is still up on YouTube. I went and looked. That gimmick was something else, lol.

Yeah but he got destroyed and his reputation never recovered. He was basically kicked out of MMA. As a New Yorker I can tell you he was the absolute worst stereotype eva

EVA

Yknow, like Conor embarassing Irish people. Like that.

 

[Substance Abuse]

Yeah but he got destroyed and his reputation never recovered. He was basically kicked out of MMA. As a New Yorker he was the absolute worst stereotype eva

Live by the sword, die by the sword.

 

[markg171]

The fighters can answer how they like, it's Ariel's job to be a real journalist. He's done a lot of good things too, he backed francis and gave him a platform when most people doubted him / downplayed him.

Yeah he's sooky sometimes, but everyone has their faults.

Yeah history's real shown Francis turned out to be a standup guy about all that.

hahahahahaha