Media Pimblett Goes off on Helwani in Interview with Dana White (UPDATE: Helwani Responds).

[D 1 Wrestler]

How much does he make? Ballpark it even.

He was making close to 500k with ESPN and turned down a 5% pay cut, do the math.

 

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I speak about it as somebody that has heard both sides. If you disagree that’s fine. But how are you going to defend Helwani for breaking the Lesnar news? I don’t care how much you hate Dana. But where’s the part where you leave all common sense behind, just to run your own narrative?

You allow people to stab you in the back in real life, after you’ve treated them above and beyond? And you just act like it never happened?

Please, DM me your real name. I’d like to submit your name to the Vatican for canonization as a walking talking Saint.

He's a journalist, not Dana's employee. Are you out of your mind?

 

[Sweater of AV]

(Watches Paddy watching the thread)

Hilarious. Ariel has @theufcbaddy shook so badly that he's lurking Sherdog a day before his fight.



Chin up Paddy lad. Give Ariel a call, he doesn't hold grudges.

 

[chinarice]

He was making close to 500k with ESPN and turned down a 5% pay cut, do the math.

So you don't know how much he makes?
Also, who the fuck pays people to let them interview them? Who?

 

[CPH]

Meh.. the whole 'pay or no pay for appearance' thing has no right or wrong side to it imo. It's just two people seeing things differently, someone getting offended and it snowballs.

What I do agree with Pimblett about is his distrust of Ariel's method of fake-befriending fighters. An interviewer can be affable but still keep a normal amount of distance between himself and his guest. Ariel crosses the line imo and it comes across as fake and predatory. He might not be a terrible person but that part of his public persona I find very unlikeable.

 

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Says the guy who is the fan of the fakest dude in the sport

No no, you are the fucking worst.

 

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You are spittin the Dana narrative about the Brock news. It has already been explained numerous times in here that someone in the ufc gave him the ok and Dana didn’t know about it. This had been the normal process with the relationship between Ariel and the UFC in terms of breaking news however It was such a huge deal in this case because they were creating a huge preview video for Brock and was gonna break it themselves.

Ariel even stated that had he known this was going to happen, he wouldn’t have leaked it. This was also explained in detail with his Schaub drama. There was literally no backstabbing here.

@TempleoftheDog won't admit he's wrong. He doesn't care about actual truth when it comes to Ariel.

 

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Hilarious. Ariel has @theufcbaddy shook so badly that he's lurking Sherdog a day before his fight.



Chin up Paddy lad. Give Ariel a call, he doesn't hold grudges.

LMAO he is.

 

[Scurvydawg]

Well, That is a checkmate from old Helwani. Fake news Paddy should fire his managers ass. He came off looking pretty fucking retarded in this whole ordeal. Looking like a lying backstabbing ass kisser.

Paddy will forever be known now as Ariel's fat little Barney Rubble looking bitch. No one will believe shit he says anymore. I fully expect his tubby ass to be on Brendan Schaub's podcast soon. They can both play the victim together.

 

[StonedLemur]

Say what you want about Ariel, but that dude has giant balls and you have to respect that.

When you bring facts like that it's hard to argue against you lol.

 

[chinarice]

Meh.. the whole 'pay or no pay for appearance' thing has no right or wrong side to it imo. It's just two people seeing things differently, someone getting offended and it snowballs.

What I do agree with Pimblett about is his distrust of Ariel's method of fake-befriending fighters. An interviewer can be affable but still keep a normal amount of distance between himself and his guest. Ariel crosses the line imo and it comes across as fake and predatory. He might not be a terrible person but that part of his public persona I find very unlikeable.

Paddy's logic dictates he should be paying all his guests, including Dana White.

We need to find out that big fat paycheck Paddy cut Uncle Dana for appearing on his podcast.

Yeaaaahhh, nah. Paddy showed he's about as loyal as "What have you done for me this second" and will stab you in the back at the drop of a dime.

Ariel gave this guy promotion when he was a nobody, a nothing, not on anyone's radar. He should show a little gratitude for the people who were there for him when he was a complete nobody.

 

[marco515]

Helwani is an idiot. Two years out of college communications the UFC gig kind of fell into his lap. As a nobody he had access to the UFC, and fighters. Exclusives, and 1 on 1s, etc. It was a great mutually beneficial working relationship.

If he wanted to be Woodward, or Bernstein and actually make some kind of difference in the world. He would have tried to find a legit job in investigative journalism.

Did he honestly believe he was going to win a Pulitzer Prize for Journalism, by breaking Lesnar’s return?

How about show a little gratitude for the opportunities the UFC afforded him (Fox, and ESPN)? He upstaged Dana out of pure ego. Then literally cries on air because Dana shit canned his ungrateful ass.

Sorry, but that is 100% on Helwani. He knows who Dana is, and how he operates. How did he think that was going to turn out?

 

[SpamuraiSensei]

This is not the first time i've heard fighters calling out Ariel over something. I don't hear that from other reporters. So that leads me to believe it's something on Ariel's end if he's rubbing people the wrong way.

 

[Pechan]

lol the interview just showed up in my feed and the comments are full of people giving Paddy shit, this was such a miss fire on his part.

 

[EYEKICKFACES]

Funny how many fighters have called Ariel a weasel but the Sherqueens still defend him to the death.

 

[muhammadgoatli]

 

[wildchild88]

Thats not my point when someone has reached a certain level of popularity. Ariel isn't helping them by having them on his show. They are helping him. Thats someone like conor or even paddy at the moment. The can reach more people just using their own social media platforms. Ariel is benefitting way more than them. That doesn't mean he has to pay them. I haven't watched ariel's show in years cos their is better stuff out there. All this controversy is doing ariel a big favour. Will give him a bump in ratings.

Man the media network that Ariel is on.. no way they could actually afford to pay every fighter for an interview.. they would be running a tight ship as is (heaps of these little sports media companies fold regularly), these interviews almost never crack 1 million views on YouTube anyway (YouTube streams make peanuts).

It wouldn't be conceivable to have a youtube model where you pay fighters for interviews, the money would be too small it would be basically pointless. I doubt Ariel is on very good money considering how well known he is either. ..

 

[Ramon Antonio]

This is not the first time i've heard fighters calling out Ariel over something. I don't hear that from other reporters. So that leads me to believe it's something on Ariel's end if he's rubbing people the wrong way.

Who are these reporters that don’t get called out by fighters?

DC, Bisping, Cruz, Hardy, Felder, Chael etc. All those guys have been called out by other fighters.

 

[MM808]

Who are these reporters that don’t get called out by fighters?

DC, Bisping, Cruz, Hardy, Felder, Chael etc. All those guys have been called out by other fighters.

Add Luke thomas and BC, and I’m sure there are others I can’t think of. It comes with the job

 

[dog y]

Say what you want about Ariel, but that dude has giant balls and you have to respect that.

When you bring facts like that it's hard to argue against you lol.

Helwani is the the truth ere.
LoL @ this vanilla ice cream cone looking dude.
Also lol @ that tomato can looking fat fuck.