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

[wwkirk]

Paddy knows who butters his bread

Indeed! He's playing it smart.

 

[Substance Abuse]

A decent journalist needs to push and needs to ask tough questions that perhaps the interviewee may not like. Otherwise it’s a promotional fluff piece and that is not the job of a journalist. We have too many of those types of journalists here in Canada as fanboys of our idiot PM, and it’s allowed him to go fairly unchecked for bad and even unethical behaviour and even worse policy.

Ariel will ask tough questions that to some people make him seem like a shit stirrer or instigator, but is legitimately just him doing his job to the best of his ability. He's light years beyond Morgan, Thomas and Iole, who are all cringe or putting on brown lipstick to kiss Dana's ass. Ariel is far from perfect and has his faults as a MMA media personality, but overall, there's far more good than bad, and he routinely gets great material out of fighters that no one else does.

 

[humdizzle]

ariel is a complete scumbag.

watch his interviews and its basically "hey i heard fighter X say this about you, how do you respond to something like that" He's always trying to create drama.

 

[Substance Abuse]

Added this to the OP with credit. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Razor]

War Helwani

 

[mahavishnunj]

Ariel will ask tough questions that to some people make him seem like a shit stirrer or instigator, but is legitimately just him doing his job to the best of his ability. He's light years beyond Morgan, Thomas and Iole, who are all cringe or putting on brown lipstick to kiss Dana's ass. Ariel is far from perfect and has his faults as a MMA media personality, but overall, there's far more good than bad, and he routinely gets great material out of fighters that no one else does.

For real, if he didn't ask real questions, everyone would shit on him for being a softball John Morgan type. Asking questions to fighters that are sometimes not so comfortable means "stirring shit" and "creating drama". I haven't listened to the MMA hour in years, but the "Ariel is a drama queen shit stirrer" thing will never die I guess.

 

[Post 2 Decision]

Dumb ass question of course the conversation is gonna be amplified if people agree on something or like/dislike the same things. It's like saying am i gonna ramble on about how much i love Metallica to a non fan? Would that go different if i was in a room with another huge fan of course it would be different. love/hate same rules apply.

So you agree with me

 

[Leonard Haid]

brave enough to not be a sycophant. LOL

Dude was literally a UFC PR person before they kicked him to the curb. Man how people seem to forget . He was the biggest dickrider of them all when Dana was giving him the sit downs and feeding him the scoops and shit.

LOL to you too, asshole.

 

[BEATDOWNS]

So you agree with me

Yes i agree with your limp dicked comment. If you say the Earth is round I will agree with that too.

 

[chinarice]

Literally the majority of the time I see people complaining about Ariel, it's over something ridiculous or them making a mountain out of a molehill out of something he said that is not a big deal at all

 

[brackis1]

brave enough to not be a sycophant. LOL

Dude was literally a UFC PR person before they kicked him to the curb. Man how people seem to forget . He was the biggest dickrider of them all when Dana was giving him the sit downs and feeding him the scoops and shit.

you realize they kicked him to the curb for not being a big enough shill buddy to Dana, right?

 

[ferrisjso]

Tbh when fighters kiss the UFCs ass on fighter pay other fighters are the ones who lose.

 

[Post 2 Decision]

Yes i agree with your limp dicked comment. If you say the Earth is round I will agree with that too.

What set you off this morning, Meltdowns?

 

[BEATDOWNS]

Ariel on the verge of tears..

 

[BEATDOWNS]

What set you off this morning, Meltdowns?

Nothing your comment had no substance I am my normal cheery self.

 

[mahavishnunj]

Yes i agree with your limp dicked comment. If you say the Earth is round I will agree with that too.

Can we all agree my dick is limp?

 

[Benoitthegr8]

Ariel taking the high road to an extent...

 

[burningspear]

Ariel a manipulator, say it aint so ..

 

[airic_15]

Paddy attempted to charge Helwani for an interview following his first UFC fight which Helwani declined and later disclosed to his audience. This is the genesis of their dispute.

No respectable media outlet pays athletes, entertainers, or anybody for interviews. Interviews bring exposure, normally positive, to the individual being interviewed which is why attempting to charge for one is highly unusual.

The ethicalness of Helwani disclosing this to his audience is debatable.

Did u not listen to paddy? He said he had a paid interview already and ariel wanted him to leave that one for his interview so paddy said pay me, seems reasonable to me

 

[Linelo]

Paddy: He’s a lizard.