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

[JudoThrowFiasco]

Holy shit Ariel is long winded and his rebuttal is not as strong as he thinks it is. Paddy absolutely is out of his mind if he thinks journalists need to pay for access; public promotion from the press is your pay. However, since Ariels reach extends only to existing mma fans and not casuals who make up the bulk of where the money is (since "hardcore fans" are cheap ass streamers) Paddy is isnt going to hurt himself here. Paddy is wrong and obviously trying to suck up to Dana but Ariel is worthless to him, Dana is not and im all for shitting on Helwani.

 

[closequarters]

Holy shit Ariel is long winded and his rebuttal is not as strong as he thinks it is. Paddy absolutely is out of his mind if he thinks journalists need to pay for access; public promotion from the press is your pay. However, since Ariels reach extends only to existing mma fans and not casuals who make up the bulk of where the money is (since "hardcore fans" are cheap ass streamers) Paddy is isnt going to hurt himself here. Paddy is wrong and obviously trying to suck up to Dana but Ariel is worthless to him, Dana is not and im all for shitting on Helwani.

Paddy is kinda in a unique position. Other fighters like Rampage came back to Ariel hat in hand for an interview. Paddy has his own podcast with almost a million subscribers.

 

[Psychedelic]

Good to see the established trolls are here to try and bamboozle everyone with their non sensical bullshit. Must be ufc employees

You mean to tell me, you post on Sherdog without getting paid for it ?

Why ?

Ariel is a tool btw. War Dana and Paddy !

 

[JudoThrowFiasco]

Paddy is kinda in a unique position. Other fighters like Rampage came back to Ariel hat in hand for an interview. Paddy has his own podcast with almost a million subscribers.

Mma is a niche sport. Dedicated media really only reaches "us" as in dedicated viewers. So Ariel really doesn't provide a value add to where the spot light and money is (casual market) Paddy is popular with casuals, he can shit on Ariel all he wants and it won't impact him at all. If it carries favor with Dana and Co., he should double down and make Ariel his whipping post.

 

[Can’t Handle My Riddum]

“Maybe there is a deep desire to watch a 50 something year old eat Cheeto pancakes".

Lol.

 

[Guffman]

Starting to think the dog shit was staged

Entirely possible. 23K views and over 700 replies so far. Mission accomplished?

 

[Can’t Handle My Riddum]

Entirely possible. 23K views and over 700 replies so far. Mission accomplished?

Would Dana not have to be in on it? If not it means Paddy used Dana as a pawn and I can’t see Dana being cool with that.

Seems just a case of another manager getting in between things.

 

[Ramon Antonio]

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?

Dude you speak about this as if you know what happens behind the scenes lol.

 

[skylolow]

So Paddy thinks journalist who cover the sport should pay the athletes who they cover??????????????????????????

Journalist is who can help you become a household name. It's free advertising for your name/brand so you can grow.

Good luck with that moron.

 

[Ramon Antonio]

funny to me people hate on luke thomas yet defend ariel. shit stirring little panzy. he will go out of his way to lie just to get a headline too

ariel "dana has you blocked on instagram are you bothered by this?"

Chris cyborg "No thats completely fine"




^ariel going out of his way to try and create clicks for himself

nick diaz was right ariel showed up slappable and remained slappable

 

[chinarice]

So Paddy thinks journalist who cover the sport should pay the athletes who they cover??????????????????????????

Journalist is who can help you become a household name. It's free advertising for your name/brand so you can grow.

Good luck with that moron.

and it's actually sad how many that is completely lost on here.

 

[Ken Fresno]

This is pretty embarrassing for Paddy.

He has a clear path to everything he wants from his career, without having to publicly lick the boss's ass.

O'malley is basically using the exact same playbook to build his brand. And he proves that you can maintain a good relationship with the organization while standing up for yourself and your worth and not shamelessly brown nosing.

By Paddy's logic, he should have paid Dana for that podcast appearance. Since Dana is there to boost Paddy's numbers to try to sell this PPV where he's become the main attraction.

You "put together a budget" for Uncle Dana, Mr. Big Time?

 

[corrupted]

Cormier's got a challenger for the Biggest Dana Nuthugger (extra-large) belt

He's the fluffer button. No one will ever get that kneel pillow. DC stitched it himself out of his Olympic tunic.

 

[TempleoftheDog]

Dude you speak about this as if you know what happens behind the scenes lol.

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.

 

[dipstickjimmy]

That's pretty cringeworthy, he's a giant dork, he's not ethering anyone he's just bitching on his YouTube show to his audience of neckbeards.

Not sure if the HE you refer to is Ariel or Paddy? Dork bitching on to his audience of neckbeards could apply to either one.

 

[MrShady]

Objectively Ariel came out looking better than Dana and Paddy here.

Sure it was a bit long but he brought the receipts and made Paddy look foolish. This is exactly how you expose liars. Cool, calm, collected.

Anyone who thinks otherwise is clearly an idiot or is already balls deep in Dana and Paddy

 

[dittohead84]

You mean to tell me, you post on Sherdog without getting paid for it ?

Why ?

Ariel is a tool btw. War Dana and Paddy !

The what and the who and the how and the blah

Farts, boobies, buttcracks

You can haz burger

 

[Pharenheit]

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?

Makes you wonder how Helwani got in the position he got in the first place

 

[turbotime]

lol, shut up Paddy.

 

[Mickf]

Lol, so he's supposed to pay interviewees right now out of his own pocket or based on what he may or may not renegotiate for in his contract in years down the road?

How do you actually make it out of your house on your own? Do you have people helping you?

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.