Remember when Ariel leaked the Lesnar info?

Yeah that was selfish af, I fucking despise Dana but I can understand how that ruined everything with Helwani
 
B ville Famous said:
He’s a POS bc he told everyone what we wanted to know?
Think this through man.
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We would have known anyway,like a few hrs after.

Of couse this severely damaged his relationship w them.
 
laleggenda27 said:
A lot of people in this thread not understanding the difference between "leaking" and "reporting." There are perfectly reasonable reasons to dislike Ariel, but this isn't one of them. The guy got the scoop on a matchup and reported it, which any journalist would have done. Guys like Adrian Wojnarowski, Adam Shefter, and Tim Kurkjian literally have built careers on breaking news, and they're hailed as sports reporting icons. You would never see the the commissioners of the NBA, NFL, or MLB say anything negative about a reporter who breaks a story.

This is just an example of Dana and his megalomania. And the low-IQ mma fanbase blindly following his lead.
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Leaking something that was going to be publicly reported in a few hours was not good reporting, it was an obvious dog move for publicity and nothing more. He deserved the hate for it.
 
laleggenda27 said:
A lot of people in this thread not understanding the difference between "leaking" and "reporting." There are perfectly reasonable reasons to dislike Ariel, but this isn't one of them. The guy got the scoop on a matchup and reported it, which any journalist would have done. Guys like Adrian Wojnarowski, Adam Shefter, and Tim Kurkjian literally have built careers on breaking news, and they're hailed as sports reporting icons. You would never see the the commissioners of the NBA, NFL, or MLB say anything negative about a reporter who breaks a story.

This is just an example of Dana and his megalomania. And the low-IQ mma fanbase blindly following his lead.
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He knew what would happen if he leaked it,and that it would be announced later that night. THis aint the NBA NFL or MLB.
 
laleggenda27 said:
A lot of people in this thread not understanding the difference between "leaking" and "reporting." There are perfectly reasonable reasons to dislike Ariel, but this isn't one of them. The guy got the scoop on a matchup and reported it, which any journalist would have done. Guys like Adrian Wojnarowski, Adam Shefter, and Tim Kurkjian literally have built careers on breaking news, and they're hailed as sports reporting icons. You would never see the the commissioners of the NBA, NFL, or MLB say anything negative about a reporter who breaks a story.

This is just an example of Dana and his megalomania. And the low-IQ mma fanbase blindly following his lead.
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Difference is UFC is much like the WWE than it is like the NBA, NFL, or MLB. The way Dana acted is definitely inline with how Vince McMahon would have if one of his big reveals was leaked.
 
kingJohn said:
Difference is UFC is much like the WWE than it is like the NBA, NFL, or MLB. The way Dana acted is definitely inline with how Vince McMahon would have if one of his big reveals was leaked.
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Ariel cant play stupid. He knew he was fuckin them over when he did that. There would be hell to pay,etc. Just like when sherdog leaked TUF and got banned from events.
 
HHJ said:
We would have known anyway,like a few hrs after.

Of couse this severely damaged his relationship w them.
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If I’m not mistaken Ariel leaked it an hour or 2 before UFC officially released the advertisement for Brock coming back. It was at UFC 199 when Brock comes into the screen and punches in front of the camera.
Also there is conflicting stories bc he said he was given the okay to announce it.
 
Only Here for Attachments said:
Has Ariel ever admitted this wasn't a good idea? The president of the biggest MMA promotion tells you not to leak something, you do anyone, and get blacklisted. It's not like this was some major injustice, Ariel fucked up but has never manned-up about it.
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He was doing his job. The media isn't supposed to work for the promoters. Although I highly suspect many of them do whatever the UFC tells them too. Ariel is the most high profile name in MMA media. Most main stream sports media could care less about MMA. It's Ariels priority and full time gig. Stories like that get leaked all the time in other sports. The UFC just has such a stranglehold on the MMA landscape and it's media that Dana/UFC can get away with most anything they want to do.
 
laleggenda27 said:
A lot of people in this thread not understanding the difference between "leaking" and "reporting." There are perfectly reasonable reasons to dislike Ariel, but this isn't one of them. The guy got the scoop on a matchup and reported it, which any journalist would have done. Guys like Adrian Wojnarowski, Adam Shefter, and Tim Kurkjian literally have built careers on breaking news, and they're hailed as sports reporting icons. You would never see the the commissioners of the NBA, NFL, or MLB say anything negative about a reporter who breaks a story.

This is just an example of Dana and his megalomania. And the low-IQ mma fanbase blindly following his lead.
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I’m Not a fan of Ariel, but the fact that most people back the UFC on this instead of him explains the state of US media today
 
Roids said:
Leaking something that was going to be publicly reported in a few hours was not good reporting, it was an obvious dog move for publicity and nothing more. He deserved the hate for it.
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^^^^
 
His source was Nick the Tooth and now he’s buried somewhere in the desert.


This is all factual.
 
immyaxl said:
He was doing his job. The media isn't supposed to work for the promoters. Although I highly suspect many of them do whatever the UFC tells them too. Ariel is the most high profile name in MMA media. Most main stream sports media could care less about MMA. It's Ariels priority and full time gig. Stories like that get leaked all the time in other sports. The UFC just has such a stranglehold on the MMA landscape and it's media that Dana/UFC can get away with most anything they want to do.
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Brock Lesnar fighting at UFC 200 isn't a story. it's just a reveal that he revealed before the UFC was able to.

there's no story, that's literally ALL the information in the headline. if it was about a story, the real story was that Brock Lesnar will be fighting roided up with a USADA exemption with the UFC's knowledge, but Ariel didn't jump on that did he?
 
i mean oh my fuck thank god we have Ariel to tell us something we were gonna know in a few hrs anyway. I really wanted to hear it from him first,no really I did. Much better that way!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
To this day I don’t get why it was such a big deal.. Dana just wanted it to come out of his loud mouth. It didn’t change anything.
 
laleggenda27 said:
A lot of people in this thread not understanding the difference between "leaking" and "reporting." There are perfectly reasonable reasons to dislike Ariel, but this isn't one of them. The guy got the scoop on a matchup and reported it, which any journalist would have done. Guys like Adrian Wojnarowski, Adam Shefter, and Tim Kurkjian literally have built careers on breaking news, and they're hailed as sports reporting icons. You would never see the the commissioners of the NBA, NFL, or MLB say anything negative about a reporter who breaks a story.

This is just an example of Dana and his megalomania. And the low-IQ mma fanbase blindly following his lead.
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lol puh-leaseeee. He leaked something that was gonna be announced in like a couple of hours anyway. He wasnt breaking some watergate type shit lol
 
HHJ said:
i mean oh my fuck thank god we have Ariel to tell us something we were gonna know in a few hrs anyway. I really wanted to hear it from him first,no really I did. Much better that way!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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my man
 
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Ariel saw his shot and took it

as long as he’s not bitchin about getting tossed out of Dana’s Kingdom — I’m OK with the weasel grubbing his way thru life as a lower form
 
Only Here for Attachments said:
Has Ariel ever admitted this wasn't a good idea? The president of the biggest MMA promotion tells you not to leak something, you do anyone, and get blacklisted. It's not like this was some major injustice, Ariel fucked up but has never manned-up about it.
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It was a dirtbag move. ariel at that point was leaking fights 10 mins before every announcement just to spite ufc
 
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