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Araxen
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Yes, Sherdog was banned for life a very long time ago for the same thing. Dana and the UFC want to control the media.
calhoonjugganaut
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The Helwani thing is going to be a huge shit storm for them I think. You can talk Conor and Brock and Rousey and everyone who has made them all of this money over the years...If it weren't for Helwani's involvement with fighters, a lot of that money wouldn't have been made in my opinion. He's that dude in the MMA Media.
Ameraves
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There are a ton of MMA sites calling out the UFC right now and how incredibly unprofessional they are being. I know the UFC has shit on reporters before, but maybe they are big enough now that this may actually have quite a bit of negative backlash.
calhoonjugganaut
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Ariel is the guy that people kind of watched grow up being a reporter or whatever you want to call it. His departure from Fox I can understand. They are doing their own thing over there at MMAFighting.com. What difference did it really make for Ariel to break the Lesnar news? I think it would make more people pay attention to any promos that the UFC was running that night.
To reiterate what I posted earlier though, Ariel has probably brought more real followers (maybe not, I dunno) and money to the sport than the people that they hold in the highest regard. If you are like me you go to sherdog and mmafighting after a big event and even go to those sites almost daily to stay up on the news. Though I don't watch his podcasts, the UFC is my NFL and Ariel kept me interested over the years. Fucking sucks man, and I'm more pissed about this than not letting Conor on UFC 200. When the public disagrees the company just turns the other cheek and it's just becoming a bigger trend than it has been in the past. I just don't know why it hasn't been one of the top stories on ESPN yet. Wait, nevermind. ESPN doesn't care about MMA.
To reiterate what I posted earlier though, Ariel has probably brought more real followers (maybe not, I dunno) and money to the sport than the people that they hold in the highest regard. If you are like me you go to sherdog and mmafighting after a big event and even go to those sites almost daily to stay up on the news. Though I don't watch his podcasts, the UFC is my NFL and Ariel kept me interested over the years. Fucking sucks man, and I'm more pissed about this than not letting Conor on UFC 200. When the public disagrees the company just turns the other cheek and it's just becoming a bigger trend than it has been in the past. I just don't know why it hasn't been one of the top stories on ESPN yet. Wait, nevermind. ESPN doesn't care about MMA.
calhoonjugganaut
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Armadon makes a good point. I love the product that the UFC still offers. I'm still going to watch UFC 200 and might not even think about the Helwani thing when it goes down, but I'm just pissed about the entire situation.
Lenas
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Yeah the UFC is a bunch of assholes, but Ariel continually breaks news right before the UFC announces it. They give special access to the media and it can't be a one way relationship. How much insider info would Ariel have if the UFC didn't allow it? I guess we'll find out in the coming months.
Ameraves
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And this is what I was thinking as well. It will be pretty awesome if Ariel continues to break stories and it just pisses Dana off. If Dana wants to be mad at someone, it should be whoever it is within his organization that is leaking these stories to the press.
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Furious
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I can't remember a better card then last night. From bottom to the top it was fantastic.
Top Highlights.
1) Hendo to retire like that (please do)
2) Bisping that cunt (happy for him)
3) Marco Polo Reyes vs Dong Hyun Kim. Just WOW! fight of the year?
4) Max my boy pointing to the ground and saying lets bang!
5) Ortega's knee! I was sure Clay had it wrapped.
What a card.
PS. Still hate Cruz and Luke but great fighters.
Top Highlights.
1) Hendo to retire like that (please do)
2) Bisping that cunt (happy for him)
3) Marco Polo Reyes vs Dong Hyun Kim. Just WOW! fight of the year?
4) Max my boy pointing to the ground and saying lets bang!
5) Ortega's knee! I was sure Clay had it wrapped.
What a card.
PS. Still hate Cruz and Luke but great fighters.
