Love him or hate him. He is the only voice without self interest in the sport. The problem is not Ariel. The problem is, there aren't other independent MMA news media.
he has no self interest in the sport because he'd rather be covering a different sport, basketball. strong resentment as he'd be one of many in basketball or be a somebody in mma
Imagine the owner of the nba told michael jordan you are NOTallowed to be sponsored by nike, YOU HAVE TO WEAR THESE NBA SHOES...This is what dana does Edit- since the nike example is hard to understand clearly after looking at my replies. I’ll help you understand. Look at nascar each car has 100 different brands, or boxing or even other mma promotions (maybe this is a better example) all these guys get to put whatever brands on their cars/gear and get x amount of $. Ufc used to be like that but now they get a % and forced to wear ugly venom gear + shoes by THE ROCK?! Lmao
Appreciate the example but I don't think you know Nike's influence on the NBA. If Nike and ESPN wanted any agenda pushed, the NBA follows suits every single time. Nike is worth more than all of the NBA franchises combines. This is why for example, LeBron's agenda and narratives exist. It ruins the sports.
Imagine the NFL banning Adam Schefter because he put out a breaking news story about XYZ NFL team accepting offers to trade XYZ player, or cut them. Happens in almost all major league sports, where those 'Insiders' break the news before league, players, agents, or anyone else publicly releases it. They don't go to the NFL to ask permission first.
@ how is that Helwani’s problem? He’s a reporter, he reports about deals being made in the sport. Just like if a tech reporter about a new product Apple is about to unveil. It’s really absurd to say this is important, that is not important. In this video itself the creator says the Brock Lassner reveal happened while UFC trying to boost their value before a sell out. In addition we all know that Dana turned the UFC into a Trump promotional outlet. The line between what’s important and what’s not is very thin and blurry.
Ariel didn't even say that Brock was 100% going to fight at UFC 200. His article said that according to his sources, UFC and Brock were in negotiations for him to fight at UFC 200. Dana was mad that someone else leaked that information and he took it out on Ariel for doing his job (and protecting his sources). "Spoiling a movie" is such a terrible take.
Used to be a good journalist, a weasel now. He’s having a proxy war with Dana by setting up ufc fighters against their boss, ruined so many careers by doing this. Not a fan of Dana btw, just standing up with the defenseless fighters.
@@marcxiong8332 He would be nowhere without boxing, he just went to the highest bidder. Most UFC fighters can go to boxing to make more money getting absolutely molly wopped by professional boxers.
I think your explanation of how he struggles determining journalism from content creating is the best I’ve ever heard. I could never but my finger on it with him, but that’s exactly it.
@@user-wb7nv9ht1g all the b.s Ariel had to overcome would have ended most careers. its sad to see people not know their history and just make up b.s...
I once said on an Instagram reel that Ariel Helwani is one of the Pillars of MMA one of the reasons why the sport is what it is today and oh boy I was attacked, heck a bot account even posted a wacky picture of me on the comments calling me dumb.
I've been over it since everyone tried being a heel after Connor's success and fall. Everyone acts like they despise each other then make out after every fight. I just want the best to fight the best. GSP era. No BS
It sounds like he is an investigatory journalist living in a more laid back journalism world. There’s good in both but it’s hard when the interviewee is not aware of which they’re going to get. He’s more of a 20/20 journalist where as the other journalists are Late Night hosts/journalists. He broke the Brock Lesnar story and I think the consequences shouldn’t be looked at as “is it fair”. I think it should be “What kind of journalism do we want in UFC and can you guys have better communication at UFC please??🤣” With that being said…my brother in law used to work for Dana White and the whole “he’s squeezing out people who aren’t yes men” is correct. Dana White doesn’t even really get mad, you’re just nothing to him if you disagree/don’t do what he wants. I hope Helwani one day step farther away from UFC and investigate from the outside. I know a lot is give and take but one day I’d love to see a thorough investigation cus just from the Dana stories I’ve heard, I can’t imagine what it’s like for the fighters.
Yeaaa but Ariel really does passive aggressively poke at people. Like when he says all joyful "look at this dana just two old friends talking" why say that? When you know you don't like Eachother? So you'll say stuff like that where you can play it off like nothing after they get mad at you lol
@@liammiller3934😂 wow, what is it you're trying to say? It seems like you just took random words and typed them out, the on fish boiled to sugar mountain whistle
Ariel the type of guy that reads the whole terms and conditions just to click no *BUT* He is the best MMA interviewer, WAY better than anyone else....Not even comparable...
Dana is simply a puppet of a bigger crime/mafia/illuminati system that is corruption at its very core. Its all about psychological manipulation and profit.
Good video showing both sides. Helwani is really good at his job. But especially that Brock announcement showed his lack of compassion. How the duck do you not even understand WHY they are mad at you?
@@Ragdoll.MMAShow If we're going to assume things, then we should also assume that when they did tell Ariel this information, they would also have told him that it was in confidence / off the record, and that he kept it to himself.
@@John.Flower.Productionsnope lol, Reinier de ridder was a double champ in one and barely won against GM3 in the UFC. samething with mighty mouse one of the greatest in the UFC went and easily became champ at ONE. UFC is the best entertainment company with the best mma athletes and fighters.
@@abbas6075 There are not more than a handful of fighters in UFC. I have been to many live events and the only times that the crowd has ever booed out of boredom/discontent were at UFC events: UFC ~ every time ONE ~ never NFL ~ never NBA ~ never MLB ~ never PGA ~ never WWE ~ never Olympics ~ never Racing ~ never Concerts ~ never Circus ~ never
I do think Ariel has a tendency to make things awkward and about himself, but he's one of the top interviewers. Watch the pre/post-fight press conferences and you'll see how bad MMA journalism is right now.
So you're not right if he revealed how the match will turn out Yes, it's the same But if he says something that will happen sometime somewhere, that's the same as saying that the movie is coming out in a month It's exactly the same he doesn't say how the match will turn out but when something happen
you want to say that if you tell me right now that there will be another sequel to Indian Jones by Harrison Ford in 2025, then you will spoil something for me, no you won't
@@kevinbissingerExactly, it’s not a legit sport and ufc will never let that happen because that means they will have to pay fighters more. UFC is an entertainment company
I use to work for MMAJunkie back in the day, Ariel should have known that rocking the boat was a road leading to know where. I remember when Dana went off on Loretta Hunt back in the day and basically had her black balled and run out of the business after he went on a tirade calling her every name in the book and Loretta was the Ariel before Ariel. Gina Corano literally made Ariel when he was first starting out.
Ariel did not "expose" anything. Leaking the Lesnar return 2 hours before it was meant to be announced was utterly stupid and unnecessary. It was just greedy.
MMA and the UFC does not have sports reporting like any other major sport in the US. Ariel, whether you like him or not, is one of the few actual journalists in the space
He also has good knowledge and culture of mma and even kickboxing for K1 era (golfen age , knows about pride fc , dream , strikeforce , pancrase etc… old stuff (cause he is long time before mma became mainstream. Nina for example is fun personality and entertaining videos but dont have critical and rigorous thinking . She doesnt have the knowledge and culture in mma (even less in kickboxing) only recent ufc (casual mainstream knwoledge ) not great analysis . It’s more marketing and communication to promote fighters like in mainstream politics . It’s good to have fun but we need people like him Also i dont see a lot of karin bryant what she doing she is great .
@stephenevilboythompsonthed9711 shoutout to Laura Sanko! Doing commentary now but she was a great analyst pre commentary. Unfortunately, Dana does not want real journalism around the sport cause everyone knows it would hurt the value
What did he expose? Let me tell u, he exposed several different fights that they were gonna EXPOSE theirselves. He did it like they were hiding these fights, like they needed to be scooped. He did it for himself.
So the UFC can treat fighters like shit with no criticism and gain billions of dollars but Ariel does the same thing and you’re mad? Seems like you just don’t have game
@@DyspotikOriginalthey are permanently switching to the old Gloves . Only reason they switched to the new gloves was to stop eyepoke ,and it was doing a shitty job at that.
I think personally, he should of been like “UFC set to make big announcement at ___” before the show or whenever he posted it.. then when the UFC announced Brock, then he should of did that tweet or “UFC announces Brock making return at UFC 200” or whatever
great video, but i fundamentally disagree with your conclusion. i'm not exactly sure how the 200 spoiler even still defines his career in your eyes. i was around for it, and it's not even in the top 5 things i think of when i hear ariel's name. ariel and the entire team they have over at uncrowned are doing mma journalism right. his interviews are top notch. he gets so much more out of fighters than anyone else even bothers trying to. sure, he has certain tendencies at times, but that hardly negates the other 99% of actual journalism he's doing.
This video is somewhat biased toward the ufc tbh but i can see why considering ariel is controversial. His journalistic integrity though is easily his most respectable characteristic. People seem to think journalism is publishing world breaking stories of corruption. In reality, interviewing and archiving a players history is part of journalism. Breaking stories about fighters signing to this company or that brand is journalism. At the end of the day though, ariel played with dana's money and if dana isint willing to break the bank for even his most popular fighters you can imagine what he feels like about a journalist. Dana is a rat btw. He will despise journalists but use them as pawns to break up unions or movements yhat will force him to pay the fighters more. Dudes the real villan
Helwani clearly dropped the ball on that Brock Lesner announcement. What was he expecting when it comes to Dana White's reaction to what he did? Did he think that Dana White would be happy about that? Of course Dana would be furious .
It’s within his rights as a reporter covering MMA news, as a journalist, to release stories about the UFC. Reporters covering the NFL regularly break stories about trades and coaching changes. It’s wrong to punish reporters by removing their press credentials simply because you’re upset they broke a news story before a press release.
@@willedwards5196 Bob was trashingg mma so bad back in 2010 maybe and I think Ariel was defending it. Great clip to watch to see how times has changed.
*I respect Ariel for not backing down from Diddy Dana. Dana doesn’t want his fighters saying to much in interviews so thank you Ariel. If the YT trash fans of ufc hate you, you must be doing something right 👍🏽*
He didnt even remotely 'expose the ufc'. He leaked that brock was coming back a few hours before the announcement for HIS benefit because he overheard something he wasnt supposed to so got his credentials revoked.
Ariel is the only reason so many normal fans still watch the UFC. Without him its just a bunch of crazy guys puffing their chest and shouting. He brings legitimacy to the sport
If you really dislike Helwani you probably just dont consume his content, which is fine, but if you did you'd realise its not just hot takes. The vast majority of it is the best access we have to fighters. His interviews are by far the most enlightening because as a trained journalist he knows how to structure an interview. Its also no coincidence that the people with issues with Ariel are mostly known to be awful people. Dana and Jones dont like it when he talks about them beating their wives, is that the team you want to be on? How about his recent beefs with Hill and Buckley, two dudes with half a brain cell between them or best of all why do you think all Abdelaziz fighters are banned from the show? All the good guys in the sport like DC, Chael or DJ all supported Ariel and he's come a long way from instigating and "spoiling" 200 which I do think was more of a tabloid journalism approach to grab headlines.
People just make up reasons to not like him or are anti-semetic...there's a reason most fighters go on his show EVEN THO Dana hates him...call him names like 5th graders.
What does personal life have to do with the fights? Ariel is a snake and a weasel. Rampage wanted to knock him out 15 years ago and we all know why. Keep the interviews about the fights not who they are in the real world. Prize Fighter are paid to fight not be role models.
@@Amp-gn2mi Their personality is what makes people interested and sells the fights. Did Connor MacGregor become a star because of his fighting? _(Feel free to replace his name with any other fighter.)_
Dana doesn't like any reporters that challenge him, he surrounds himself with Yes-Men at the pre/post fight conferences, so it isn't surprising that Ariel isn't around anymore. Ariel is an actual journalist who doesn't shy away, like it or hate it, he's a good journalist and properly covers stuff. He asks hard questions that people don't like, but I respect that about him.
HATE HELWANI. Been watching since 2003. Used to LOVE him, followed him regularly. Ever since Conor Khabib era - he has only gone downhill. It was around that point he made it less about the sport and the fans and more about himself.
Wow! You've been listening since he was a student and had no show. Awesome. And you hate him so much that you continue to listen to this day. That makes total sense 😃
Idc what anyone says Ariel is absolutely one of the biggest snakes in MMA. Always has been. He loves playing the victim as well. Always insitgating and stirring the pot. I dont ever agree with Dana but he's right about Ariel being the biggest sac of shit.
Not true. He is respected and many mma fighters have benefited from his platform. He’s made mistakes like many other human beings, including Dana White. If anything Helwani is a survivor and a go getter and he has shown a respect and passion for the sport of mma that no other journalist has shown. Recognize and stop hating.
@ I know I’ve been following for Years and it’s evident to see where Ariel is Leaning towards in regards to “Boxing” and the Dana reference Totally Unrelated.
The truth is Lorenzo Fertitta had Aerial fired from FOX Sports 3 months after a Roy McDonald interview on the MMA Hour. McDonald expressed frustration with his UFC contract and Lorenzo wasn’t going to allow Aerial to stain the UFC image. Lorenzo wanted Aerial separate from the company and Dana became the spokesperson for it. The fact everyone believes it was the Brock Lesnar incident where the relationship soured goes to show how good Lorenzo and Dana were at writing the script. It has happened to Tito, Cyborg, Francis the list goes on. Even with the company selling the same practices continue with Dana.
The fact is, Zuffa was paying Ariel to appear on Fox Sports. Ariel was essentially his employee. And Ariel is an unethical scumbag for not revealing that.
Spoiling that Brock Lesnar reveal was straight up wrong. As Rogan stated "It was going to be released anyway." But Ariel doesn't care. I bet If Ariel was around in the 80's he would have ruined Star Wars for everyone by "reporting" that Vader is Luke's father.
Ariel Helwani’s ban from UFC events is a textbook example of shooting the messenger rather than addressing the underlying issue. His career, built on integrity and years of dedication to MMA reporting, predates the UFC’s rise as a global sports entity. By banning him, the UFC essentially punished him for doing his job well-reporting accurate and timely news, often ahead of the company’s own announcements. The UFC’s decision also highlights a deeper issue: their inability or unwillingness to address internal leaks. Instead of focusing on improving their organizational processes, they opted for a high-profile, reactionary move that inevitably drew criticism and amplified Helwani’s profile as a trusted journalist. Will the ban stop Helwani? Not a chance. His career thrives on the strength of his network, his reputation for authenticity, and his commitment to the sport. The UFC’s actions may have temporarily restricted his physical presence at events, but they won’t silence him or diminish his influence. If anything, the ban only bolsters his status as an independent voice in MMA, unafraid to challenge the powers that be. Ultimately, this move does more harm to the UFC’s image than to Helwani’s. It paints the organization as vindictive and unwilling to face criticism, while Helwani’s continued ability to break major stories will reinforce his indispensable role in MMA reporting. Instead of suppressing him, they’ve unintentionally underscored his importance to the sport.
getting "scoops" and informing everyone first is the very definition of being a journalist. The only question is whether or not you like that kind of ruthless journalism. The answer says a lot more about you as a person than about the journalist who is doing their job. Drink that in
Just TODAY at Tyson x Paul press conference!! He FORCED the entire panel of boxers one by one, to pick the main event. 💀 Jake was angry!! Very inappropriate Helwani rat 🐀
Holy shit yall are snowflakes. Making a prediction on a sporting event that you're at, the HORROR! They should pay me to be their PR person because I have the most 200 IQ answer to this question. "That's a tough question to answer, list good qualities about jake, list good qualities about Tyson, then say either of them can win if they show up and do what they know they can do, whoever shows up the night of the fight will win, but expect a great fight!" Or you can simply say "IDK, I get paid to fight, I'm not a fight analyst" I know, I know, I'm what a mind blowing response! Hold your applause. In all seriousness you can say whatever you want. If you say something you regretted then blaming Ariel is nothing but an excuse.
Nah he’s a dirtbag. He’ll twist a fighters words ever so slightly trying to sneak putting words in their mouth while pretending to play innocent. Nothing special about the journalism he does today. Maybe you could consider him decent in the beginning but he’s an antagonist these days.
He is a detriment to the sport. He is constantly starting beef between fighters and the organizations they fight for. It is not his job to project his beliefs on to fighters but he tries to do so in most interviews. All my homies hate helwani, for good reason. He gets what he deserves.
This sheds a lot of light on why Dana White and Donald Trump are such good buddies. Surround yourself with yes men and ban anyone that challenges you. It wasn’t a surprise to anyone that the UFC was screwing fighters on pay. Would things not have changed if Ariel not been so outspoken?
Ariel is the definition of a keyboard warrior. And telling confidential inside information as breaking news is something that will get you fired. F around and find out.
if you like the truth, you should support Helwani. If you idolize a fighter and they don't like Helwani, you don't care about the truth you care about feelings. Fighters, the UFC, and media all have reasons not to like Helwani because they have a reason to suppress certain truths. If you think Helwani is a weasel as others have called him, then you're just echoing things you've heard that originate from either a fighter, the UFC, or other media. And you're not thinking for yourself
Biggest face in UFC media? Massive online following? LOL, no. Freaking Nina Drama's youtube alone is 5x bigger than Ariel's. Ariel is a has been, and irrelevant nowadays. Dudes a tool and always pulls the victim card.
Ultimate weasel move announcing Brock Lesnar’s return when they specifically told him not to. Then making excuses about it’s part of ‘journalism’! Haha 😅
Luke Thomas and Brian Campbell on Morning Kombat are the gold standard for great combat sports breakdown and absolute fun goofiness! Ariel is awesome but he's not the only person that covers the sport(s) well!
LOL Ariel didnt "expose" anything. He is a gossip rag desperate to create drama. He's toxic and contributed nothing. Need further evidence? He now glazes endlessly for Jake Paul and does all his media for his fake fights. Nuff said.
THIS VIDEO LITERALLY MADE ME CHANGE MY STANCE ON ARIEL HELWANI....I ACTUALLY REALLY RESPECT HIM. He is easy to hate on, but ufc fans who really love the sport should be happy ufc even has a journalist who cares this much...Dana isnt the angel everyone makes him seem lmao, there are ufc fighters who drive uber on their time off while he is playing 50k Blackjack hands...I see how ariel and him wont see eye to eye on many things..
06:31 that's a conclusion based on a biased premise. It's funny how people forget how the UFC was struggling for years to become what it is now. If it's so easy to create a promotion then why didn't Helwani do it. What about all the fighters who just have to show up and fight and not worry about anything else
You're justifying Dana greed like your his lawyer 😂 UFC paying their fighters about 5% of their profit. Boxing promotions pay 30-40 % But there are many equally strong boxing promotions and UFC is a monopoly and is using it against fighters. They could easily pay many times more and still generate gigantic profit. It's extremely low percentage not only in fighting sports. NBA and other professional leagues also pay about 40% to their players. Fighters need unions.
@pio7763 The UFC has expenses and employees to pay. People who go on about fighter pay act like there are no other things the UFC has to pay to run a business and be profitable. Fighters are paid based on what they bring in for the promotion. Anyways i really don't understand why fans care what fighters make. You think fighters care what the average American makes at their job
@@jvanek8512 like talking to the wall . Really UFC have big costs who would think 🤣. And you know what we call money after paying costs profit. And they have billions of profit every year. NBA also has gigantic costs and gigantic profit and is sharing 40% of this profit with their players. I can not explain it any simpler. Maybe you're just pretending you don't understand. Or corporations trained you well.
@@pio7763 like I said if doing a promotion is so easy then why dont fighters or Helwani do it themselves. Fighters only know how to fight. They have no understanding of how to run a business. Similar with Helwani. He talks for a living. He knows nothing about business or economics.
@@jvanek8512 do you know how monopoly work? UFC bought other MMA organisations just to close them. They also offer contracts that are difficult to quit and have lot of shady practices. But if you want to support Dana you will always find some arguments.
I think Ariel is a necessary evil to keep dana in check. But i also think him spoiling return of lesnar was low blow. Its like spoiling a highly anticipated film to the public in the guise of journalism.
I agree with paddy on ariel. What a lot of fighters need to do is be paid for their time. Yes they get paid to fight. Some fer paid for the press conferences. But if you get interviewed you should be paid or given a percentage of the video revenue. As without them most of ariels success would have never happened. Its greedy. So i do commend paddy for calling him out on that from a fighter's perspective
When the name Ariel Helwani gets mentioned and we see the fallout from the UFC 199, the clearer it becomes a lot of people don't really understand what a journalist is. Joe Rogan and others saying how it wasn't this huge cover up and that it didn't need to be scooped, that's just one type of journalism, investigative. That's not what most journalists do. They report news and sometimes offer opinions. There's also a flaw in the way you categorize the people who report on MMA as journalists and content creators. I think you should add Social media influencer to that list. Journalists create content, that's what editorials and opinion pieces exist. Ariel falls into both journalist and content creator. He reports on news but also provides entertainment. Some journalists aren't comfortable behind a mic or in front of a camera, some are. Some content creators don't have journalist degrees and are only going to report on what other people report. Ariel got a scoop and decided to report on it, as is his right. Dana and the UFC overreacted to what was a rumor at the time which I am willing to bet most people didn't pay that much attention to at the time and based on the live crowd reaction when that Brock promo aired, UFC got the reaction they wanted. It's not the media's job to glaze the UFC, as long as they don't spread false information and present it as fact, and when it's a rumor as inconsequential as this. If Dana and the UFC were mad their announcement was leaked, they should have focused on the person who leaked it and done a better job at keeping things secret.
@andresg297 ño. Press conferences should be open to all accredited news organizations who wish to attend, otherwise it's not a press conference it's a simp fest
i mean, as it was ariel right as a journalist to report on info he finds out, it's ufc's right to push himm away from the org and events to try and prevent leaks, a journalist doing his job and a company protecting it's interests, it's really not that big of a deal
@skitzany8901 no. That's not how it works in real sports. Think the NFL would ban reporters because they don't like a story they wrote? There would be an uproar. They don't have to give him special access, but he should be allowed the same privileges as any other credentialed media member who doesn't work for the UFC or it's partners
04:53 journalism is an activity. You don't need a fancy degree or a corporate job to do journalism and on Nash. He's doing journalism, but he's also an activist. He was clearly biased when reporting on the UFC antitrust lawsuit
UFC was 100 percent in the right for banning Ariel for what he did. If he’s a real journalist, he should be able to work independently without the ufc’s help.
Being a journalist isn’t dependent upon the types of stories you report to the public. Look at how the less “respectable “ outlets like the Sun or The National Enquirer still use the term journalist when describing their article writers.
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Cannot stand him, he’s the guy who would start some shit in the school yard then go hide behind the teacher when it comes to a confrontation 🫤
100%
That’s 🧃 for ya.
His ppl are known for doing that
@@FM_SAINT Say that to our face & you still work for us, whether its direct or indirect so sit down...
@@CaneloIsFloydSon-c3llmfao you prolly work for your own people, you ain’t make it to the house position yet 😂
Love him or hate him. He is the only voice without self interest in the sport. The problem is not Ariel. The problem is, there aren't other independent MMA news media.
Ariel is goated.
Go watch Morning Kombat. UFC isn’t a fan of them either but they are far less annoying.
he has no self interest in the sport because he'd rather be covering a different sport, basketball. strong resentment as he'd be one of many in basketball or be a somebody in mma
Mma guru as well
Explain how Cyborg lie was not motivated by self-interest.
Imagine the owner of the nba told michael jordan you are NOTallowed to be sponsored by nike, YOU HAVE TO WEAR THESE NBA SHOES...This is what dana does
Edit- since the nike example is hard to understand clearly after looking at my replies. I’ll help you understand. Look at nascar each car has 100 different brands, or boxing or even other mma promotions (maybe this is a better example) all these guys get to put whatever brands on their cars/gear and get x amount of $. Ufc used to be like that but now they get a % and forced to wear ugly venom gear + shoes by THE ROCK?! Lmao
Appreciate the example but I don't think you know Nike's influence on the NBA.
If Nike and ESPN wanted any agenda pushed, the NBA follows suits every single time. Nike is worth more than all of the NBA franchises combines. This is why for example, LeBron's agenda and narratives exist. It ruins the sports.
nonsense.
you know nothing
@@mullz.mthis is wrong. The NBA has a union so that management and sponsors can’t push them around.
@@who5301 SURE..🤣
No one cares
The quality of this video for under 10k subs... phenomenal mate
Glad you think so!
@@KombatCapitalno fr I didn’t even notice till he said something
Imagine the NFL banning Adam Schefter because he put out a breaking news story about XYZ NFL team accepting offers to trade XYZ player, or cut them. Happens in almost all major league sports, where those 'Insiders' break the news before league, players, agents, or anyone else publicly releases it. They don't go to the NFL to ask permission first.
True, bro is both-siding af. What does he think sports journalists do?
huh. this isnt nfl…. he leaked PROMOTIONAL EVENT. also they were trying to show there value
@ how is that Helwani’s problem? He’s a reporter, he reports about deals being made in the sport. Just like if a tech reporter about a new product Apple is about to unveil.
It’s really absurd to say this is important, that is not important. In this video itself the creator says the Brock Lassner reveal happened while UFC trying to boost their value before a sell out. In addition we all know that Dana turned the UFC into a Trump promotional outlet. The line between what’s important and what’s not is very thin and blurry.
Ariel didn't even say that Brock was 100% going to fight at UFC 200. His article said that according to his sources, UFC and Brock were in negotiations for him to fight at UFC 200. Dana was mad that someone else leaked that information and he took it out on Ariel for doing his job (and protecting his sources). "Spoiling a movie" is such a terrible take.
Its like banning woj from basketball events cause he breaks the news of trades before the team announces them.
Not Dana white the most honest guy in the UFC 😂😂😂
He is great, what are you talking about?? Do you hate Trump???
@@GardenGuy1942what are you talking about
@GardenGuy1942 go back to you garden guy 😅
@@GardenGuy1942You’re the type of person who used car salesmen’s dream of everyday when they go into work.
@@GardenGuy1942 oh brotherrrr this guy stinks!!!!
Used to be a good journalist, a weasel now. He’s having a proxy war with Dana by setting up ufc fighters against their boss, ruined so many careers by doing this. Not a fan of Dana btw, just standing up with the defenseless fighters.
Whose careers did he ruin ?
Where can I read that story?
Ngannou's career is much better than when he was in the UFC. If anything, he gave fighters a voice and power for negotiation.
@@marcxiong8332 He would be nowhere without boxing, he just went to the highest bidder. Most UFC fighters can go to boxing to make more money getting absolutely molly wopped by professional boxers.
@minartson makes more than Jones. So you have zero point.
I think your explanation of how he struggles determining journalism from content creating is the best I’ve ever heard. I could never but my finger on it with him, but that’s exactly it.
honestly its just the Victim mentality
What’s up Dana
Ariel did everything for us you hater
@@kardark1you're an uncreative loser as usual
Dana was acting like the victim and of course Rogan can think critically
@@user-wb7nv9ht1g all the b.s Ariel had to overcome would have ended most careers. its sad to see people not know their history and just make up b.s...
I once said on an Instagram reel that Ariel Helwani is one of the Pillars of MMA one of the reasons why the sport is what it is today and oh boy I was attacked, heck a bot account even posted a wacky picture of me on the comments calling me dumb.
UFC media dept working overtime.
I think Ariel may have a touch of the tism. He doesn't understand where the line is which is kinda common with the tism.
You mean americatism?
@@ChengMcGoldstein😂😂
@@ChengMcGoldsteinhes from Canada...
Explain the tism pleeeeeaaasssseeee someone
😅 I think you might be right, it would make so much sense
Real MMA fans are sick of the WWE era BS.
Jones: qwak qwak🦆
Dana: gwak gwak💦
Lie.
“Jon jones is walking out of that room”
True. Im done too. We all are.
I've been over it since everyone tried being a heel after Connor's success and fall. Everyone acts like they despise each other then make out after every fight. I just want the best to fight the best. GSP era. No BS
Immediately thinking of gay things because you can’t get what you want is CRAZY 🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️
It sounds like he is an investigatory journalist living in a more laid back journalism world. There’s good in both but it’s hard when the interviewee is not aware of which they’re going to get.
He’s more of a 20/20 journalist where as the other journalists are Late Night hosts/journalists.
He broke the Brock Lesnar story and I think the consequences shouldn’t be looked at as “is it fair”. I think it should be “What kind of journalism do we want in UFC and can you guys have better communication at UFC please??🤣”
With that being said…my brother in law used to work for Dana White and the whole “he’s squeezing out people who aren’t yes men” is correct. Dana White doesn’t even really get mad, you’re just nothing to him if you disagree/don’t do what he wants.
I hope Helwani one day step farther away from UFC and investigate from the outside. I know a lot is give and take but one day I’d love to see a thorough investigation cus just from the Dana stories I’ve heard, I can’t imagine what it’s like for the fighters.
Dana "Tony Soprano" White , the UFC mob boss 😆
A content creator making a video on a journalist "being a content creator " is gold. This is America.
The difference is that this guy isn’t trying to disguise himself as a journalist, low iq take.
Low iq take
Video literally starts at 6:56
Thanks!
Yeaaa but Ariel really does passive aggressively poke at people. Like when he says all joyful "look at this dana just two old friends talking" why say that? When you know you don't like Eachother? So you'll say stuff like that where you can play it off like nothing after they get mad at you lol
Its entertainment
how much for weird is it to pretend its not so
@@liammiller3934😂 wow, what is it you're trying to say? It seems like you just took random words and typed them out, the on fish boiled to sugar mountain whistle
Ariel the type of guy that reads the whole terms and conditions just to click no
*BUT*
He is the best MMA interviewer, WAY better than anyone else....Not even comparable...
good content bro you earned a sub from me. Keep up the good work, this type of content is much better than the clickbit the top mma channels churn out
Dana white is truly an awful person
Dana is simply a puppet of a bigger crime/mafia/illuminati system that is corruption at its very core. Its all about psychological manipulation and profit.
He will slap you!
There is a reason legends lnown as great person like Fedor, randy couture , franck shamrock, mark hunt etc… dislike him.
Good video showing both sides. Helwani is really good at his job. But especially that Brock announcement showed his lack of compassion.
How the duck do you not even understand WHY they are mad at you?
probably because they were the ones giving him the scoop.. in ariel’s
mind, it does not make sense
@@Ragdoll.MMAShow If we're going to assume things, then we should also assume that when they did tell Ariel this information, they would also have told him that it was in confidence / off the record, and that he kept it to himself.
You don't understand what is happening here. You are looking at it from the standpoint that authority equates to morality
Hes pretty bad at his job, he's only good at pissing off everyone he works with.
@@TrentenLobohater dude a journalist
Ariel's whole existence summed up yesterday during the press conference when he asked all fighters to choose mike or jake.... sneaky weasel
omg what a horrible person. he asked people a question... the war on free speech is here
what's so weasel about asking predictions? That's the only clip I saw from the conference and brought some eyes into their event.
He is a weasel, but this is an L take.
what a moronic comment.
@@Zdravlje1 lol you get these weird beta's and snowflakes that are afraid of questions. pathetic world we live in.
UFC is not MMA.
UFC is an entertainment/content company.
Sadly its where the best fighters are, and its controlled by 1 man
@@LERKje-te1mu It might be where the best MMA athletes are.
The best fighters are in ONE Championship.
@@John.Flower.Productionsnope lol,
Reinier de ridder was a double champ in one and barely won against GM3 in the UFC. samething with mighty mouse one of the greatest in the UFC went and easily became champ at ONE.
UFC is the best entertainment company with the best mma athletes and fighters.
@@abbas6075 There are not more than a handful of fighters in UFC.
I have been to many live events and the only times that the crowd has ever booed out of boredom/discontent were at UFC events:
UFC ~ every time
ONE ~ never
NFL ~ never
NBA ~ never
MLB ~ never
PGA ~ never
WWE ~ never
Olympics ~ never
Racing ~ never
Concerts ~ never
Circus ~ never
@@John.Flower.Productions😂😂
I do think Ariel has a tendency to make things awkward and about himself, but he's one of the top interviewers. Watch the pre/post-fight press conferences and you'll see how bad MMA journalism is right now.
leaking events is like telling everybody the ending of a movie so yes that's a valid reason to not want him part of your organization.
So you're not right if he revealed how the match will turn out Yes, it's the same But if he says something that will happen sometime somewhere, that's the same as saying that the movie is coming out in a month It's exactly the same he doesn't say how the match will turn out but when something happen
you want to say that if you tell me right now that there will be another sequel to Indian Jones by Harrison Ford in 2025, then you will spoil something for me, no you won't
Like making an announcement for a major NBA or NFL Trade?
is this a legit sport or just entertainment?
@@kevinbissingerExactly, it’s not a legit sport and ufc will never let that happen because that means they will have to pay fighters more. UFC is an entertainment company
Good video mate. Hope your channel pops
Seeing MMA Joey in this video is great. I recently started watching his videos and he’s definitely one of my favorite MMA RUclipsrs.
I use to work for MMAJunkie back in the day, Ariel should have known that rocking the boat was a road leading to know where. I remember when Dana went off on Loretta Hunt back in the day and basically had her black balled and run out of the business after he went on a tirade calling her every name in the book and Loretta was the Ariel before Ariel. Gina Corano literally made Ariel when he was first starting out.
Ariel did not "expose" anything.
Leaking the Lesnar return 2 hours before it was meant to be announced was utterly stupid and unnecessary. It was just greedy.
Ariel is a weasel and a snake. He became an outcast in the MMA community. Now he is trying to weasel his way into boxing.
MMA and the UFC does not have sports reporting like any other major sport in the US. Ariel, whether you like him or not, is one of the few actual journalists in the space
He also has good knowledge and culture of mma and even kickboxing for K1 era (golfen age , knows about pride fc , dream , strikeforce , pancrase etc… old stuff (cause he is long time before mma became mainstream.
Nina for example is fun personality and entertaining videos but dont have critical and rigorous thinking . She doesnt have the knowledge and culture in mma (even less in kickboxing) only recent ufc (casual mainstream knwoledge ) not great analysis .
It’s more marketing and communication to promote fighters like in mainstream politics .
It’s good to have fun but we need people like him
Also i dont see a lot of karin bryant what she doing she is great .
@stephenevilboythompsonthed9711 shoutout to Laura Sanko! Doing commentary now but she was a great analyst pre commentary. Unfortunately, Dana does not want real journalism around the sport cause everyone knows it would hurt the value
What did he expose? Let me tell u, he exposed several different fights that they were gonna EXPOSE theirselves. He did it like they were hiding these fights, like they needed to be scooped. He did it for himself.
So the UFC can treat fighters like shit with no criticism and gain billions of dollars but Ariel does the same thing and you’re mad? Seems like you just don’t have game
@@ChristoffelTensorswomp womp Ariel did some dumb shit and got fired from it. Than started acting like a victim 😂😂 it’s so typical
Fabrizio Romano watching this laughing, as he gets ready to tell you which player will be sold in the winter market 24-72hrs before its announced 😂😂
Ariel was stirring up drama again yesterday, spreading the rumor that jones was responsible for the glove change
Yeah because them changing it for one fight never happens 😂
@DyspotikOriginal it isn't for 1 fight , it's permanent. They getting rid of the new gloves and going back to the old ones for good
@@DyspotikOriginalthey are permanently switching to the old Gloves . Only reason they switched to the new gloves was to stop eyepoke ,and it was doing a shitty job at that.
It was for Jon
To be fair, he's not the only one who believes this 😅
I think personally, he should of been like “UFC set to make big announcement at ___” before the show or whenever he posted it.. then when the UFC announced Brock, then he should of did that tweet or “UFC announces Brock making return at UFC 200” or whatever
i love helwani lol. he made mma 10x more interesting
Good vid. Oreo Desani is a good reporter/interviewer, but he’s also a weasel who likes to be the victim.
great video, but i fundamentally disagree with your conclusion. i'm not exactly sure how the 200 spoiler even still defines his career in your eyes. i was around for it, and it's not even in the top 5 things i think of when i hear ariel's name.
ariel and the entire team they have over at uncrowned are doing mma journalism right. his interviews are top notch. he gets so much more out of fighters than anyone else even bothers trying to. sure, he has certain tendencies at times, but that hardly negates the other 99% of actual journalism he's doing.
This video is somewhat biased toward the ufc tbh but i can see why considering ariel is controversial. His journalistic integrity though is easily his most respectable characteristic. People seem to think journalism is publishing world breaking stories of corruption. In reality, interviewing and archiving a players history is part of journalism. Breaking stories about fighters signing to this company or that brand is journalism. At the end of the day though, ariel played with dana's money and if dana isint willing to break the bank for even his most popular fighters you can imagine what he feels like about a journalist. Dana is a rat btw. He will despise journalists but use them as pawns to break up unions or movements yhat will force him to pay the fighters more. Dudes the real villan
Helwani clearly dropped the ball on that Brock Lesner announcement.
What was he expecting when it comes to Dana White's reaction to what he did?
Did he think that Dana White would be happy about that?
Of course Dana would be furious .
It’s within his rights as a reporter covering MMA news, as a journalist, to release stories about the UFC. Reporters covering the NFL regularly break stories about trades and coaching changes. It’s wrong to punish reporters by removing their press credentials simply because you’re upset they broke a news story before a press release.
You can’t talk about Helwani’s beginnings without mentioning his interview with Bob Arum.
Could you elaborate please?
@@willedwards5196 Bob was trashingg mma so bad back in 2010 maybe and I think Ariel was defending it. Great clip to watch to see how times has changed.
*I respect Ariel for not backing down from Diddy Dana. Dana doesn’t want his fighters saying to much in interviews so thank you Ariel. If the YT trash fans of ufc hate you, you must be doing something right 👍🏽*
I also was in the camp that reported brock news was not important
I really hate how "content creators" have devalued the study of journalism.
Very well done video! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Loved your video, a story from behind the camera.
Man, it's so wholesome watching these Dana-Helwani interviews from good ol' days.
guys , how come this page has so little subs??? the content is amazing, 0.5mil views , and only 8k subs??? cmon lets support this guy
tbh idk, i wasn't coming to the conclusion that you did by the end of video. really well made and put together tho for sure
He didnt even remotely 'expose the ufc'. He leaked that brock was coming back a few hours before the announcement for HIS benefit because he overheard something he wasnt supposed to so got his credentials revoked.
Cannot stand this guy. So funny when Dana made him cry like a little girl.
cuz dana has never cried before? lol
Ariel is the only reason so many normal fans still watch the UFC. Without him its just a bunch of crazy guys puffing their chest and shouting. He brings legitimacy to the sport
If you really dislike Helwani you probably just dont consume his content, which is fine, but if you did you'd realise its not just hot takes. The vast majority of it is the best access we have to fighters. His interviews are by far the most enlightening because as a trained journalist he knows how to structure an interview.
Its also no coincidence that the people with issues with Ariel are mostly known to be awful people. Dana and Jones dont like it when he talks about them beating their wives, is that the team you want to be on? How about his recent beefs with Hill and Buckley, two dudes with half a brain cell between them or best of all why do you think all Abdelaziz fighters are banned from the show? All the good guys in the sport like DC, Chael or DJ all supported Ariel and he's come a long way from instigating and "spoiling" 200 which I do think was more of a tabloid journalism approach to grab headlines.
People just make up reasons to not like him or are anti-semetic...there's a reason most fighters go on his show EVEN THO Dana hates him...call him names like 5th graders.
@@brokenkayfabe That is one of the most pathetic attempts to employ the _antisemitic_ trick that I have ever witnessed.
@@John.Flower.Productions lol just look at the comments on here. Proof enough.
What does personal life have to do with the fights? Ariel is a snake and a weasel. Rampage wanted to knock him out 15 years ago and we all know why. Keep the interviews about the fights not who they are in the real world. Prize Fighter are paid to fight not be role models.
@@Amp-gn2mi Their personality is what makes people interested and sells the fights.
Did Connor MacGregor become a star because of his fighting?
_(Feel free to replace his name with any other fighter.)_
Dana doesn't like any reporters that challenge him, he surrounds himself with Yes-Men at the pre/post fight conferences, so it isn't surprising that Ariel isn't around anymore. Ariel is an actual journalist who doesn't shy away, like it or hate it, he's a good journalist and properly covers stuff. He asks hard questions that people don't like, but I respect that about him.
HATE HELWANI. Been watching since 2003. Used to LOVE him, followed him regularly. Ever since Conor Khabib era - he has only gone downhill. It was around that point he made it less about the sport and the fans and more about himself.
Wow! You've been listening since he was a student and had no show. Awesome. And you hate him so much that you continue to listen to this day. That makes total sense 😃
That was 2017 😂
been absolutely loving your videos bro keep it up !
Man, buckley turns out to be a good guy, after Kraus told the world he is not. We all learned how much of a trustworthy guy Kraus is.
This was a great video
Idc what anyone says Ariel is absolutely one of the biggest snakes in MMA. Always has been. He loves playing the victim as well. Always insitgating and stirring the pot. I dont ever agree with Dana but he's right about Ariel being the biggest sac of shit.
Now Ariel is a Gimmick Journalist Glazing over RUclipsrs Boxing Seniors.
Not true. He is respected and many mma fighters have benefited from his platform.
He’s made mistakes like many other human beings, including Dana White.
If anything Helwani is a survivor and a go getter and he has shown a respect and passion for the sport of mma that no other journalist has shown. Recognize and stop hating.
@ I know I’ve been following for Years and it’s evident to see where Ariel is Leaning towards in regards to “Boxing” and the Dana reference Totally Unrelated.
@@ComicsForLife2023 RECOGNIZE THAT YOU ARE STILL ON DICK AND ZIP YOUR PANTS UP
Cope. He is still by far the largest most well known MMA journalist
The truth is Lorenzo Fertitta had Aerial fired from FOX Sports 3 months after a Roy McDonald interview on the MMA Hour. McDonald expressed frustration with his UFC contract and Lorenzo wasn’t going to allow Aerial to stain the UFC image. Lorenzo wanted Aerial separate from the company and Dana became the spokesperson for it. The fact everyone believes it was the Brock Lesnar incident where the relationship soured goes to show how good Lorenzo and Dana were at writing the script. It has happened to Tito, Cyborg, Francis the list goes on. Even with the company selling the same practices continue with Dana.
The fact is, Zuffa was paying Ariel to appear on Fox Sports. Ariel was essentially his employee. And Ariel is an unethical scumbag for not revealing that.
I only started watching mma this year and it's crazy how one of the most gruesome sports doesn't exactly "cover" it's athletes like they're athletes
Spoiling that Brock Lesnar reveal was straight up wrong. As Rogan stated "It was going to be released anyway." But Ariel doesn't care. I bet If Ariel was around in the 80's he would have ruined Star Wars for everyone by "reporting" that Vader is Luke's father.
Agree with him or not (I don’t) you gotta respect that his sticks to his guns and doesn’t allow anyone to bully him. Good for him
Ariel Helwani’s ban from UFC events is a textbook example of shooting the messenger rather than addressing the underlying issue. His career, built on integrity and years of dedication to MMA reporting, predates the UFC’s rise as a global sports entity. By banning him, the UFC essentially punished him for doing his job well-reporting accurate and timely news, often ahead of the company’s own announcements. The UFC’s decision also highlights a deeper issue: their inability or unwillingness to address internal leaks. Instead of focusing on improving their organizational processes, they opted for a high-profile, reactionary move that inevitably drew criticism and amplified Helwani’s profile as a trusted journalist. Will the ban stop Helwani? Not a chance. His career thrives on the strength of his network, his reputation for authenticity, and his commitment to the sport. The UFC’s actions may have temporarily restricted his physical presence at events, but they won’t silence him or diminish his influence. If anything, the ban only bolsters his status as an independent voice in MMA, unafraid to challenge the powers that be. Ultimately, this move does more harm to the UFC’s image than to Helwani’s. It paints the organization as vindictive and unwilling to face criticism, while Helwani’s continued ability to break major stories will reinforce his indispensable role in MMA reporting. Instead of suppressing him, they’ve unintentionally underscored his importance to the sport.
💤 😴
Well said.
getting "scoops" and informing everyone first is the very definition of being a journalist. The only question is whether or not you like that kind of ruthless journalism.
The answer says a lot more about you as a person than about the journalist who is doing their job. Drink that in
Just TODAY at Tyson x Paul press conference!! He FORCED the entire panel of boxers one by one, to pick the main event. 💀 Jake was angry!! Very inappropriate Helwani rat 🐀
lol...jake was angry!
Ariel Helwani is not tough enough to FORCE any grown man to do anything.
The Jake Paul and Tyson fight was a total fraud haha. They admitted to taking it easy on eachother in a pro fight. Shady as hell, fake fight.
Holy shit yall are snowflakes. Making a prediction on a sporting event that you're at, the HORROR! They should pay me to be their PR person because I have the most 200 IQ answer to this question. "That's a tough question to answer, list good qualities about jake, list good qualities about Tyson, then say either of them can win if they show up and do what they know they can do, whoever shows up the night of the fight will win, but expect a great fight!" Or you can simply say "IDK, I get paid to fight, I'm not a fight analyst" I know, I know, I'm what a mind blowing response! Hold your applause.
In all seriousness you can say whatever you want. If you say something you regretted then blaming Ariel is nothing but an excuse.
I’m confused, is the host not meant to ask those types of questions? Genuinely asking here
Ariel sums up 90% of the ufc fans
Nah he’s a dirtbag. He’ll twist a fighters words ever so slightly trying to sneak putting words in their mouth while pretending to play innocent.
Nothing special about the journalism he does today. Maybe you could consider him decent in the beginning but he’s an antagonist these days.
This is the only content I’ve actually seen of this guy even though he often pops up in my feed. He just doesn’t give “MMA enthusiast” at first glance
He is a detriment to the sport. He is constantly starting beef between fighters and the organizations they fight for. It is not his job to project his beliefs on to fighters but he tries to do so in most interviews. All my homies hate helwani, for good reason. He gets what he deserves.
If someone spoiled my million dollar surprise… I wouldn’t want him at my parties either
@ you’re probably not invited to a lot of parties
Exposed the UFC ? 🤦♀️
This sheds a lot of light on why Dana White and Donald Trump are such good buddies. Surround yourself with yes men and ban anyone that challenges you.
It wasn’t a surprise to anyone that the UFC was screwing fighters on pay. Would things not have changed if Ariel not been so outspoken?
he is a trumper and wild extreme capitalist what do u expect
@ 0:21 hilarious i can stop laughing
Ariel is the definition of a keyboard warrior. And telling confidential inside information as breaking news is something that will get you fired. F around and find out.
if you like the truth, you should support Helwani. If you idolize a fighter and they don't like Helwani, you don't care about the truth you care about feelings. Fighters, the UFC, and media all have reasons not to like Helwani because they have a reason to suppress certain truths.
If you think Helwani is a weasel as others have called him, then you're just echoing things you've heard that originate from either a fighter, the UFC, or other media. And you're not thinking for yourself
Add journalist/journalism to the list of words people ruined
Now hes exposing himself as a BS gaslighting shill. MMA community is really starting to see what he really is.
Lol what is he shilling? Himself? 🤣
Ariel has been stirring the pot and hiding behind “journalism” for years
Biggest face in UFC media? Massive online following? LOL, no. Freaking Nina Drama's youtube alone is 5x bigger than Ariel's. Ariel is a has been, and irrelevant nowadays. Dudes a tool and always pulls the victim card.
Nina Drama is tits & giggles - not a journalist.
MMAGurun is the People’s Champ (of journalism)
"Media" is a strong word for Nina...
Ultimate weasel move announcing Brock Lesnar’s return when they specifically told him not to. Then making excuses about it’s part of ‘journalism’! Haha 😅
“Can I ask about your father?”
“He’s also been to prison”
😂😂
That’s when I started to dislike Ariel, he made Jorge uncomfortable despite telling him that he doesn’t wanna answer.
Very informative and balanced, I disagree with your conclusion but still really enjoyed it which makes a good video
8:07 Bro became frabizio romano
Luke Thomas and Brian Campbell on Morning Kombat are the gold standard for great combat sports breakdown and absolute fun goofiness! Ariel is awesome but he's not the only person that covers the sport(s) well!
LOL Ariel didnt "expose" anything. He is a gossip rag desperate to create drama. He's toxic and contributed nothing.
Need further evidence? He now glazes endlessly for Jake Paul and does all his media for his fake fights. Nuff said.
You described Ariel Helwani to a Tee.
THIS VIDEO LITERALLY MADE ME CHANGE MY STANCE ON ARIEL HELWANI....I ACTUALLY REALLY RESPECT HIM. He is easy to hate on, but ufc fans who really love the sport should be happy ufc even has a journalist who cares this much...Dana isnt the angel everyone makes him seem lmao, there are ufc fighters who drive uber on their time off while he is playing 50k Blackjack hands...I see how ariel and him wont see eye to eye on many things..
very well made video
Helwani has always been the best at what he does and still is 💯
06:31 that's a conclusion based on a biased premise. It's funny how people forget how the UFC was struggling for years to become what it is now. If it's so easy to create a promotion then why didn't Helwani do it. What about all the fighters who just have to show up and fight and not worry about anything else
You're justifying Dana greed like your his lawyer 😂
UFC paying their fighters about 5% of their profit. Boxing promotions pay 30-40 % But there are many equally strong boxing promotions and UFC is a monopoly and is using it against fighters. They could easily pay many times more and still generate gigantic profit.
It's extremely low percentage not only in fighting sports. NBA and other professional leagues also pay about 40% to their players.
Fighters need unions.
@pio7763 The UFC has expenses and employees to pay. People who go on about fighter pay act like there are no other things the UFC has to pay to run a business and be profitable. Fighters are paid based on what they bring in for the promotion. Anyways i really don't understand why fans care what fighters make. You think fighters care what the average American makes at their job
@@jvanek8512 like talking to the wall . Really UFC have big costs who would think 🤣. And you know what we call money after paying costs profit. And they have billions of profit every year. NBA also has gigantic costs and gigantic profit and is sharing 40% of this profit with their players. I can not explain it any simpler. Maybe you're just pretending you don't understand. Or corporations trained you well.
@@pio7763 like I said if doing a promotion is so easy then why dont fighters or Helwani do it themselves. Fighters only know how to fight. They have no understanding of how to run a business. Similar with Helwani. He talks for a living. He knows nothing about business or economics.
@@jvanek8512 do you know how monopoly work? UFC bought other MMA organisations just to close them. They also offer contracts that are difficult to quit and have lot of shady practices. But if you want to support Dana you will always find some arguments.
I think Ariel is a necessary evil to keep dana in check. But i also think him spoiling return of lesnar was low blow. Its like spoiling a highly anticipated film to the public in the guise of journalism.
Everyone hate Ariel now he got what he deserves...
Ariel has the Black Belt in JEW-JITSU.. you have to respect that!
I agree with paddy on ariel. What a lot of fighters need to do is be paid for their time. Yes they get paid to fight. Some fer paid for the press conferences. But if you get interviewed you should be paid or given a percentage of the video revenue. As without them most of ariels success would have never happened. Its greedy. So i do commend paddy for calling him out on that from a fighter's perspective
No it’s his platform that he uses to showcase fighters he shouldn’t have to give up any portion of anything he has earned.
Awesome Breakdown, You deserve a Sub.
When the name Ariel Helwani gets mentioned and we see the fallout from the UFC 199, the clearer it becomes a lot of people don't really understand what a journalist is. Joe Rogan and others saying how it wasn't this huge cover up and that it didn't need to be scooped, that's just one type of journalism, investigative. That's not what most journalists do. They report news and sometimes offer opinions.
There's also a flaw in the way you categorize the people who report on MMA as journalists and content creators. I think you should add Social media influencer to that list. Journalists create content, that's what editorials and opinion pieces exist. Ariel falls into both journalist and content creator. He reports on news but also provides entertainment. Some journalists aren't comfortable behind a mic or in front of a camera, some are. Some content creators don't have journalist degrees and are only going to report on what other people report.
Ariel got a scoop and decided to report on it, as is his right. Dana and the UFC overreacted to what was a rumor at the time which I am willing to bet most people didn't pay that much attention to at the time and based on the live crowd reaction when that Brock promo aired, UFC got the reaction they wanted. It's not the media's job to glaze the UFC, as long as they don't spread false information and present it as fact, and when it's a rumor as inconsequential as this. If Dana and the UFC were mad their announcement was leaked, they should have focused on the person who leaked it and done a better job at keeping things secret.
And is the UFC right to decide who gets invited to press conferences
@andresg297 ño. Press conferences should be open to all accredited news organizations who wish to attend, otherwise it's not a press conference it's a simp fest
i mean, as it was ariel right as a journalist to report on info he finds out, it's ufc's right to push himm away from the org and events to try and prevent leaks, a journalist doing his job and a company protecting it's interests, it's really not that big of a deal
@skitzany8901 no. That's not how it works in real sports. Think the NFL would ban reporters because they don't like a story they wrote? There would be an uproar. They don't have to give him special access, but he should be allowed the same privileges as any other credentialed media member who doesn't work for the UFC or it's partners
04:53 journalism is an activity. You don't need a fancy degree or a corporate job to do journalism and on Nash. He's doing journalism, but he's also an activist. He was clearly biased when reporting on the UFC antitrust lawsuit
UFC was 100 percent in the right for banning Ariel for what he did. If he’s a real journalist, he should be able to work independently without the ufc’s help.
Buckley has a good point but I think Ariel is important in the space because he does truly care about the fighters.
this, MMW and Napoleon are my favorite mma channels
Being a journalist isn’t dependent upon the types of stories you report to the public. Look at how the less “respectable “ outlets like the Sun or The National Enquirer still use the term journalist when describing their article writers.