UFC 199

Gamebred

https://twitter.com/arielhelwani/status/739324103061032960



sicillian mob cracking down on helwani

jcd5971

Gamebred wrote:

sicillian mob cracking down on helwani

That's bull**** now to be fair

Paully D

Bisping v Weidman in New York or Bisping v Jacare whenever I'd guess.

The Weidman fight would be interesting and have a tasty build up due to past comments but it would be hard to get too excited for Jacare despite him obviously being a very good fighter.

jcd5971

Paully D wrote:

Bisping v Weidman in New York or Bisping v Jacare whenever I'd guess.

Surely jacare next although bisping weidmann brwyork would be easy sell alot of Europeans make be York easy enough with timezones being kinder

Axwell

Considering the pathetic list of fighters available for Lesnar I nearly hope they get Carwin back, that's a fight id love to see again!

Devastator

Delighted for Bisping! Didn't really think he could do it but punchers chance. This can be anyones game

Gamebred

Bisping v GSP anyone at 185 I think Georges would fancy it.

Depp

https://twitter.com/arielhelwani/status/739325375923269633

this is an odd one! could it be over breaking the lesnar news? wont go down well

cian68

Do they think it's Ariel's job to sit on a story until the UFC announces it at their convenience? Banned in the middle of a show for reporting an accurate story. Bizarre

martyos121

Gamebred wrote: »

Bisping v GSP anyone at 185 I think Georges would fancy it.

No way does that happen, GSP has refused to move up time and time again for superfights. Besides, there are plenty of big fights to be made at 185 for Bisping that'll sell, and plenty for GSP at 170 too (or 155, he claims he can make that weight).

Axwell

Its got to be over Lesnar, shocking way to treat him if it does turn out to be that..shocking way to treat him anyways to be fair.

Paully D

Helwani has a hell of a lot of public support. It will be interesting to see how this one plays out. Hopefully it will lead to more and more breaking stories for us anyway.

Pretty hilarious how he broke the Lesnar story and completely ruined any bit of surprise the UFC were wanting to keep for the announcement however. You can just imagine Dana's face. :pac:

That'll be why he went missing during the main card.

Richard Hillman

Delighted for Bisping. Great to see somebody achieve their dream so late in their career.

martyos121

Such a popular guy as well is Ariel, gets a bigger reaction at press conferences than many fighters do. Don't think anyone will have the balls to boycott them over this though, they really have a monopoly on the fight game at the minute and it isn't changing soon.

Gamebred

They will make an example out of him now like they did with Conor,cant show weakness.

martyos121

Wish this happened to Gareth Davies instead, I think we all do.

Richard Hillman

Paully D wrote: »

Helwani has a hell of a lot of public support. It will be interesting to see how this one plays out. Hopefully it will lead to more and more breaking stories for us anyway.

Pretty hilarious how he broke the Lesnar story and completely ruined any bit of surprise the UFC were wanting to keep for the announcement however. You can just imagine Dana's face. :pac:

That'll be why he went missing during the main card.

It wasn't like the UFC billed the announcement up much. They just announced it as a passing comment during the PPV. I didn't know it until they mentioned it but had heard the rumour.

The McGregor fight too was quite understated.

Admittedly, I don't follow many MMA Twitter accounts or FB pages to avoid spoilers. So I tend to be shielded from a lot of breaking news.

martyos121

martyos121 wrote: »

Such a popular guy as well is Ariel, gets a bigger reaction at press conferences than many fighters do. Don't think anyone will have the balls to boycott them over this though, they really have a monopoly on the fight game at the minute and it isn't changing soon.

I think he did more selfies at the CMcG Dublin event than any fighter. Huge queues at the weigh-ins

jcd5971

Paully D wrote:

Helwani has a hell of a lot of public support. It will be interesting to see how this one plays out. Hopefully it will lead to more and more breaking stories for us anyway.

Axwell wrote:

Its got to be over Lesnar, shocking way to treat him if it does turn out to be that.

I think their sick of him breaking stories isn't this why he was fired from fox sports 1 gig as well.

Shame like, but his podcast is big so he'll be fine, socks to be banned from events tho.

But like stitch and burt Watson and the rest it'll be forgotten in time and aerial will be ****ed

Gamebred

The fighters will probably back him up majority have a good working relationship with him.

jcd5971

jcd5971 wrote: »

I think their sick of him breaking stories isn't this why he was fired from fox sports 1 gig as well.

Shame like, but his podcast is big so he'll be fine, socks to be banned from events tho.

But like stitch and burt Watson and the rest it'll be forgotten in time and aerial will be ****ed

He said on the MMA Hour that it was down to talking too much about testing free agency.

Would rather it was John Morgan, can't stand his voice

Depp

jcd5971 wrote: »

I think their sick of him breaking stories isn't this why he was fired from fox sports 1 gig as well.

Shame like, but his podcast is big so he'll be fine, socks to be banned from events tho.

But like stitch and burt Watson and the rest it'll be forgotten in time and aerial will be ****ed

Is the mma hour due to be on monday? should be a juicy one!

Gamebred

Deleted User wrote: »

He said on the MMA Hour that it was down to talking too much about testing free agency.

Would rather it was John Morgan, can't stand his voice

Do you notice he wears the same Blue t shirt at every single event v strange.

Gamebred

Gamebred wrote: »

Do you notice he wears the same Blue t shirt at every single event v strange.

Now you mention it....
I always notice he doesn't watch the fights, he watches them via his laptop. Drives me mad

martyos121

Deleted User wrote: »

Now you mention it....
I always notice he doesn't watch the fights, he watches them via his laptop. Drives me mad

You do see more of the fight that way, the media section is below octagon level so I imagine it could be hard to get a proper view of the action. Any event I've been to no matter where I'm sitting I usually end up watching the screen mostly tbh.

Paully D

Richard Hillman wrote: »

It wasn't like the UFC billed the announcement up much. They just announced it as a passing comment during the PPV. I didn't know it until they mentioned it but had heard the rumour.

The McGregor fight too was quite understated.

Admittedly, I don't follow many MMA Twitter accounts or FB pages to avoid spoilers. So I tend to be shielded from a lot of breaking news.

They had a promo clip that went out on the PPV that would have generated a huge amount of hype but everyone knew about it 3 hours earlier due to the story being broken by Ariel. :pac:

jcd5971

martyos121 wrote:

You do see more of the fight that way, the media section is below octagon level so I imagine it could be hard to get a proper view of the action. Any event I've been to no matter where I'm sitting I usually end up watching the screen mostly tbh.

Yeah same at 187 I watched most of fights on big screen

Mellor

The Ariel this is hardly surprising. If he kept breaking news ahead of them, they were eventually going to stop giving him privileges.

They can't ban him from attending UFC events. He's just not getting free tickets, backstage passes, fighter access, and the free buffet of course

jcd5971

Mellor wrote:

They can't ban him from attending UFC events. He's just not getting free tickets, backstage passes, fighter access, and the free buffet of course

I think they can to be honest.

martyos121

martyos121 wrote: »

You do see more of the fight that way, the media section is below octagon level so I imagine it could be hard to get a proper view of the action. Any event I've been to no matter where I'm sitting I usually end up watching the screen mostly tbh.

Then sit them out the back where they can interview ppl, more room for fans.