Oh yeah, UFC is still the bad one in this situation. I just have a problem with him making it seem like this whole thing is about good journalism, when he’s spent quite a while going against the ethics he’s supposedly upholding. I’ll check out the whole show though.

Watch the whole show. Very good. All of what you said is true. The thing is that Ariel knew that by asking the UFC to comment on anything would result in nothing. The UFC would’ve either lied or said nothing. Which doesn’t confirm a story. He had 2 sources. ESPN even asked Dana about the Brock rumors earlier before…

Surprising after all the stuff he spilled on today’s show. But the UFC seriously underestimated the amount of bad press they would get for this. Actual legit sites (and Deadspin) were covering it.

Hardcore UFC fans will sleep a lot easier tonight as soon as someone reads this to them.

I’ve been credentialed for UFC shows in the past and stood feet away from Dana White as he ran down the organization I was there at the behest of, calling the editor a moron who doesn’t know what he’s talking about. I looked down at the credential around my neck and thought “Well - I know how this game is played now.…

If I am reading this correctly, you impute a lot of ‘blame’ on Helwani for what is a violation of some journalistic ethic in covering the UFC (in covering a sport). Perhaps I have a twisted view of the so called profession, but there is no such thing as journalism in the 21st century in covering sports. It’s…

Here ya go!

What’s really telling is not only how big the NFL is but how small time the UFC still is in the eye of the sports fan. Dana White probably believes he has a vice grip on the sport when in reality nobody gives enough of a fuck about his sport to swiftly knock him off his pedestal.

Anyone who believes that Dana White would personally tell a journalist he got fired from network television anything of importance lacks critical thinking skills (which would explain why they’re Dana White apologists in the first place).

But we all know the real reason he doesn’t want to promote the fight. He can’t. He can’t be Connor. Connor is about bravado and negging challengers. He likes to belittle his opponents before he gets into the ring. His trademark is being a dick. Problem is, how’s he going to be a dick to the guy who TKO’d him. How will…

This all comes down to the fact that Conor knows he can’t get in Nate Diaz’s head. Before the last fight, he thought he could, but now he knows he can’t. He’s not rolling out there with “balloon animals with one hand, gang signs with the other” type lines for this fight because he knows it’ll fall on deaf ears and…

I bet it is all planned. If McGregor takes the fight and loses again that’s another big hit to his hype and grandeur. People will stop caring to watch him. It’s like Rousey...her hype is just completely gone or at least way less than before. Having all this drama keeps people interested and ensures McGregor doesn’t…

I’m sorry, I’m calling bullshit.

I’m of the opinion that Conor McGregor is a self-aggrandizing prick. A good fighter, hell - possibly a great fighter, but a self-aggrandizing prick nonetheless.

That being said, I wholly support him roasting Dana White’s nuts over a can of media fueled sterno.

Dana White, and by extension, the UFC is terrible to it’s…

one last note. MMA fans bash the UFC for giving Conor special treatment, and they bash the UFC for not giving Conor special treatment.

This despite Dana White insisting that “You don’t bounce back from putting your hands on a woman.”