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explain? I know who he is... I don't follow him tho
Vlad gives people a platform to be heard and seen. And he leans towards controversial figures or people that will give edgy opinions. Theres nothing wrong with what Vlad does but nobody would call what he does journalism.

Ariel does the same shyt, he aint writing shyt. Tweeting is not journalism.
 

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Vlad gives people a platform to be heard and seen. And he leans towards controversial figures or people that will give edgy opinions. Theres nothing wrong with what Vlad does but nobody would call what he does journalism.

Ariel does the same shyt, he aint writing shyt. Tweeting is not journalism.

You don't have to write to be a journalist tho... people aren't looking at Anderson Cooper like he's not a journalist because he doesn't write...
 

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You don't have to write to be a journalist tho... people aren't looking at Anderson Cooper like he's not a journalist because he doesn't write...
What Cooper does is called broadcast journalism. The object of what Cooper does is to deliver critical information to the public that we need to know, in a way for the general public to understand. Not to mention his investigative pieces and reporting. That cant be compared to what Ariel's doing, Ariel just holds a microphone and fishes for quotes. He doesnt deliver anything that we wont find out directly from the source. He benefits from a extreme lack of competition and content in the mma world.

Even Ariel knows he isnt a fukking journalist, he said it multiple times during his 4 hour sob fest after Dana took his credentials :heh:
 

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What Cooper does is called broadcast journalism. The object of what Cooper does is to deliver critical information to the public that we need to know, in a way for the general public to understand. Not to mention his investigative pieces and reporting. That cant be compared to what Ariel's doing, Ariel just holds a microphone and fishes for quotes. He doesnt deliver anything that we wont find out directly from the source. He benefits from a extreme lack of competition and content in the mma world.

Even Ariel knows he isnt a fukking journalist, he said it multiple times during his 4 hour sob fest after Dana took his credentials :heh:

I've heard him say he's gone to the best journalism school in the country Syracuse... I think he views himself as a reporter/journalist... he does pieces where he goes to fighters cities and gets their whole background to where they are at now... even won an award for journalism... idk :manny:

If it's literally only Dana that's not messing with him in the UFC :wow:
 

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I've heard him say he's gone to the best journalism school in the country Syracuse... I think he views himself as a reporter/journalist... he does pieces where he goes to fighters cities and gets their whole background to where they are at now... even won an award for journalism... idk :manny:

If it's literally only Dana that's not messing with him in the UFC :wow:
His degree dont mean shyt, journalism is journalism and what he does is not fukking journalism.

If thats the case Karyn Bryant and Joe Rogan are journalist. :mjlol:

Ariel is a goddamn host, Luke Thomas is a journalist.
 

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I don't mind Ariel advocating for more pay for the fighters. Test the market etc... UFC hasn't had the best policies when it comes to treating their fighters fairly... it's kinda the whole backlash with Haymon in the boxing world how he's paying hand over fist for fighters and people don't think he can sustain the formula. UFC needs to increase their pay and health awareness/insurance for the fighters and give them tools to equip themselves after a career of fighting. If they wanna pioneer the sport they need to do these things... :manny: they slowly are and Rome wasn't built in a day. So idk if that's Ariel's way of getting back at Dana by telling fighters to test the market or if he cares which I do think he does care about the fighters or a combination of both.
Honestly you don't need to tell starving fighters to test the market

I think this is more personal then anything, Dana is just mad Ariel infiltrated his inner circle with the lesnar fiasco
 

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His degree dont mean shyt, journalism is journalism and what he does is not fukking journalism.

If thats the case Karyn Bryant and Joe Rogan are journalist. :mjlol:

Ariel is a goddamn host, Luke Thomas is a journalist.
Not a fan of Luke Thomas so :manny:

The only thing is I think the position he was gonna be brought on was an analyst? I never heard him analyze a fight before so idk how that would have gone.
 

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Not a fan of Luke Thomas so :manny:

The only thing is I think the position he was gonna be brought on was an analyst? I never heard him analyze a fight before so idk how that would have gone.
Why dont ya like Luke?

And yeah Ariel cant analyze shyt, he'd be up there sounding worse than Schaub. Big reason I dont acknowledge Ariel as a mma journalist is his actual knowledge of mma is suspect af
 

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Why dont ya like Luke?

And yeah Ariel cant analyze shyt, he'd be up there sounding worse than Schaub. Big reason I dont acknowledge Ariel as a mma journalist is his actual knowledge of mma is suspect af

I heard Luke a couple of times a while back and he literally sounded like he was talking nonsense. Plus sometimes when I watch YouTube MMA he will pop up randomly because it's the next video and I just didn't like hearing him :heh:

Ariel knows history. As far as techniques and all that :heh: he's a geek. It's all good you know stay in your lane. He also won't give any fight predictions he stopped that long time ago he told me... Now Schaub on the other hand tho... The way Schaub tried to defend Mcgregor against Paulie tho today had me :dead: Schaub literally at times can have me :dahell: :mjlol: :dead: he literally talks to talk. Renallo wasn't even really letting him get off his points like that either cause even he wasn't having it.
 

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:yeshrug: I only care about the fight, haven't watched TUF in years. Alvarez really should be rematching Poirier tho
 
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