Sad day for the sport. 
Why do people on the internet think that once somebody says something that itās a permanent statement? People get married to the person they love more than anyone else and want to be with forever and then half of them get divorced. He said it was a dream job but a while he changed his mind and saw that it wasnt what he thought. No big deal. The bitching from people who have never met him and going off or rumors is ridiculous. At least be honest and admit the real reason you are angry is because a guy you dont like turned down a 500k job that you wish you had. The fact that heās doing things you wish you could is what has you so worked up.
Again, I think jealousy is the ugliest of all the emotions. Look at how it has some of you clowns acting on here. Smh.
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I have defended Ariel on these boards several times when others havenāt and am a fan for the most part. Just because I donāt kiss his ass over every little thing like you are right now doesnāt mean I donāt like him. Itās not some big secret that Ariel likes to play the victim and has a higher opinion of himself than he probably should. I am neither mad nor jealous. Good for him if he got another job he wanted for tons of money. Iām sure as hell going to call someone out though for talking out of both sides of their mouth when they do. This is a message board and we are to discuss things negative and positive, or we could just sit around and jerk everyone off and all have the same opinion if it makes you and the other white knights happy.
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Itās puzzling to me why people are upset at him for going in a different direction or if heās found an opportunity to make more money. Iāll miss the current show and I hope he stays at least partially covering mma. Annoying, troll, weaselā¦however you want to describe him heās still the best in his field
If DC is paired with Okamoto my first thought is itād be painful to watch, Ariel is much better on the mic, in front of a camera, and asks better questions than Brett. That being said, being paired with a fighter like DC makes him way more watchable. Having breakdowns, insight and analysis from someone who knows what theyāre taking about is the type of content I prefer. Iāll catch most of Helwaniās fighter interviews but not as much as a priority for me as the DC & Helwani show. Guess weāll have to wait and see what direction heāll go in, and how ESPN will look to replace him. Someone mentioned another fighter with DC, that sounds way better than someone like Okamoto. Cruz, Bisping, or Felder would be great.
Ariel is good at what he does, but itās not like he isnāt replaceable. Not that ESPN is going to give two shits about my opinion, but I would definitely prefer they pair DC with someone who wasnāt a former fighter. The one thing I really liked about DC and Helwani was how you had a fighter perspective, and a fan/journalist perspective to bounce off of one another. I personally donāt understand the hate that Okamoto gets and think he would be a solid replacement.
I donāt like Ariel or Luke.
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Who
Fucking
CARES!?
Heās just a fucking reporter! Why is this faggot *ALWAYS in the news? Why are we talking about a queer reporter!?
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Kissing ass? I havent said ANYTHING about Ariel, unlike you. Lol at ācalling him outā. Youāre just here bitxhing and complaining about a guy who doesnt know you exist. Youāve made 8 different t posts in this thread attacking him. For someone who doesnt hate or care about him you sure do like to talk about him a lot. 
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Clicks on thread about Ariel, reads it all then says āwho cares?ā and asks why weāre talking about him. Well obviously YOU care enough to click and comment. Why dont 6ou ask yourself why youāre talking about him. 
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If the story didnt mention him turning down 500k them this thread would have 3 posts and be dead at the bottom of the forum. The idea of someone people dont like walking away from half a million brings out the hate in them. Theyāll keep denying it, but the fact that theyāre participating in this discussion says it all.
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Ha! But Iām not talking about him. Iām talking about how everyone is talking about him. You know what Iām talking about? : )
Best thing to happen to MMA reporting
Arial is terrible and so is his interviewing style
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Interesting how you āhave defended Arielā previously. Now, there are a few of us ādefendingā his decision in this thread. You call us white knights.
If a=b b=c, then a=c
I havenāt noticed anybody here ākissing his assā. We just believe that he may have found a bigger dream job. Perhaps more money.
Dreams can change guy.
Yes, heās a big ass bitch at times.
Iād seriously do it for 150k. I know a bit about the sport, itās history, about fighters, Iām a college grad, and reasonably intelligent and articulate.
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Yeah, youāre right. I know. I just wanted to use that joke. My bad though, nothing personal.
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No thang! I know youāre not being an asshole. Youāre good people. 
best of luck to him. although, I couldnāt care less about mma journalism but I canāt hate on someone gambling on themselves and taking a chance .
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Your post here is one of the reasons why mma fighters are so underpaid. Stop being dumb
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