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ESPN reportedly offered Ariel Helwani a pay cut to stay
Why would ESPN not go higher? Well, it's complicated.
MMA reporter Ariel Helwani announces he’s leaving ESPN, reportedly headed to Action Network (UPDATED)
"I want to let you know that there's no hard feelings here."
Dana White’s shot at Ariel Helwani over Gina Carano’s antisemitic posts drew pushback from many, including Dan Le Batard
"I love how Ariel Helwani made it all about him. It was all about him. Such a douche."
Ariel Helwani dons Canadian flag on SportsCenter after Raptors’ win, says “this is a team winning for an entire country”
Helwani gave a passionate speech about what he thinks the Raptors' win meant to Canada.
Dan Le Batard calls MMA “the damn sewer,” says “now we’re telling you the violence is okay” while interviewing Ariel Helwani
"Now, what has happened is Disney sees 'Oh, there's money to be made in MMA,' and Disney's buying everything, and ESPN's buying everything, and now we're telling you that the violence is okay. It wasn't okay before, but now the violence is okay, and now we sell it to you with ESPN+."
Ariel Helwani talks “Ariel & The Bad Guy,” says Fox to ESPN is beyond “night and day,” “I never felt [Fox] had my back”
Ariel Helwani on Dana White kicking him off Showtime: “He’s trying to make it personal”
Helwani told AA how his once-strong relationship with White is now "non-existent."
SB Nation’s Ariel Helwani-hosted The MMA Hour will stream live on Twitter
This further adds to Twitter's sports studio shows.
MMA reporters form professional association a year after Ariel Helwani’s controversial ban
The MMAJA is the first organization of its type in the sport's history.
Fox pulled Elias Cepeda’s UFC-critical column from their site, his Facebook page
There have been plenty of controversies over how Fox Sports has covered the UFC and plenty of allegations...
Joe Rogan says Ariel Helwani’s scoops could “ruin people’s lives,” misses point
Monday saw the UFC reverse the lifetime ban they handed reporter Ariel Helwani after they took widespread criticism...
UFC reverses Ariel Helwani’s ban, but still looks bad from this situation
Only two days after kicking journalist Ariel Helwani out of UFC 199 and banning him for life after...
