MMA journalist Ariel Helwani has been unstoppable recently with his tirade against multiple personalities of the UFC. After hitting back at Joe Rogan for accusing him of sensationalism, the 40-year-old has once again stirred the controversy pot with his latest YouTube video. Helwani, on his channel, uploaded an interview conducted way back in 2012. The interview featured former UFC fighter Quinton Jackson, where he was seen giving a response to Rogan’s earlier statements.

Since it comes just weeks after the public spat between the journalist and the commentator, it appears as if Helwani is trying to make a point that Rogan might be the one setting the wrong narratives, especially about fighters.

Ariel Helwani shares 2012 interview with Quinton Jackson criticizing Joe Rogan

The interview took off when Helwani, known for being an inquisitive individual, asked Jackson about him supposedly calling Rogan ‘fake’. ‘Rampage’ claimed that although he might have not meant it, it probably was down to something that he felt was true at that moment.

“If I thought he was fake right then maybe it was something I saw recently then and then somebody interviewed me. I talked about whatever was on my mind at the time,” explained Jackson.

Following this, the former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion went on a rant describing how commentators could be more neutral instead of being too critical of a fighter. He pointed out Rogan’s inclination toward Jiu-Jitsu fighters as one such point that he didn’t like.

 “I think like commentators should be neutral and like a lot of times he just he does n*t ride Jiu-Jitsu guys a lot.” he said.

Jackson then goes on to imply that commentators should give a second thought before pointing out a fighter’s flaws, since the criticism tends to latch onto them.

“… but I think people don’t understand, fighters when we lose a fight, it haunts us, like it seriously haunts us…and people don’t respect that like when we’re watching ourselves fighting and we’re getting our butt kicked and we hearing commentators say certain things to like it sticks with us .”

But what appeared to have affected ‘Rampage’ was the influence that Rogan and his commentary had amongst fans. He recalled people asking him about doing certain things at a fight which he apparently didn’t enjoy.

“Joe Rogan don’t know how much he influences the fans.” He goes on to talk about fans questioning his approach in a fight as an example. “…now when I meet fans, I hear fans say why you don’t kick why you don’t block leg kicks why you don’t you don’t know how to block leg kicks so man go back and watch my K1 fights.” said the MMA veteran.

More on the recent spat between Ariel Helwani and Joe Rogan

Considering that the interview was conducted in 2012, it might be important to take a look at the latest events surrounding the controversy and what actually led to the current scenario.

The drama started during Rogan’s interaction with UFC welterweight Belal Muhammad after they brought up the topic of Muhammad’s previous opponent, Sean Brady, receiving death threats during the lead-up to UFC 280.

This revelation by Brady was done during an appearance at Helwani’s MMA hour show and the JRE host happened to opine that the MMA reporter constantly looked for sensationalism in his interview.

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The veteran Helwani clearly didn’t take it well as he lashed out at the commentator, accusing him of being the one to set up false narratives among the public. This he did by making a reference to Rogan’s statements during Covid and also the controversy surrounding his Spotify deal.

Ultimately, Helwani, in his classic style, looks like he’s not taking a rest. And with this latest video, he might just have taken another serious jab at the UFC commentator.

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