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LONDON, ENGLAND – JULY 23: Paddy Pimblett of England before his fight with Jordan Leavitt of USA in the Lightweight bout during UFC Fight Night at O2 Arena on July 23, 2022 in London, England. (Photo by Julian Finney/Getty Images)
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LONDON, ENGLAND – JULY 23: Paddy Pimblett of England before his fight with Jordan Leavitt of USA in the Lightweight bout during UFC Fight Night at O2 Arena on July 23, 2022 in London, England. (Photo by Julian Finney/Getty Images)
Paddy Pimblett may have won his fight against Jared Gordon, but he is losing his fight with MMA Journalist Ariel Helwani. Pimblett had fired shots at the Montreal-born Journalist and called him a “rodent”. Ariel Helwani responded with an hour-long YouTube video and shared incisive pieces of evidence against all the allegations made against him. He even released audio clips from the Patt McAfee show to back his claims. Pimblett had passed some snide remarks at Ariel Helwani after winning at UFC 282. While giving an interview at the Octagon with Joe Rogan, he said, “how much you’re paying me for this interview.”
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Ariel Helwani has been very professional in his response to ‘The Baddy’s’ accusations. He released a video and presented audio clips from Patt McAfee’s show to prove that he had not talked about Paddy Pimblett.
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LAS VEGAS, NV – SEPTEMBER 4: Paddy Pimblett meets with the press following the win at UFC Apex for UFC Fight Night – Vegas 36 – Event on September 4, 2021 in Las Vegas, NV, United States. (Photo by Louis Grasse/PxImages)
Majority of fans have also shown their support for the Canadian journalist amidst the feud.
Ariel Helwani thanks friend for McAfee Clip
Ariel Helwani thanked his friend ‘No Context’, a Twitter user, for sending him the clip from Pat McAfee show. In his YouTube Video, He said,
“Shout out to my good friend no context who found the clip of me referencing this the one that made him fly off the handle the one where he was like uh you this then he said all these people were saying that I said X Y and Z.
That’s the one clip I didn’t have last week he found the clip of me on McAfee’s show talking about it here’s the audio just so we can you know set the record straight from all angles“ADVERTISEMENT
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Paddy Pimblett had called Ariel Helwani a rat
Paddy Pimblett had called Ariel Helwani a rat on one of his podcast shows with Dana White. He had accused Ariel Helwani of making money from fighters and asking them for money for featuring on his podcast. He also accused Helwani of disrespecting fighters.
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Helwani has been in the business for 15 years. Paddy Pimblett is still a star in the making. Some would say ‘The Baddy’ should probably focus more on his in-cage fighting than on hype fights like these.
What is your take on the Pimblett- Helwani situation?
