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UFC 199 Rockhold vs. Bisping 2 |OT| Stupid Sexy Rockhold

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Oscar said:
I mean, it matters to the guys running that site because it directly fucks their job/income. I know MMA photographer Esther Lin also got escorted out because she's with that team so she missed out on shots during the main event.

I'm sure whoever is leaking info to Helwani is gonna keep doing it, but this was just Dana getting butthurt and flipping the table over.
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I mean from the UFC perspective

Did Dana promise ESPN an exclusive or something on monday?

Then why deny it at all?

All that says is somebody in the UFC leaked it. If it was from the WWE side it probably would have come from Dave and he has held info if a party wants to debut it a specific way(such as when the WWE hired Mauro Ranello he knew for weeks because he is friends with Frank Shamrock).
 
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Fox318

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BronsonLee said:
Bisping knows better now, lol
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serenewarfare

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Empyrean Heaven said:
It was probably already announced and there was some sort of NDA which Helwani broke.That's the only reason I could see Zuffa doing this.
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That's not how these businesses work. Things don't get announced just to press in MMA before they get announced publicly. Deals get done, then things are announced to everyone. The UFC is just upset that a guy they dumped keeps getting all the scoops and ruining their announcements before they can make them.
 
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serenewarfare

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Guru-Guru said:
Can't watch the conference. Somebody give me some quotes between Bisping and Rockhold.
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Luke: "This guy can't compete with me."

Bisping: "I just knocked you out in the first round!"

Also Luke calling Bisping a dick and vice-versa. Luke might be having the biggest mental breakdown at a presser in a while. He's just in complete denial.
 
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Fox318 said:
I mean from the UFC perspective

Did Dana promise ESPN an exclusive or something on monday?

Then why deny it at all?

All that says is somebody in the UFC leaked it. If it was from the WWE side it probably would have come from Dave and he has held info if a party wants to debut it a specific way(such as when the WWE hired Mauro Ranello he knew for weeks because he is friends with Frank Shamrock).
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Yeah I misread your post, apologies.

Basically, Dana is a control freak. He's that rich kid in the room that wants everything his way. He's had beef with Helwani over his support for a union, so this leak was the last straw and led to that impulsive ban.
 
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Empyrean Heaven

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Ninja Scooter said:
What kind of NDA do you think a journalist is under? He's not an employee of the UFC, or in any kind of promotional relationship with them.
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It's the same deal in videogames. A company will send them a press release or photos or a video or allow for hand-on preview time with a game, that they are able to report on as soon as the NDA ends. It's all about getting the story out the fastest, and unfortunately it's a bit of a necessary evil.

That's probably the case here. Zuffa put the news out to all of the major sports news organizations to report as soon as the video finished (which they did, I got an ESPN alert literally two seconds after the video aired) and Helwani thought he'd be hot shit and get more views if he put it up early or was unaware of the situation, and now UFC is denying him coverage.

Like I said, not unheard of.
 
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serenewarfare

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Empyrean Heaven said:
It's the same deal in videogames. A company will send them a press release or photos or a video or allow for hand-on preview time with a game, that they are able to report on as soon as the NDA ends. It's all about getting the story out the fastest, and unfortunately it's a bit of a necessary evil.

That's probably the case here. Zuffa put the news out to all of the major sports news organizations to report as soon as the video finished (which they did, I got an ESPN alert literally two seconds after the video aired) and Helwani thought he'd be hot shit and get more views if he put it up early or was unaware of the situation, and now UFC is denying him coverage.

Like I said, not unheard of.
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I doubt ESPN had that news for long considering they sent out a tweet denying the Helwani report about an hour before it was officially announced.

Like I said, this isn't games. Things don't work the same.
 
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Mental Atrophy

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Empyrean Heaven said:
It's the same deal in videogames. A company will send them a press release or photos or a video or allow for hand-on preview time with a game, that they are able to report on as soon as the NDA ends. It's all about getting the story out the fastest, and unfortunately it's a bit of a necessary evil.

That's probably the case here. Zuffa put the news out to all of the major sports news organizations to report as soon as the video finished (which they did, I got an ESPN alert literally two seconds after the video aired) and Helwani thought he'd be hot shit and get more views if he put it up early or was unaware of the situation, and now UFC is denying him coverage.

Like I said, not unheard of.
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If there was an NDA then the UFC would take legal action against him. Helwani has no NDA. He got two big scoops on them recently and the UFC is just pissing and moaning about it.
 
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serenewarfare said:
I doubt ESPN had that news for long considering they sent out a tweet denying the Helwani report about an hour before it was officially announced.

Like I said, this isn't games. Things don't work the same.
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You really expect ESPN to have trustworthy sports journalism? They have a weekly feature about the WWE for Christsakes!

They report on what makes them the most money, and if companies want to pay them money for coverage, they accept that.
 
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pixelation said:
Rockhold said he would finish Bisping inside the first round... gets himself finished in the first round instead.
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When will these idiots learn???
Conor did it, backfired.
Luke said he'd win not only in the first round but it'd be a "special" finish.
Nate Diaz before the Conor fight: Might get merked............or he might.
Nate wouldn't fall into that prediction/guarantee garbage.
It often backfires in any sport.
 
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Empyrean Heaven said:
It's the same deal in videogames. A company will send them a press release or photos or a video or allow for hand-on preview time with a game, that they are able to report on as soon as the NDA ends. It's all about getting the story out the fastest, and unfortunately it's a bit of a necessary evil.

That's probably the case here. Zuffa put the news out to all of the major sports news organizations to report as soon as the video finished (which they did, I got an ESPN alert literally two seconds after the video aired) and Helwani thought he'd be hot shit and get more views if he put it up early or was unaware of the situation, and now UFC is denying him coverage.

Like I said, not unheard of.
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Video game journalists work as promotional tools for those companies. That's not quite how most sports journalism works. if there was an NDA do you think a guy like Helwani, a veteran journalist, would be stupid enough to break it? Moreover, do you think the UFC, who fucking hates Ariel, would give him inside info and have him sign an NDA?

The equivalent to this is more like when Adam Schefter breaks injury news in the NFL, except when that happens the NFL doesn't get salty and suspend him.
 
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