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Hey Ariel!

Assuming that you could not run away, Who would you rather fight? Three Henry Cejudos stacked on top of each other or one Brock Lesnar?

Keep up the good work!

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this question here!!! lol

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These questions are awful.

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Awfully funny

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Ariel, have you ever enquired about getting Caposa on your show?

What are your thoughts on the Dan Hardy/Tyron Woodley beef. What were your thoughts on Dan's release from the UFC a few months ago, Would you want to get him on to discuss?

Just watched your interview with Renee Paquette, do you plan on returning the favour anytime soon?

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Ridiculous essays here Ariel.

Just elaborate on the new Brendan Schaub rants please. He needs shutting down

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Since it’s the 3 year anniversary of Conor/Khabib, which of Conor’s rivalries throughout his career is your favorite: Aldo, Diaz, Khabib, or Poirier?

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awesome question!

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Dana’s comments last night didn’t seem to indicate he’s fully against Volk/Cejudo. What do you think is the possibility we see this fight next for Volk?

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Ariel,

With a matchup between Masvidal and Edwards seeming unlikely,

could this be the right time to introduce the women's BMF title?

Nunes vs Shevchenko 3 for the Women's BMF Title.

What are your thoughts?

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Q: what do the video call guests see? Is it the same feed broadcast to viewers?

You look towards the tv, is there a camera facing you we don’t see? Pull the curtain back for us.

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i've wondered this myself

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What is one fight you can think of that you wish had happened or bothers you that it never happened? Could be from when you started covering the sport until now.

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Why does Dana tolerate all these domestic violence cases with fighters? Jon Jones and Mike Perry, among others, have and will have no repercussions.

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That's a great question! Any other professional sports league would try to distance themselves from these kind of trouble makers (*cough* Greg Hardy)

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Because Dana is a horrible person.

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Have you recovered from the Undah DC line from Shultz? I love both of you and love this beef.

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I don’t really get the origin. Is it related to the Schaub stuff? Strikes as someone trying to chase those numbers from the 👃🏻

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Definitely not chasing numbers, Shultz has multiple podcast with numbers much higher than Ariel. The backstory is Shultz is a friend of Rogan and Izzy, pretty casual MMA fan. He publicly tweeted that he didn't know who "this Valentina chick was" but was impressed by her. MMA community went nuts. Instead of saying "my bad", andrew is leaning into it saying "I'm the best MMA journalist of all time" obviously joking but making MMA fans irate everywhere. Ariel saw him saying that line and started the fake beef. It's just normal fake podcast beef to promote both sides. Same as when Ariel was going at Booker T.

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Appreciate the wiki. Don’t be so sure on those numbers.

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Yeah? I don’t see the link from that to your claim about higher podcast numbers.

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Have fun arguing on the Internet homie. It's all love over here.

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lol I may be wrong man I'm not arguing with anyone, I'm just assuming with his Flagrant podcast and Brilliant Idiots podcast with Charlemagne that they have larger numbers than Ariel is up to now. He's been doing audio only podcast for years and just recently switched to video. His Patreon is top 10 of all patreons. I'm a fan of everyone and I think they are being friendly behind the scenes and promoting each other.

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I don’t want to create you as a target for hacking my man but here you goes:

Q: if one of the following was hacked and leaked, which would have the greatest repercussions/ impact in the combat sports world:

Your texts, twitter DMs, Instagram DMs or email?

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What is in your opinion, the best pound for pound MMA promotion? (Quality of production, cards, matchmaking etc. relative to budget)

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Q: Can you share any standout times when you had to call an audible during an interview because the discussion took a different route? Perhaps you could share times when we the viewer/ didn’t know it was happening.

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I know it happens ALL THE TIME, I planned on asking this pre Tyson interview too

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that Mayham interview comes to mind lol

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That example it’s clear it’s going off the rail. Wasn’t so much an audible being called but the 👃🏻 trying to level with another human.

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Hello Ariel. On your IG story today, you posted a screenshot of you listening to Hit Em Up by 2Pac, one of the great diss tracks of all time. Is there context behind this, or anything you’d like to get off your chest?

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You often talk about an independant MMA Hall of Fame, what would have to happen for it to be a reality?

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Mr. Helwani, thank you for being such a professional, enthusiastic bridge to my favourite sport, you make MMA so much better!

MMA Q: Is it conceivable that we'll see the creation of a national/international commission? So keen to see workers treated well, a commission seems like a necessity

Non-MMA Q: Reading the Wikipedia entry listing common misconceptions, I learned that being tattooed may not actually preclude one from being buried in a Jewish cemetery as is commonly believed. So, tell us about the sleeve you'll be getting?

Longtime listener - I respect and appreciate you so much

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