UFC Fighters take to Twitter supporting Ariel Helwani

Yesterday evening Ariel Helwani announced on Twitter that he had been removed from Saturday’s UFC 199 event in Los Angeles by Zuffa staff members prior to the fight cards conclusion and was told that he and his friends were now “banned for life”.

https://twitter.com/arielhelwani/status/739324103061032960
https://twitter.com/arielhelwani/status/739325375923269633
https://twitter.com/arielhelwani/status/739326646994522112

While the UFC has yet to make an official announcement on the matter, it is believed that the promotion was angry with Helwani for reporting that Brock Lesnar was close to signing a contract to fight UFC 200, this prior to their official announcement which was made Saturday night.

On Sunday, some UFC fighters and one coach took to twitter showing their support for the host of “The MMA Hour”:

https://twitter.com/TimKennedyMMA/status/739644220546289668
https://twitter.com/JonnyBones/status/739330136890216449
https://twitter.com/dc_mma/status/739343532545200128
https://twitter.com/ChrisWeidmanUFC/status/739468553661878273
https://twitter.com/John_Kavanagh/status/739512291184496641

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