You know you've made it in MMA when you can't interview Ali and his fighters.

Ali is such a good manager that he was able to get belal Muhammad a chance to fight for the number one contender on a 9 fight win streak

Ali is a tremendous manipulator. I can't believe fighters love him so much and don't realize he just uses their friendship to gain more power

Ali is a major scumbag. Definitely keep pushing back on his BS and mayyyyyyybe you could revive some of the journalistic spirit within the MMA media

Sorry you had to go through that, James. Those guys seem like complete bullies. Could never fathom this happening in the NHL, NFL, MLB etc.

Dont let him bully you son!! Keep up the good work James!!

Agree 👍👍 This is really dangerous.... media should be free.....if they don't like they are free not to interview..but they should not ban any media...and all these threats and disrespect is shameful on part of Ali....

I wonder how the fighters feel about their manager limiting their media exposure.

Theres a leaked phonecall with him and Ngannou's former coach. Ali was boosting about how he has the MMA Media under his control and that nobody will publish any negative news about him because he manages like 1/4 of the UFC roster. Dude even name dropped Damon Martin of MMAFighting as being one of those schills for him

How much of a punk you've got to be to threaten to slap someone from the MMA media.

Ali has been doing this for the longest time. He has Brett Okamoto and espn all under his finger tips

It's so crazy that someone like Ali is such a big figure in MMA. Dude was literally pulled off a plane trying to go from Cairo to New York on 9/11.

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I cannot believe that someone has not knocked him out already. People like him know who to do that too. Sadly, he views the media as a bunch of punks. I empathize with anyone who has to deal with that kind of situation.

James is one of the nicest, most respectful and hardest working journalists covering mma. Everyone knows abdelasleeze is a pos. This just confirms that fact even more.

I actually feel bad for the fighters signing to him. Unknowingly handicapping their potential, inheriting beefs/feuds with random members of the media, being used as pawns or bargaining chips to ultimately benefit the UFC, Ali himself or whoever is the bigger money maker on Ali's roster. Keep at it James.

we support guys like yourself and ariel. i still dont know why a criminal like ali can be a manager for the biggest mma fighters in the world

I'm glad you shared this James. I have seen content from other mma media teams that have similar stories about trying to be silenced. Good on you for standing up for yourself. I know you said you tried to apologize but that shouldn't even be necessary since what they're doing isn't right. You're one of the more unbiased mma media members I watch and tend to stay pretty neutral.

Ali Abdel Aziz is a criminal

I am big fan of Khabib team...but it doesn't mean i support all these non sense by the Ali and his Team....

James at some point someone has gotta stand up to them and tell them to fuck off, what are they gonna do?

Don't stop what you're doing, they're a ton of people out here that really appreciate all you do.

Open bullying like that should maybe be addressed by the promotions, especially in the countries where the promotions reside. If the events are as you describe, it shouldn't be tolerated.

James, you are absolutely the best reporter in the MMA community. Ali is a fraud and even worse human being. You do you, keep interviewing great fighters. I am sorry you had to go through all that scrap with that rat. Much love !

Dont ler him bully you son

Ridiculous considering how reasonable and respectful of a journalist you are. Ali and his team probably just finished doing a couple lines and aren't thinking clearly

How was San Diego? I missed the live stream when you did it, wish I had caught it!

If it was me James, I'd have told him to take a swing.. and quietly baited him with inappropriate comments about his mother, father and their sanitary practices.. but that's just me and I'm an awful person.

Ohh I've been waiting for this , thank you James!

What was the starting point? Why did they ban you? Edit: Just saw the video where you explained why.

We got your back❤ ik your a good dude and will do what i can to make sure people know that❤

Good on you for not dealing with it and simply not asking their fighters questions. Because you could. You have the credentials and every right to ask them what you want.

Once a rat alway a rat.

Thanks for the video, JAMES LYNCH

Have Sean O Malley on to talk more about MMA Managers.

I heard about some lawsuit where managers who do not put the interest of their fighters first will get punished for their conflict of interest. For example, if at any point in time ali abdulaziz made one of his fighters take a bad fight on short notice and it was proven that ali pressured the fighter to sign the contract, ali would face legal consequences. Is this true?

“Where’s Noah?”

Good for you lynch. Stand up for your self, don’t let them bully you!!

You got my full support brother

Rats do rat things

No wonder There's very little "journalism" in the MMA Scene and Many media Outlets/Podcasts turned into PR machines

Keep doing your important journalism. What a petty manager he is ....

I wonder why fighters sign with him knowing how scummy he is. Suga Sean has it clear on how managers are.

James is doing things right. I don’t always agree with him, but he has good morals and character. Glad to see you’re not letting these bully’s keep you from getting the truth out

Keep doing you, James

Understand what your saying, but I wanted to point out one error. Ariel Helwani does get Kayla Harrison on his show. Ali / Dominance manages Kayla. Kayla has outright said to Ariel that she won't let anyone tell her who she can and cannot talk to.

I stumbled across your channel during you and Guru's "beef", but I subscribed because of how well you handled that situation. If I was managing any fighters, you would probably be my top pick to interview my fighters. You ask good questions and don't do fighters dirty with "gotcha" type of questions that guys like Ariel ask to seem tough. I wish one of Ali's fighters had enough balls to stand up to him and say they want to do an interview with you because I imagine that most, if not all, of his fighters respect your work and attitude. It really sucks that you can't attend an event without having a middle school bully and his boyfriends berating you. Keep up the content and take care.

good video as always

Shit like this is what makes it so hard for mma to cross over to the mainstream and become like the nba/nfl. Could you imagine if the nba was in the middle of a fucking class action anti trust suit and nobody talked about it? For an industry so fixated on "free speech" their track record with media is awful.

Hey bro that is wrong but again it’s your side of the story. I do like your work as mma journalist ans love watching g your work. Thanks for doing a great job

they’re like a cult..

Keep doing what you are doing...They will come back..... When the bad day comes they will turn to you......

How old is Ali 12?

Ali Abdella sleez is a loser

Peanut head is a pos. and him not letting his fighters get more exposure is an L.

This is just unfortunate....i would have loved to see James interview Islam, Dariush, Gaethje, Burns and so many fighters managed by dominance mma.

Every fighter who's being managed by Ali Abdelaziz's agency should be asking to themselves whether he works for them or they work for him, managers should not have the power to restrict fighters from being inteviewed by a certain jounalist

Well this is total bullsh** I wish the promotion would step in and stop this CRAP

Where is the unity in the mma journalism? Why wouldn’t all the journalists boycott his fighters or leave when they come up to the press conference. If you all make a point sooner or later he will learn when his fighters realise they don’t get any coverage!

You'd think that Scott Coker would not put up with that shit. Mean girls shit, all the other mma shows should talk about this. .

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What a punk lol. I really hope somebody will put him in his place one day, you can’t treat people like that.

Ali is just so dumb. All he has to do is tell his fighters not to talk to you and that would do it. I agree, he is trying to intimidate you and set an example like he's some cheesy mafia guy. You should definitely explore legal tools such as a no-contact judgement. Make sure any future contact is documented. Your camera is your friend! If anything, this has made me lose respect any fighter under his management. Khabib, Belal, Islam? Come on, you guys are better than this! You cannot do a deal with the devil without getting burned.

Please don't take this wrong, but you really ought not cower from their threats. They will do you no physical harm. Cowering in their presence is what they want you to do. The only way to get those guys to leave you alone is to the belligerent. Look at their past conflicts and gods they have left alone. The instant someone stands up is instant they sit down.

Conor said Ali abdelisleez is a terrorist.. any truth to that?

Pathetic, hear of this all the time. keep doing your thing James

I don’t know why he doesn’t like you but I think your one of the better journalists that asks good relevant questions. I also don’t like Ali much, it seems like he always wants to be in the spotlight and his ego is a bit too big. However, I don’t blame him for not allowing Ariel to interview his fighters since he likes to manufacture drama such as the situation with Dricus Du Plesis.

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you should have asked double questions after he said that !!!!

Bro you're awesome and your cotent is great. But just like it is everyone that shines has to have haters. Thus it was even with the son of God.

Ali is a diva. Wants all the attention. Him not being able to travel outside of U.S is all we need to know about him.

I completely agree with you james. The fans start to hate the poor fighters under him because of him

The guy is a child, and his fighter should speak out. First of all, by talking to you, they are benefit more by get more coverage. Sue his ass next time if he try to Intimidate you or preventing you from doing your job.

Once a rat always a rat

Where's Noah???

Dig Into Ali past, you’ll learn about more about him. He can’t leave the states.

I am a fan of dagestani fighters but i dont agree to what they ar doing to u james

Hopefully Kayla will slap some sense into that goof someday. Your not in the wrong, Ali is obviously a bully and schill for ufc for personal financial gain.

A sick manager/promoter but shit human being. It's just one of those things in life. From the fighters perspective, all his fighters have nothing but good to say about him, tbs his successful at his job for a reason. If you're on his team he's a ride or die.

It's so rude. Keep doing your thing. No need to get involve with Ali's drama.

Shameful. But joke is on us for expecting anything better

What I know about this guy James is a good guy. but Ariel is a fake person manipulator and evil. if you don’t know Ariel is the one who started all this drama and make enemies between Ali and James towards each other. so that’s how evil person Ariel is and manipulator, hypocrisy always make problems MMA reports, managers and fighters.

Yikes

ali acts more like kadyrov jr. than he does an actual mma manager

James ur looking lean !

:(

Dear James it was unfortunate incident. But apart from Usman you were able to cover Brent, cyborg, everyone else. Don't pay attention to this terrorist. Your profile is quite high - jamall hill, Jan, oliviera, cyborg, Strickland all champs. Stick to what u r doing. We mentally support u

real recognize real... we have your back james

this is terrible!

i've never heard you be a muckraker or adversarial. like ariel has an agenda, reports stuff before it's made public , whatever. you don't do any of this. so strange.

Ali thinks he is all that. Ariel Helwanis show is probably the #1 mma media show out there. If Ariel gets a fighter on there, its big. Ali is such a troll. He thinks he is all that. I think he was scared that James would have called Usman for why he basically coasted against Brent Primus. Usman was -1600 to beat Brent. I think fighters are putting their careers in danger when they sign with Domiance MMA. I appreciate James for being honest that Ali is really petty. He thinks he is so big and bad but he hides behind his fighters. James puts out great interviews. I cant believe Ali tried to start something Saturday.

All this because America's champ pointed out he's a shady character that can't leave the US. What a 🐍

Keep them Colby and Strickland coming, u don't need Ali alsleeze mercy

I'm convinced Ali sets up beef beef to say about a fighter while trying to make his own fighter look good, when really it makes Ali and his fighter both look like douche bags. I liked Justin Gaethje then couldn't stand him and I'm back to liking him because he seems to be distancing himself from Ali. I despised Kamaru but I think that was mostly Ali being a parrot and annoying the shit out of me. One of his fighters will reach enlightenment and ditch that terrorist rat.