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Hardcore and casual fans both will tolerate a fighter being brash, confident or even having rainbow coloured hairstyles if the fighter can prove he’s able to handle adversity.
McGregor gained a lot of fans for this with the Mendes fight. Sure Mendes was on after two weeks notice and you could argue it wasn’t that impressive for McGregor to win, but casuals don’t remember that anyway.
But O’Malley hasn’t passed that test yet and even worse, he’s looked bad when presented with adversity. Chito made easy work of him and the mentally undefeated shtick is just silly.
Also, the dude looks very focused and sharp in there, but every single time his legs get kicked he winces. That’s not good. Chito kicking his legs and O’Malley having such a strong reaction to it makes people doubt his heart, which together with aesthetics is what MMA fans in general appreciate most.
I think most people will forgive him for being a brash but silly rainbow haired boy as soon as he proves he can handle adversity. He’ll get protected a little bit just like Conor was. But eventually he’ll face some top dogs and he’ll get to prove he’s if he’s as gritty as he is talented offensively.
If he manages to do so, everyone will be on his side.
McGregor gained a lot of fans for this with the Mendes fight. Sure Mendes was on after two weeks notice and you could argue it wasn’t that impressive for McGregor to win, but casuals don’t remember that anyway.
But O’Malley hasn’t passed that test yet and even worse, he’s looked bad when presented with adversity. Chito made easy work of him and the mentally undefeated shtick is just silly.
Also, the dude looks very focused and sharp in there, but every single time his legs get kicked he winces. That’s not good. Chito kicking his legs and O’Malley having such a strong reaction to it makes people doubt his heart, which together with aesthetics is what MMA fans in general appreciate most.
I think most people will forgive him for being a brash but silly rainbow haired boy as soon as he proves he can handle adversity. He’ll get protected a little bit just like Conor was. But eventually he’ll face some top dogs and he’ll get to prove he’s if he’s as gritty as he is talented offensively.
If he manages to do so, everyone will be on his side.