I'm 150% all in. Here's why:
1. I'm kinda rooting for the guy as an underdog. He almost got cut, had to figure out a way to stay relevant and figured it out. People circumventing barriers in life is something I root for.
2. The MAGA schtick cracks me up. It triggers so many people without him having to do anything else and makes people so mad.
3. His awkward "scripted" routine is ironically funny because he's trying his hardest and you can tell it is not how he really is. If you've ever seen him coaching/training and see him actually speaking he isn't awkward and scripted and it's kind of jarring. It rubs so many people the wrong way I can't help but root for him.
4. The absolute fallout of him winning the title and the absolute butt hurt that will be on Sherdog afterward will be glorious to ingest.
If he doesn't win, meh, oh well. Leon is a great champion and I'm grateful he ended the Usman era of morons trying to say he was better than GSP. If Colby fades into obscurity he'll go coach and train others and live a good life. I just hope to see his trolling pay off in the most profitable way.
Leon is gonna make him look so bad. It's either gonna be a clear dominant UD or a KO
I'm not so sure about that. Colby controlling the distance is hard to imagine, frankly, but if he can get this fight to the cage the matchup heavily favors him. The more time they're in the center the worse it is for Colby as he is not a GSP style double legger wrestler.
Leon looked great against Usman, but let's not forget he took Usman down. Are we convinced he faced the best Usman or did he face 80% of his best Usman? Are we going to get the best Colby or is age gonna catch up to him?
I could certainly see Colby wearing Leon down for a round or two against the cage and being able to rinse and repeat.