Javier Mendez: Sean O'Malley No Longer a Marketable Star

[RockyLockridge]

lol.

18-3. Beat the former champ, then the champ to win a belt. Lost once via injury which he avenged completely, and then only ever lost to one other guy who no one seems to have an answer for.

Yeh, not good at all haha.

If Suga isn't good, then no one in this division is, not even Yan who is fighting for the belt again next. Yan can't possibly be good if he lost to the not good Suga.

People act like Suga wouldn't easily beat sandhagen too.

It's time to stop preteneding that O'malley isn't champ material. He is. He's just has the misfortune of fighting in the Merab era.

 

[RockyLockridge]

Ah, so now former UFC champs. aren’t good according to Sherdoggers.

Is nicco montano good?

I dont agree with who you're replying to in this particular instance, but this is a shaky foundation to build an argument off of.

 

[STAY GOLD]

Is nicco montano good?

I dont agree with who you're replying to in this particular instance, but it's a shaky foundation to build an argument off of.

Read my entire post. Don’t take it out of context.

 

[RockyLockridge]

Read my entire post. Don’t take it out of context.

I did, And I'd like to think I am contextualizing it, as I dont even disagree with you and one post above the one you're replying to I exclaim that not only is O'malley good, but he is championship material.

However the UFC holds the keys to who gets a title shot, and will sometimes give title shots to people that dont deserve it. should those people obtain titles, It doesn't exactly mean that they are elite. Jamalal Hill for example is a fighter I dont think is very good, and when he won the title I didn't think he was even a top 5 fighter in his division. This has basically shaken out to be true at this point and now im not sure he's even a top 10 fighter yet he somehow held a title, and was on a streak. Because sometimes who is a champ is somewhat arbitrary. Not in O'malleys case of course.

 

[STAY GOLD]

I did, And I'd like to think I am contextualizing it, as I dont even disagree with you and one post above the one you're replying to I exclaim that not only is O'malley good, but he is championship material.

However the UFC holds the keys to who gets a title shot, and will sometimes give title shots to people that dont deserve it. should those people obtain titles, It doesn't exactly mean that they are elite. Jamalal Hill for example is a fighter I dont think is very good, and when he won the title I didn't think he was even a top 5 fighter in his division. This has basically shaken out to be true at this point and now im not sure he's even a top 10 fighter yet he somehow held a title, Because sometimes who is a champ is somewhat arbitrary. Not in O'malleys case of course.

My point wasn’t that all UFC champs. are good, but to specifically point out that O’Malley isn’t good is a ridiculous claim that’s why I added further to the post.

 

[xhaydenx]

Is nicco montano good?

I dont agree with who you're replying to in this particular instance, but this is a shaky foundation to build an argument off of.

Brother, Nicco is like the one former champ this doesn't apply to haha.

 

[RockyLockridge]

Brother, Nicco is like the one former champ this doesn't apply to haha.

Jamalal hill

 

[Phisher]

I'm almost always against immediate rematches. O'Malley's career is forever going to be the guy who couldn't beat Merab now. And since he's lost a bit of luster, the promotion has lost the ability to make a new star had he fought someone else. This kid Javier is talking about, he could have fought Sean and either earned a title shot, or given O'Malley a boost in confidence to fight for the title again.

Instant rematches should only be in case of a draw, or some sort of extreme circumstance, like Vitor vs Couture. I'm not even sure I like rematches when the judges get it wrong. They only have one chance to get it right, and the fighters should only have one chance as well.

It's not just that he got the instant rematch. It's also the bullshit title defense against Chito, who had no business fighting for the belt, and the soft road that he got during his build up.

A lot of people don't take him seriously because of the favoritism, and he was clearly never the type of crossover star that they imagined that he was.

This is a great example of how UFC favoritism can kill careers.

 

[Phisher]

People act like Suga wouldn't easily beat sandhagen too.

It's time to stop preteneding that O'malley isn't champ material. He is. He's just has the misfortune of fighting in the Merab era.

I don't know about "easily," but it's a fight that I've wanted to see for a while.

O'Malley is a legit top 5 guy, but that just makes all of the favoritism look worse because he could've gotten to a title shot legitimately.

 

[RockyLockridge]

I don't know about "easily," but it's a fight that I've wanted to see for a while.

O'Malley is a legit top 5 guy, but that just makes all of the favoritism look worse because he could've gotten to a title shot legitimately.

He did tho, he beat yan which I scored for Yan but he technically earned it

 

[xhaydenx]

Jamalal hill

Forgot all about Hill lol. What a flop he turned out to be.

 

[RockyLockridge]

Forgot all about Hill lol. What a flop he turned out to be.

Bro I remember people saying that poatan was a easy match up for hill, they said the same about Jiri.

The gold on that title belt is so bright it must blind people. his best win before beating Glovers re-animated corpse was santos re-animated corpse.

 

[BoxingFan653]

You think he beats Umar?

Would he win a rematch with Yan?

I like O'Malley, he gets way too much hate. Im not overly sure where he should be ranked at 135 right now.

Umar was the only name I am in the middle about but I do think Sean could beat him because of experience.

I think the sad part is him jumping in line which is a fair criticism seems to overshadow his wins. Yeah I do think he beats yan in a rematch

 

[the_details]

It's not just that he got the instant rematch. It's also the bullshit title defense against Chito, who had no business fighting for the belt, and the soft road that he got during his build up.

A lot of people don't take him seriously because of the favoritism, and he was clearly never the type of crossover star that they imagined that he was.

This is a great example of how UFC favoritism can kill careers.

Nah, it's the rematch. O'Malley had a "win" over a former champ on his way to the title, and was on a 7 fight unbeaten streak. I think he deserved the title shot on those credentials, even though I think he lost to Yan. Did Chito deserve the shot? Not really, but there's a story there with his win over Sean. The timeline there made sense. The problem with the rematch is that it exposed him. Had he lost to Merab and fought someone lower in the ranking, with a favorable style, he'd be coming off a win and marketable as a threat again.

 

[Boomb]

When your entire personality is based on smoking weed and crazy hair colors, it's hard to stay relevant if you are no longer winning

This^^^

And also, sooner or later, your fanbase of 12 year olds grows up.