Serious question about Bryce Mitchell

[tgv976]

I think it's more the state of the UFC and its stars or lack thereof. Aside from Jones (who disappears a lot) and Alex, they don't promote a lot of their other great fighters. Pantoja and Touporia come to mind. So with Bryce, he's filling a void that seems to have left with Colby once he started losing all the time. He checks almost every box when it comes to groups that it's deemed ok to hate.

Southern white male
Hardcore christian
Conspiracy theorist
WW2 official story doubter

So the UFC stumbled into a gem that everyone wants to see lose now for his controversial opinions. They'll milk it until his time is up. He hasn't looked great in his last few fights but that last one was on Kron's half ass effort pulling guard the whole fight.

 

[mjoln]

Dana's trying to tap into the lucrative Flat Earther market

Maybe this planet is one big octagon?

 

[zakk]

He's a religious nutcase. It's literally the only reason he believes what he believes. Anyone who starts a sentence with "The Bible says" is someone you shouldn't take seriously.

its actually the opposite, you need to take nut cases like him seriously, because they will die for their religious convictions and gladly take you with them. A guy like Colby? not so much, he just puts on act to generate interest for bigger pay days and fatter assed instathots.

 

[Last Falconry]

he's a ranked fighter with a distinct identity. obviously his identity sucks shit, but whatever he is stands out a lot more than some mumbly doofus with his name tattooed on his back or whatever. 99% of mma fighters look like poorly made create-a-fighters in a shitty mobile game and have about the same amount of personality. bryce is a shitass but he's a lot more unique

 

[evergreenrider]

It helped secure a republican presidency didn't it??

 

[Mohawk Banditó]

Nowhere did I say they people didn't. I simply said UFC fighter Sean O'Malley colors his hair pink for notability and to create a distinctive look that separates him from the fighters that don't. No more, no less.

I'd certainly agree that he does, but I'm just pushing back on the implication that normalcy is dependent on natural growth and that it isn't "perfectly normal for adult males to have ______ hair color." I know you were saying pink specifically, (technically speaking, any specific dyed hair would be uncommon simply because of the range of colors), but just wanted to address that generally dying hair is perfectly normal.

Again, I would agree that Sean probably did specifically choose pink for attention, but at the same time he has gone through a myriad of colors, which is pretty normal for the people who like to regularly color their hair. As my name suggests, having a mohawk can often lead to a variety of color that I've done myself. Now if it ever looked pink, that'd be some unintentional leftovers of red or purple, but I've also done green, I think blue at some point, and bleached.

I don't think a particular color should really annoy people though. The fact that pink is supposed to be met with some immediate masculine aversion is weird to me though, since it was purely a wartime marketing ploy from the 30's-40's. In the 1920's, common belief that red was for men and pink being a slightly lighter red just meant it was for younger men, or boys, and was generally a color to depict childhood and innocence since the 1700's. But because manufacturers were pushing color coding for children's clothes and toys (originally, they went pink for boys and did blue for girls), there are theorized to be a number of factors as to why that switched around the 30's-40's, like a particular piece of artwork, or the pink triangles in nazi camps, or the use of blue in a number of men's military uniforms, so toys and clothes largely became pink for girls and blue for boys.

The fact that still today leads to guys going "Ugh, there's a man with pink on him," or counter-culturally have men going "Ha, I'm gonna buck the trend by having pink on me" is just all entirely juvenile, imo

 

[ninja boot]

I'd certainly agree that he does, but I'm just pushing back on the implication that normalcy is dependent on natural growth and that it isn't "perfectly normal for adult males to have ______ hair color." I know you were saying pink specifically, (technically speaking, any specific dyed hair would be uncommon simply because of the range of colors), but just wanted to address that generally dying hair is perfectly normal.

Again, I would agree that Sean probably did specifically choose pink for attention, but at the same time he has gone through a myriad of colors, which is pretty normal for the people who like to regularly color their hair. As my name suggests, having a mohawk can often lead to a variety of color that I've done myself. Now if it ever looked pink, that'd be some unintentional leftovers of red or purple, but I've also done green, I think blue at some point, and bleached.

I don't think a particular color should really annoy people though. The fact that pink is supposed to be met with some immediate masculine aversion is weird to me though, since it was purely a wartime marketing ploy from the 30's-40's. In the 1920's, common belief that red was for men and pink being a slightly lighter red just meant it was for younger men, or boys, and was generally a color to depict childhood and innocence since the 1700's. But because manufacturers were pushing color coding for children (originally, they kept pink for boys and did blue for girls), there are theorized to be a number of factors as to why that switched around the 30's-40's, like a particular piece of artwork, or the pink triangles in nazi camps, or the use of blue in a number of men's military uniforms, so toys and clothes largely became pink for girls and blue for boys.

The fact that still today leads to guys going "Ugh, there's a man with pink on him," or counter-culturally have men going "Ha, I'm gonna buck the trend by having pink on me" is just all entirely juvenile, imo

i think what's missing is the context on how we got here.
Unknowingly at the time, a troll spewing ideological garbage and looking to coax anyone willing to engage into an argument made a claim and i made the mistake of responded to a portion of it by saying pink hair is unnatural to humans. .. which is true. I never said anything about how people shouldn't do it or really anything aside from that.
I have no issue with hair dye, tattoos or any of the ways people look to personalize their appearance, sexual orientation, political leaning or whether they like pineapple on pizza.
I don't come to Sherdog to critique and spread my world views on people. Much like yourself, i'm here for the banter about fights and that's about it.
All that being said, I do appreciate you taking the time to explain your end of things

 

[PlayTheGame]

He's hilarious. They should give him a desk analyst gig too IMO.

 

[World eater]

Coloring hair is extremely normal. Frankly, it's even the majority for women in America, Europe, and Japan. But historically, it wasn't a women only thing.

Directly going pink may not have a huge history, but was certainly a result of red coloring, often with bleached or lightened hair. Here's a 1600's manuscript on it, on a process that was already nearly 3 millenia old of going white, black, yellow, gold, green, red and outright bleaching

You are taking it too literally. Sean is not only about pink hair. His whole appearance screams for attention. Pink hair, painted fingernails, face tattoos, open relationship. In most places of the world he would be considered weird. I’m glad he can live in a place where that is not only accepted, but cause for positive attention. Back in the early ‘90 we were getting into street fights just for having long hair.

 

[Qays Stetkevich]

Coloring hair is extremely normal. Frankly, it's even the majority for women in America, Europe, and Japan. But historically, it wasn't a women only thing.

Directly going pink may not have a huge history, but was certainly a result of red coloring, often with bleached or lightened hair. Here's a 1600's manuscript on it, on a process that was already nearly 3 millenia old of going white, black, yellow, gold, green, red and outright bleaching

Jesus, man, you've buried the poor guy. Sherdog never ceases to surprise!

 

[MixMartialFarts]

He's a needle mover for sure. He was on Tucker Carlson and was at the presidential inauguration along side Rogan and McGregor. My friends who barely watch MMA send me unintentionally hilarious videos of him rambling about helicopter inertia and the flat earth. He's pretty much a cross over star at this point.

 

[WillyWarminski]

Reduction in UFC streaming.

Bryce followers have no technical ability (other than Monster Trucks) so they can't operate a Poota.

 

[laleggenda27]

Dying your hair is not weird, period. Nobody cares about what happens in your shithole sister-fucking red state.

If you don't think this is "weird," then I don't know what to tell you.

 

[RoseHDCovington]

its actually the opposite, you need to take nut cases like him seriously, because they will die for their religious convictions and gladly take you with them. A guy like Colby? not so much, he just puts on act to generate interest for bigger pay days and fatter assed instathots.

Colby doesn't really bring his religious beliefs into his shit talking. And I don't have a problem with religious people. But people like Bryce who convinced themselves the earth is flat because of something in the Bible, can't listen to people like that.

 

[evergreenrider]

If you don't think this is "weird," then I don't know what to tell you.

Weird? Not really. Attempting to maximize profits by appealing to younger demographics and general attention seeking? Yes.

 

[SamuraiBro]

I love that Sherdog can’t stop talking about Bryce. Shook you guys to the core.

 

[CieloLuce]

Most ppl love a good train wreck. I think the UFC believe he makes a good highlight reel.

Also, Dana and UFC love attention, even when it's bad.

 

[payton]

If you don't think this is "weird," then I don't know what to tell you.

I don't think its weird. Voting for a man who fantasized about his infant daughter's future breast on the other hand..

 

[Lycandroid]

its kinda like when you pick the slow kid first when picking baseball teams just to make him feel good

 

[DapperDave]

WWE is much bigger than UFC, makes much more money.

Bryce moves the needle in the massive WWE niche, without even trying.

Not all MMA fans come from the same walk of life.

2 cents.