re: UFC 299: O'Malley vs Vera 2, Poirier vs St Denis

I can’t believe it’s been basically 4 years since that O’Malley loss. Back during the Covid summer. Mind blown.

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not calling you out in particular, but I often wonder why so many people want to see omalley lose. seems like a cool dude. I really like the dynamic with him and his coach tim. one of the few 135ers that can put people to sleep consistently.

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That’s fair, and honestly I can’t quite put my finger on why I have such a dislike for him. He’s clearly very talented and great on his feet, his fights are exciting and I definitely tune in when he’s slated to fight, but there’s just something about him I can’t stand

The only thing I can really say for sure is that his short time in the UFC seems like one big push for a ‘star’ to get the belt. He fought nothing but tomato cans, and then lost to Chito… In my opinion, he also lost the Yan fight. It just seems like he’s getting a hell of a push from Dana and the UFC just so they can have someone with a large following holding a belt. I get why they do it for the business but I can see straight through it. I just want to see someone put a hard stop to all this ‘fake’ momentum he has

Just one man’s opinion though, I get why people like this guy, he just ain’t for me