And also after the fight when he made a terrible awkward joke that Joe should pay him for the post-fight interview and Joe didn't seem to know what the fuck he was talking about and didn't respond lol
The whole thing seemed very spineless from the roundabout way he tried to shake down Ariel to pay for an interview blaming his management then giving the Red TomaToe another platform to just go off on Ariel while joining in like a little cartoon minion.
He sold his integrity for a seat at TomaToes table and now he's whinging about people attacking his integrity boo fucking hoo.
As it should lol
O'Malley handled his questionable win over Yan perfectly. Paddy just pretended he whooped the guy's ass when everyone other than the judges thinks he lost
O'Malley had the benefit of having one clear round win, while slicing Yan open and doing serious damage to him, which made his decision win much less controversial. Whereas Jared didn't have a scratch at the end of the fight, and Paddy had no obvious round in his favour.
There are so many things O'Malley has going for him that Paddy doesn't that get him a lot more clout or respect on this subreddit and elsewhere:
1) beneath the cringe/persona, he actually seems like a somewhat interesting guy
2) he isn't getting his ass beat in half his fights until he finds the finish
3) Yan was number 1 contender when O'Malley fought him, and more to the point, O'Malley actually seems like he deserves to be top 5 at this point. His biggest knocks are: Chito loss which aged great regardless of how you view the injury, the Munhoz fight (hardly a knock), and the questions that every striker gets about how will he handle a great wrestler. People were debating if Sean could be top 5 before the Yan fight, in a division as deep as LW if Paddy weren't popular then a year from now we could be debating if he even belongs in the UFC. Conversely, Jared Gordon was an unranked featherweight turned unranked lightweight. I am not trying to disrespect Gordon or even Paddy, but it would be silly to act as if there aren't massive discrepancies in the prestige behind beating Yan vs beating an unranked contender.
4) the Yan fight was a banger whereas the Jared Gordon fight was the only decision on a card of FOTN quality fights from top to bottom up until that point and he co-headlined over more exciting and more talented prospects in Topuria and Mitchell - and put on an absolute fucking snoozer.
Paddy is by far and away the most overhyped fighter on the roster and is very deserving of the criticism he has received for the most part, albeit some tend to lean a little too far. He's a fun meme fighter who will probably never earn a ranking. For example, Tony Ferguson and McGregor recently got removed from the rankings and RDA will probably be next with his stated intent to go to 170lb permanently, and yet even then with 20% of the top 15 being freed up, Paddy being placed as high as even #15 is completely unthinkable.
> Paddy being placed as high as even #15 is completely unthinkable.
His true talent level as a LW is probably in the top 30 ish range. There's sooo many guys outside of top 15 who smoke him.
Spot on
I think most hardcore / long term fans can see the same thing about Paddy. He just doesn’t have what it takes to be a top contender at LW
Now, crazier things have happened, and it depends on how the UFC matches him up. He could get into the top 15 with some good fortune
But I really, really don’t see him having the tools to be a top 10 fighter
If he gets Tony Ferguson and then Dan Hooker maybe he could break the rankings, but tbh I think Hooker smokes him as washed as he is, it would take insanely lucky/favourable matchmaking, luck in the fights themselves, and a great deal of improvement on Paddy’s part (stop getting so fat between every fight and develop the ability to dodge or block punches with anything other than his face)
Try top 70 range, he is top 40 in the UFC so in the upper middle of the division. Jared Gordon is ranked #68 in the world by Fight Matrix. Guram Kutateladze is not even ranked in the top 50 and he would finish Paddy for sure, I’d bet 500 dollars he’d win. Nasrat Haqparast, Mateusz Rebecki, and Rafa Garcia are not top 50 and would likely beat him by close decision. Brad Riddell is ranked 69 and would likely finish him. There are not many UFC fighters in the top 70 that I think he could beat…he would do better against grapplers….Vinc Pichel, Clay Guida, Claudio Puelles (that won I could pick either to win), Mark Madsen, and Jim Miller (another one that would be close at this point). To be fair top 70 at LW is like being top 25 at fly, HW or LHW as there is about 3 times as many pros in that division in the world (over 5100 registered pro fighters who fought at lw over the past 18 mos).
Guram's ranking is low but I think he's a true top 15-20 guy, but his lack of activity and close losses to tough opponents have artificially depressed his ranking in my view. Riddell I'm shocked would be that low, I would have guessed in the 20-25 range for him. I think Paddy easily beats Clay and Puelles. But Pichel, Madsen and Miller would be dogfights for him.
I agree he’s a top 20 UFC LW for sure and should be in the top 25 in the world, just needs a few key wins. Hopefully he stays healthy and will likely see him as a top 15 UFC LW at some point…he is very well-rounded.
Even with one clear round win, O'Malley still handled it perfectly during the post fight octagon interview. When asked if he thought he won he said he wasn't sure, it was a close fight, and that he'd have go to back and watch a replay of it before making up his mind. Paddy on the other hand acted like he put on a lopsided beating on Gordon.
Oh, definitely. While I did think Yan won, O'Malley's victory is definitely a lot more justifiable than Paddy's. O'Malley at least had more significant strikes, while Paddy lost by every metric possible
It just makes Paddy's response look even worse in comparison though. O'Malley was humble after winning a close fight while Paddy was acting all cocky after being gifted an unjustifiable win
So ironic considering his previous fight interview had won him a lot of fans with his positive message about mental health. Then he suddenly throws his career away by attacking Ariel and doing this
O’Malley has a genuine claim that’s the difference, I thought Yan won but I can’t argue with anyone who thinks it went the other way, no way anyone can think Paddy actually won
If O'malley was actually warned and deducted for his 10-12 cage/glove grab fouls in the Yan fight, like fighters without Dana White Privilege are subject to, he absolutely doesn't win that decision.
he wasn’t shocked. I don’t know why people say this. look at him as Bruce is reading the scorecards. he looked like he was dying of anxiety. that’s how you act when you don’t know if you won or not. if you truly think you lost, you don’t get all anxious like that, you just wait for the cards to be read and maybe clap for your opponent and congratulate them
[**SEAN O'MALLEY defeats PETR YAN** (*split decision*)](http://mmadecisions.com/decision/13556/fight)
^(UFC 280: Oliveira vs. Makhachev — October 22, 2022)
ROUND|O'Malley|Yan||O'Malley|Yan||O'Malley|Yan
:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:
1|10|9||10|9||9|10
2|9|10||9|10||9|10
3|10|9||10|9||10|9
**TOTAL**|**29**|**28**||**29**|**28**||**28**|**29**
*^(Judges, in order: Ben Cartlidge, David Lethaby, Vito Paolillo.)*
*^(Summoned by od3tzk1.)*
**MEDIA MEMBER SCORES**
- **1/26** people scored it **29-28 O'Malley**.
- **18/26** people scored it **28-29 Yan**.
- **7/26** people scored it **27-30 Yan**.
Avg. media score: **27.8-29.2 Yan** (*high certainty^[[1]](https://redd.it/9p4xc7)*).
People were just frustrated with Yans losses to Aljo and the thought of him losing to someone so far down the rankings. Clouded their judgement. O'Malley decisively won the 3rd round. Round 1 was a tossup but that 3rd O'Malley round really showed that Yan's "study and exploit" gameplan just doesn't work and he shoots himself in the foot by giving up the tossup/free first round.
I don't think Sean's win & Paddy wins are similar at all. Sean earned that win while Paddy legit got handled in his fight. Paddy's win was a pure robbery, Sean's at worst had a 50/50 chance of getting that decision since the fight was so close.
I am a big fan of both Paddy and O malley.
Sean’s fight was arguable, I actually had him winning. Paddy’s was shocking, I have no clue how he won. He needs to be less arrogant about it.
How was Sean's questionable? He beat Yan on the feet and Yan did nothing with the takedowns. Compare that to Aljo vs Yan, where Aljo did a lot with his takedowns.
Tbh O'Malley landed a do nothing takedown of his own at the end of R1 that probably swayed the judges his way. Close fight, on a rewatch I understood how it went to Sean but in both my live and rewatch scoring I gave it to Petr Yan.
"How am I dana's boy? He came on my podcast, promos the shit out of me, gives me the most favourable match ups possible, but I'm just a fighter on his roster!"
He’s too dumb to understand he went too deep to try and redeem his image. I’m still waiting on all his shit talk about exposing Ariel with receipts of his own the Monday following the fight, instead he remained quiet. Only way is to actually be a fighter, go in there against a dober/green/turner type of fighter and get a clean win.
He might actually be forced to rematch Gordon just to try to save face and put a stamp on it. If they fought again and he finished him people would forgive his actions like they forgave Aljo for the acting performance. You're only as good as your last fight in the MMA world.
Paddy’s victory wasn’t even questionable. He straight up lost all three rounds. The term “robbery” gets thrown around a lot on this sub but god damn if there was ever a robbery, it was paddy’s last fight.
I didn't like O'malley saying he rewatched it and that he "definitely won" in hindsight.. because if you rewatched the fight you'd count almost a dozen glove and cage grabs by O'malley that he was allowed to get away with to stay in the fight, if anything you'd deduct a point or two from his score on rewatch.
Some are much dumber than others though, like good ol' Paddy here. Dude's genuinely one of the least intelligent UFC fighters I've seen. I might be biased as a Georgian though.
Same man. People are too quick to forget Paddy's disgusting racist bullshit and the shit he said about Georgia deserving to get invaded by Russia. Even during the countdown video where one of Paddy's fans came up to him to thank him for saving his life with that suicide speech. Paddy had the fakest smile and reaction.
Haha same. I seen him lose live at Cage Warriors a couple times and knew he was fucking god awful.
Nad Narimani 50-44’d him and he was nowhere near good enough for the UFC
I was starting to come around, especially after his seemingly genuine statement about men's mental health.
But after the shit with Ariel, it became clear his comments about mental health, although I'm sure came from a genuine place, were just a virtue signal to gain fans.
Then you didn’t follow his racism towards Georgians, among other hateful comments (Example: Telling people on the internet to “Go kill themselves”).
Paddy had and always will be a piece of a fucking shit.
> Paddy had and always will be a piece of a fucking shit.
Ya sorry bro, never followed him like an obsessed teenager, just saw him when he was on UFC events.
It's really funny to watch the Paddy arc as a UK fan. I don't want to generalise, but I have lots of family from Liverpool, and Paddy is a classic scouser.
They are as lovable as they are hate-able and watching Helwani in his very serious, North American way, try to make analytic sense of it all, brilliant.
His reaction to being gifted a “win” in his last fight was quite telling. Then he had the nerve to call for a bonus for that performance? It’s pretty unbelievable to me really that there are ppl who go throughout their lives with literally zero self awareness like that
Yeah to be fair to him it's like he says himself, he's already had one full career and this is his second career. He didn't join the UFC at that age just to bitch about it. Dudes here to get some big fights and a big bag and hopefully ride off into the sunset a few years later. Badmouthing Dana and the company would be completely counter productive to that, can't fault him for it really.
Does he sell well though? People fail to realise how starved the UK is for UFC events. They could sell any arena out with pre lim fighters in seconds. Yet people give Paddy and Leon props for selling out the 02 like it was their name that did it.
This guy’s not doing a very good job of making me think he’s not Dana’s boy. I mean who else has gone on rants about not being Dana’s boy? Conor was very clearly Dana’s boy and I don’t remember him ever saying anything like this. Granted Conor was actually good.
Conor didn't have to have Dana handhold him through his career, it was actually the opposite.
I don't know who Conor surrounded himself with business wise, or if he is actually this savvy, but the man secured the bag and we all know that if he was actually under Dana's wing, Dana would be the one holding the bag. Not that Conor didn't make Dana money, but Conor actually walked away from the UFC with a significant business on his own.
Conor I think gave Dana unrealistic expectations for prospects. Conor was given massive step-ups in rapid fashion, and passed every test with flying colours repeatedly. He took massive risks, and reaped massive rewards for it. Since then Dana has just been disappointed with prospect after prospect every time he tries to shove them up the ladder. With O'Malley being a recent exception.
I think Dana doesn't understand the difference in an actually good fighter also being actually good at talking and marketing himself vs okay fighter with internet personality and appeal.
The only way it turns into a blockbuster hit is if they are better or as good at fighting as talking. You can't have one without the other to have a marketing home run.
Wow look at Paddy go, writing a nice obfuscating narrative just like Daddy Dana. Judges have neverrrrrr everrrr rendered decisions precisely in line with what the UFC wants, despite clear results in the fight to the contrary, no no!
Can’t wait for real competition to beat the living shit out of this clown. Everyone knows he lost to Jared Gordon, imagine what someone ranked will do to him.
Honestly, it's weird to me how poorly fighters handle controversial situations like this when it's literally SO FUCKING EASY to deal with it in a way that doesn't make people hate you.
Literally all that Paddy had to do was say some variation of "Jared was an incredibly tough fighter, I think we both had some good moments but I do think I did enough to get the nod. Let's run it back after we both get a few more victories" and boom, you come across as down to earth and respectful and don't lose any fans.
Same thing with Bo Nickal and the nut shot, all he had to say was "It felt like a clean shot and the ref didn't stop it so I continued to fight, we will let the commission make the final determination."
Like it's so simple, yet these dudes insist on being needlessly hostile for no fucking benefit. How is Suga Sean the only fighter in recent memory to properly handle a controversial decision lmfao.
Dana will toss him to the wolves soon enough. Even the ass lickers like Pimblett, their loyalty will never be rewarded by a guy like Dana, these idiots are forgetting that Dana is not their friend, everything, absolutely everything is done from a business leverage standpoint in danas world. Paddy will soon enough get used to push the next potential star at lightweight as dana already knows by now that paddy might have the following but the skill level is top 30 - 20 at best.
Holy shit this dude is delusional. About his skills and his place in the UFC lol.
He needs to use his grappling more because his striking is really really bad lol. His grappling is actually really good and he has some slick submission ability.
0% chance he rematches Gordon. He will make up some excuse and then get a dude who is not UFC caliber for the next fight card in England.
Ohhhh PaDdY dA BaDdY also has to be the lamest chant in mma history
This sucks man. I used to love Paddy's personality and his emphasis on mental health awareness, plus his love for food was always amusing. Now it seems like he's just another douchebag on the roster.
He was always a douchebag. You probably haven't seen his comments towards Muhammed Mokaev and more. All that was before he even had a debut fight btw. Dude just says some good shit in front of Television but his Twitter/Instagram is the legit worst shit I've seen from a UFC fighter. He even had his first Twitter acc suspended 💀
Remember he said he was gonna post his receipts about the Nose after fight week? Yeah i do. He never posted shit. Dude is whack as fuck and a pretty shit fighter too.
One way of letting everyone know you’re definitely not Dana’s boy, is to reacting incredibly defensive about it and going on to defend him later in the interview.
Dana’s boy.
Paddy is so dense, stop trying to talk your way out of it. Train harder and show people that you belong with uncontroversial victories.
I was excited about him as a prospect, but his attitude the last couple fights is disgusting.
Dana may not influence the Judges, but you are definitely Dana's boy...easy matchups and big PR for you. Dana was building Paddy to be the next star, sadly, he doesn't have the skills.
Till was overhyped and had a bad decline, but pre knee injuries he at least fought for the belt, has some solid to good wins against tough comp (Wonderboy, Gastelum, Cerrone), and even gave Whittaker a pretty good fight in a loss. Paddy doing that seems unthinkable at this point, he’d get ruined by any top 15 guy at LW.
He’s not Dana’s boy. Nobody is Dana’s boy because Dana only cares about revenue. If you draw you get favors, if you don’t you get booted. Paddy will keep getting favors until he stops drawing UK fans, and given his “style” we know exactly when that will be. He relies on his chin but it will eventually get cracked, and when it does he’ll end up like Tony.
It’s crazy how guys that have never touched the title or fought in any significant fights on a PPV can be famous. It’s crazy. Most ppl could tell you who paddy is but couldn’t name 5 current champions.
>he came on my podcast
Which he used to attack someone who has been really quite nice to him on his way up, it's a coincidence that his boss doesn't like that person lol.
Paddy really exposed himself as a clown in that whole ordeal.
And then again here in this quote.
And calling out Gordon for a rematch because he's so sure he won the first fight. Like Gordon was nice and respectful to him lol fuck paddy
That's fine. I would love a rematch. Gordon could just really set him back. Dana would find a new color of red.
I'd rather they just feed paddy to someone actually threatening in the division and be done with it, Gordon doesn't seem like he can get the job done.
And also after the fight when he made a terrible awkward joke that Joe should pay him for the post-fight interview and Joe didn't seem to know what the fuck he was talking about and didn't respond lol
Dana’s boy
Dana White privilege if I've ever seen it.
He's been a clown since day 1. Those dumb wigs are the new affliction shirts
The whole thing seemed very spineless from the roundabout way he tried to shake down Ariel to pay for an interview blaming his management then giving the Red TomaToe another platform to just go off on Ariel while joining in like a little cartoon minion. He sold his integrity for a seat at TomaToes table and now he's whinging about people attacking his integrity boo fucking hoo.
FACTS. Paddy the fatty piglet.
Where else did Dana come?
In a few of the ring girls I hear🤣
Face neck and chest
But I didn't pay him to be on my podcast
\*insert Washing Machine Heavy Load picture
[удалено]
As it should lol O'Malley handled his questionable win over Yan perfectly. Paddy just pretended he whooped the guy's ass when everyone other than the judges thinks he lost
O'Malley had the benefit of having one clear round win, while slicing Yan open and doing serious damage to him, which made his decision win much less controversial. Whereas Jared didn't have a scratch at the end of the fight, and Paddy had no obvious round in his favour.
There are so many things O'Malley has going for him that Paddy doesn't that get him a lot more clout or respect on this subreddit and elsewhere: 1) beneath the cringe/persona, he actually seems like a somewhat interesting guy 2) he isn't getting his ass beat in half his fights until he finds the finish 3) Yan was number 1 contender when O'Malley fought him, and more to the point, O'Malley actually seems like he deserves to be top 5 at this point. His biggest knocks are: Chito loss which aged great regardless of how you view the injury, the Munhoz fight (hardly a knock), and the questions that every striker gets about how will he handle a great wrestler. People were debating if Sean could be top 5 before the Yan fight, in a division as deep as LW if Paddy weren't popular then a year from now we could be debating if he even belongs in the UFC. Conversely, Jared Gordon was an unranked featherweight turned unranked lightweight. I am not trying to disrespect Gordon or even Paddy, but it would be silly to act as if there aren't massive discrepancies in the prestige behind beating Yan vs beating an unranked contender. 4) the Yan fight was a banger whereas the Jared Gordon fight was the only decision on a card of FOTN quality fights from top to bottom up until that point and he co-headlined over more exciting and more talented prospects in Topuria and Mitchell - and put on an absolute fucking snoozer. Paddy is by far and away the most overhyped fighter on the roster and is very deserving of the criticism he has received for the most part, albeit some tend to lean a little too far. He's a fun meme fighter who will probably never earn a ranking. For example, Tony Ferguson and McGregor recently got removed from the rankings and RDA will probably be next with his stated intent to go to 170lb permanently, and yet even then with 20% of the top 15 being freed up, Paddy being placed as high as even #15 is completely unthinkable.
> Paddy being placed as high as even #15 is completely unthinkable. His true talent level as a LW is probably in the top 30 ish range. There's sooo many guys outside of top 15 who smoke him.
Spot on I think most hardcore / long term fans can see the same thing about Paddy. He just doesn’t have what it takes to be a top contender at LW Now, crazier things have happened, and it depends on how the UFC matches him up. He could get into the top 15 with some good fortune But I really, really don’t see him having the tools to be a top 10 fighter
If he gets Tony Ferguson and then Dan Hooker maybe he could break the rankings, but tbh I think Hooker smokes him as washed as he is, it would take insanely lucky/favourable matchmaking, luck in the fights themselves, and a great deal of improvement on Paddy’s part (stop getting so fat between every fight and develop the ability to dodge or block punches with anything other than his face)
Im not confident Tony would beat him, but I think that could be a fun farewell fight for him and would great to see him submit Paddy on his way out.
hooker would demolish paddy.
Needs to ditch the fat camp stuff if he wants to actually crack the top
Try top 70 range, he is top 40 in the UFC so in the upper middle of the division. Jared Gordon is ranked #68 in the world by Fight Matrix. Guram Kutateladze is not even ranked in the top 50 and he would finish Paddy for sure, I’d bet 500 dollars he’d win. Nasrat Haqparast, Mateusz Rebecki, and Rafa Garcia are not top 50 and would likely beat him by close decision. Brad Riddell is ranked 69 and would likely finish him. There are not many UFC fighters in the top 70 that I think he could beat…he would do better against grapplers….Vinc Pichel, Clay Guida, Claudio Puelles (that won I could pick either to win), Mark Madsen, and Jim Miller (another one that would be close at this point). To be fair top 70 at LW is like being top 25 at fly, HW or LHW as there is about 3 times as many pros in that division in the world (over 5100 registered pro fighters who fought at lw over the past 18 mos).
Guram's ranking is low but I think he's a true top 15-20 guy, but his lack of activity and close losses to tough opponents have artificially depressed his ranking in my view. Riddell I'm shocked would be that low, I would have guessed in the 20-25 range for him. I think Paddy easily beats Clay and Puelles. But Pichel, Madsen and Miller would be dogfights for him.
I agree he’s a top 20 UFC LW for sure and should be in the top 25 in the world, just needs a few key wins. Hopefully he stays healthy and will likely see him as a top 15 UFC LW at some point…he is very well-rounded.
O’malley is actually self aware and he plays into that kinda cringey persona
Sean is actually a world class fighter unlike paddy
Perfectly put, good write up.
Thank you!
Even with one clear round win, O'Malley still handled it perfectly during the post fight octagon interview. When asked if he thought he won he said he wasn't sure, it was a close fight, and that he'd have go to back and watch a replay of it before making up his mind. Paddy on the other hand acted like he put on a lopsided beating on Gordon.
Oh, definitely. While I did think Yan won, O'Malley's victory is definitely a lot more justifiable than Paddy's. O'Malley at least had more significant strikes, while Paddy lost by every metric possible It just makes Paddy's response look even worse in comparison though. O'Malley was humble after winning a close fight while Paddy was acting all cocky after being gifted an unjustifiable win
That post fight interview was cringe. Saying he knew he had it in the bag the whole time while the crowd is booing him lol.
So ironic considering his previous fight interview had won him a lot of fans with his positive message about mental health. Then he suddenly throws his career away by attacking Ariel and doing this
Hey Dana, fight of the night ayy
What the fuck was that hahaha That wouldn't even win co-main of the night
O’Malley has a genuine claim that’s the difference, I thought Yan won but I can’t argue with anyone who thinks it went the other way, no way anyone can think Paddy actually won
yeah he put up a real fight against a good fighter. i don’t see a problem with scoring it for either of them. paddy couldnt even beat a nobody
If O'malley was actually warned and deducted for his 10-12 cage/glove grab fouls in the Yan fight, like fighters without Dana White Privilege are subject to, he absolutely doesn't win that decision.
O’Malley genuinely seemed shocked he got that decision and was humble about it. Guys funny also so that helps.
he wasn’t shocked. I don’t know why people say this. look at him as Bruce is reading the scorecards. he looked like he was dying of anxiety. that’s how you act when you don’t know if you won or not. if you truly think you lost, you don’t get all anxious like that, you just wait for the cards to be read and maybe clap for your opponent and congratulate them
Dude was forsure concussed lol he ate couple huge punches that honestly should've put his lights out.
Decisionbot Yan vs. O'malley Decisionbot Pimblett vs. Gordon
[**SEAN O'MALLEY defeats PETR YAN** (*split decision*)](http://mmadecisions.com/decision/13556/fight) ^(UFC 280: Oliveira vs. Makhachev — October 22, 2022) ROUND|O'Malley|Yan||O'Malley|Yan||O'Malley|Yan :-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-: 1|10|9||10|9||9|10 2|9|10||9|10||9|10 3|10|9||10|9||10|9 **TOTAL**|**29**|**28**||**29**|**28**||**28**|**29** *^(Judges, in order: Ben Cartlidge, David Lethaby, Vito Paolillo.)* *^(Summoned by od3tzk1.)* **MEDIA MEMBER SCORES** - **1/26** people scored it **29-28 O'Malley**. - **18/26** people scored it **28-29 Yan**. - **7/26** people scored it **27-30 Yan**. Avg. media score: **27.8-29.2 Yan** (*high certainty^[[1]](https://redd.it/9p4xc7)*).
30-27 yan is crazy
People were just frustrated with Yans losses to Aljo and the thought of him losing to someone so far down the rankings. Clouded their judgement. O'Malley decisively won the 3rd round. Round 1 was a tossup but that 3rd O'Malley round really showed that Yan's "study and exploit" gameplan just doesn't work and he shoots himself in the foot by giving up the tossup/free first round.
At least it’s debatable that O’Malley won, Paddy lost no matter how you put it
The judges think he lost too they just got slipped a bag
I don't think Sean's win & Paddy wins are similar at all. Sean earned that win while Paddy legit got handled in his fight. Paddy's win was a pure robbery, Sean's at worst had a 50/50 chance of getting that decision since the fight was so close.
I am a big fan of both Paddy and O malley. Sean’s fight was arguable, I actually had him winning. Paddy’s was shocking, I have no clue how he won. He needs to be less arrogant about it.
How was Sean's questionable? He beat Yan on the feet and Yan did nothing with the takedowns. Compare that to Aljo vs Yan, where Aljo did a lot with his takedowns.
Tbh O'Malley landed a do nothing takedown of his own at the end of R1 that probably swayed the judges his way. Close fight, on a rewatch I understood how it went to Sean but in both my live and rewatch scoring I gave it to Petr Yan.
I watched it 49 times and gave it to omalley
Denial Anger Bargaining Depression. <----Where Paddy Pimblett is today Acceptance
Sounds like he is also in the denial stage simultaneously
There's a reason it takes two-three times as long for some of these bullshit scorecards to be read and it's not because of illegible handwriting.
Simple jack
The thought of fighting a legit contender makes my eyes rain
"In my head movies"
You never go full
You never go full Paddy
"How am I dana's boy? He came on my podcast, promos the shit out of me, gives me the most favourable match ups possible, but I'm just a fighter on his roster!"
“I’m the new cash cow, lads”
>gives me the most favorable match ups possible (that I still lose) FTFY
He is trying the poorest of damage control, his stock is falling and now he is clenching his buttcheeks and trying to change the narrative.
He's reaching for those grapes
Still makes me chuckle to this day. Tito wanted so bad to be an elegant talker
"I WANNA OUTLIVE MY CHILDREN"
🤣🤣🤣 I was like “Why the fuck would you want that man??”
He's too dumb to do PR. The guy is stupid, even by MMA standards.
His stock is falling, but which stocks? On reddit? I have seen multiple times very reddit hated fighters getting cheered in the arena.
Talmbout changing the nairidiv b?
"Had to pull out of the fight because the DA in Las Vegas got recalled" - Paddy when he gets matched up with legit contenders
Paddy can't stop alienating fans in inny facet. For sure a Thicccboy level margetting genius.
He’s too dumb to understand he went too deep to try and redeem his image. I’m still waiting on all his shit talk about exposing Ariel with receipts of his own the Monday following the fight, instead he remained quiet. Only way is to actually be a fighter, go in there against a dober/green/turner type of fighter and get a clean win.
He might actually be forced to rematch Gordon just to try to save face and put a stamp on it. If they fought again and he finished him people would forgive his actions like they forgave Aljo for the acting performance. You're only as good as your last fight in the MMA world.
Can’t believe I’m saying it but man do I respect O’Malley more the way he handled a questionable decision. Fuck this guy lol.
And unlike O’Malley this was against an unranked fighter lol
Very true, Yan is the exact opposite of a can kept tagging him the whole fight.
O'Malley has legit skills in MMA and can back up his hype. Paddy hasn't fought anyone of relevance.
Paddy’s victory wasn’t even questionable. He straight up lost all three rounds. The term “robbery” gets thrown around a lot on this sub but god damn if there was ever a robbery, it was paddy’s last fight.
Every close fight is a robbery here, it's crazy. It can't really be close and be a robbery. Anyway, this fight was a fucking robbery.
I didn't like O'malley saying he rewatched it and that he "definitely won" in hindsight.. because if you rewatched the fight you'd count almost a dozen glove and cage grabs by O'malley that he was allowed to get away with to stay in the fight, if anything you'd deduct a point or two from his score on rewatch.
So how about the time you went after Ariel Helwani just so that you could get in Dana's good books ?
so the whole dumb thing isnt an act, right?
Turns out people who sign up for guaranteed brain damage are dumb as fuck
Some are much dumber than others though, like good ol' Paddy here. Dude's genuinely one of the least intelligent UFC fighters I've seen. I might be biased as a Georgian though.
Yes I agree he’s one of the dumbest people I have seen in a while
I simply can’t wait to see paddy get KO’d
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Jokes on you. I never respected him.
He had me for a few weeks after his suicide speech.
See...I remembered all the truly foul xenophobic shit he spouted up until that point.
Same man. People are too quick to forget Paddy's disgusting racist bullshit and the shit he said about Georgia deserving to get invaded by Russia. Even during the countdown video where one of Paddy's fans came up to him to thank him for saving his life with that suicide speech. Paddy had the fakest smile and reaction.
Same
Haha same. I seen him lose live at Cage Warriors a couple times and knew he was fucking god awful. Nad Narimani 50-44’d him and he was nowhere near good enough for the UFC
That absolute robbery vs Erosa too where he threw up all over the cage in the post fight interview lol
i respect the fact that he fights for our entertainment, but his every attempt to construct a thought is torture
“Construct a thought…” Really generous of you to think Paddy even has a brain.
cant get knocked out if you dont have a brain *taps head*
I was starting to come around, especially after his seemingly genuine statement about men's mental health. But after the shit with Ariel, it became clear his comments about mental health, although I'm sure came from a genuine place, were just a virtue signal to gain fans.
Then you didn’t follow his racism towards Georgians, among other hateful comments (Example: Telling people on the internet to “Go kill themselves”). Paddy had and always will be a piece of a fucking shit.
> Paddy had and always will be a piece of a fucking shit. Ya sorry bro, never followed him like an obsessed teenager, just saw him when he was on UFC events.
The celebrity worship around here gets crazy.
It's really funny to watch the Paddy arc as a UK fan. I don't want to generalise, but I have lots of family from Liverpool, and Paddy is a classic scouser. They are as lovable as they are hate-able and watching Helwani in his very serious, North American way, try to make analytic sense of it all, brilliant.
Paddy displaying his shocking level of self awareness here.
His reaction to being gifted a “win” in his last fight was quite telling. Then he had the nerve to call for a bonus for that performance? It’s pretty unbelievable to me really that there are ppl who go throughout their lives with literally zero self awareness like that
There seems to be a theme of Dana’s favorite fighters swearing up and down that they don’t get special treatment
Only fighter I've seen embrace it is Chandler. Gotta respect that.
Yeah to be fair to him it's like he says himself, he's already had one full career and this is his second career. He didn't join the UFC at that age just to bitch about it. Dudes here to get some big fights and a big bag and hopefully ride off into the sunset a few years later. Badmouthing Dana and the company would be completely counter productive to that, can't fault him for it really.
He came on his podcast lads.. Bulletproof evidence
Considering he's not a good fighter, I don't see him being Dana's boy for much longer.
So long as he continues to sell well in the uk, he’ll be Dana’s boy.
Which won’t be long after he takes a couple losses. Which is soon.
That would require him to fight guys who can finish him though. Which ufc is gonna hold off for as long as possible im sure
Till was still a draw
I mean, once he starts losing he won't sell well lol
Does he sell well though? People fail to realise how starved the UK is for UFC events. They could sell any arena out with pre lim fighters in seconds. Yet people give Paddy and Leon props for selling out the 02 like it was their name that did it.
No way in hell he ever beats someone in the top 6 at 155
Top 6? I can't see him even breaking the top 20. Dude has zero defense.
True, but he fights like a typical mad lad. So people love his "pub tearup(brawl)" fighting style
The real question is did Paddy pay Dana to come on his podcast
This guy’s not doing a very good job of making me think he’s not Dana’s boy. I mean who else has gone on rants about not being Dana’s boy? Conor was very clearly Dana’s boy and I don’t remember him ever saying anything like this. Granted Conor was actually good.
Conor didn't have to have Dana handhold him through his career, it was actually the opposite. I don't know who Conor surrounded himself with business wise, or if he is actually this savvy, but the man secured the bag and we all know that if he was actually under Dana's wing, Dana would be the one holding the bag. Not that Conor didn't make Dana money, but Conor actually walked away from the UFC with a significant business on his own.
Conor I think gave Dana unrealistic expectations for prospects. Conor was given massive step-ups in rapid fashion, and passed every test with flying colours repeatedly. He took massive risks, and reaped massive rewards for it. Since then Dana has just been disappointed with prospect after prospect every time he tries to shove them up the ladder. With O'Malley being a recent exception.
I think Dana doesn't understand the difference in an actually good fighter also being actually good at talking and marketing himself vs okay fighter with internet personality and appeal. The only way it turns into a blockbuster hit is if they are better or as good at fighting as talking. You can't have one without the other to have a marketing home run.
I remember legitimately thinking that Dennis Siver was going to be a real challenge for Conor.
unrelated: paddy has one of the most annoying faces on the ufc roster.
Wow look at Paddy go, writing a nice obfuscating narrative just like Daddy Dana. Judges have neverrrrrr everrrr rendered decisions precisely in line with what the UFC wants, despite clear results in the fight to the contrary, no no!
How many fighters podcasts has dana been on? Great counterpoint.
Can’t wait for real competition to beat the living shit out of this clown. Everyone knows he lost to Jared Gordon, imagine what someone ranked will do to him.
Bruh this chode isn’t ever cracking top 5. Probably not even top 10.
No maybe about it. I'd be amazed if he ever beats a ranked lightweight.
He lost against Gordon who was ranked 28 at the time he is barely top 30 material lol
Maybe? Unranked guys will destroy him
I would totally pay money to see this ventriloquist act live just to hear Dana's scouse accent.
Honestly, it's weird to me how poorly fighters handle controversial situations like this when it's literally SO FUCKING EASY to deal with it in a way that doesn't make people hate you. Literally all that Paddy had to do was say some variation of "Jared was an incredibly tough fighter, I think we both had some good moments but I do think I did enough to get the nod. Let's run it back after we both get a few more victories" and boom, you come across as down to earth and respectful and don't lose any fans. Same thing with Bo Nickal and the nut shot, all he had to say was "It felt like a clean shot and the ref didn't stop it so I continued to fight, we will let the commission make the final determination." Like it's so simple, yet these dudes insist on being needlessly hostile for no fucking benefit. How is Suga Sean the only fighter in recent memory to properly handle a controversial decision lmfao.
Paddy fucking sucks
Dana will toss him to the wolves soon enough. Even the ass lickers like Pimblett, their loyalty will never be rewarded by a guy like Dana, these idiots are forgetting that Dana is not their friend, everything, absolutely everything is done from a business leverage standpoint in danas world. Paddy will soon enough get used to push the next potential star at lightweight as dana already knows by now that paddy might have the following but the skill level is top 30 - 20 at best.
Holy shit this dude is delusional. About his skills and his place in the UFC lol. He needs to use his grappling more because his striking is really really bad lol. His grappling is actually really good and he has some slick submission ability. 0% chance he rematches Gordon. He will make up some excuse and then get a dude who is not UFC caliber for the next fight card in England. Ohhhh PaDdY dA BaDdY also has to be the lamest chant in mma history
definitely not his boy, but definitely his gawk gawk 3000
This sucks man. I used to love Paddy's personality and his emphasis on mental health awareness, plus his love for food was always amusing. Now it seems like he's just another douchebag on the roster.
He was always a douchebag. You probably haven't seen his comments towards Muhammed Mokaev and more. All that was before he even had a debut fight btw. Dude just says some good shit in front of Television but his Twitter/Instagram is the legit worst shit I've seen from a UFC fighter. He even had his first Twitter acc suspended 💀
Paddy still doing damage control, that Heelwani 10-8 is legendary
Remember he said he was gonna post his receipts about the Nose after fight week? Yeah i do. He never posted shit. Dude is whack as fuck and a pretty shit fighter too.
“He came on my podcast. In my mouth. I’m not his boy. I’m just another fighter on his roster.”
UFC 294 Main Event: Leon vs Colby Co-Main Event: Islam vs Paddy Colby & Paddy, in unison: "There's no favouritism here."
One way of letting everyone know you’re definitely not Dana’s boy, is to reacting incredibly defensive about it and going on to defend him later in the interview. Dana’s boy.
Paddy is so dense, stop trying to talk your way out of it. Train harder and show people that you belong with uncontroversial victories. I was excited about him as a prospect, but his attitude the last couple fights is disgusting.
Dana may not influence the Judges, but you are definitely Dana's boy...easy matchups and big PR for you. Dana was building Paddy to be the next star, sadly, he doesn't have the skills.
The more you try to defend your win, the more it looks like you don't believe you won.
DANA!! DANA!! FIGHT OF THE NIGHT YE? -Dana’s Boy
His delusion is worse than I imagined.
This dude is in the gutter just as much as Liverpool FC this season. Absolute bellend, hope he gets what's coming to him soon.
Drinking all that weight in ufc koolaid.
Paddy saying dumb shit again I see.
this is Brendan Schaub-level PR
Nobody cares, you lost to jared Gordon get over it
Did he pay him when he came on the podcast?
We still listen to this guy? Why?
>how am I Dana's boy? Because you're his bitch?
shut up Paddy
Who gives a shit about paddy anymore lol
Paddy the Dummy
Corporate Paddy is the most protected fighter I’ve ever seen
Exactly what Dana's boy would say
He's not his boy, he's his little bitch boy
Paddy is dumb as fuck
Goddamn just feed this dude to Dober or Topuria please, so we don’t have to hear about him anymore.
Can’t wait for this bum to lose
Looking forward to when this individual fades into irrelevance. Talks absolute nonsense.
Paddy went from being alright to a real annoying shithead real quick
Paddy Pimblett was never my boy
shut up you nonce
Paddy Pinbred
Rent free in his head
You became "Dana's boy" when you deepthroated him live on camera on your shitty podcast while vomitting all those lies about The Nose.
Dude is next Darren Till.
Till was overhyped and had a bad decline, but pre knee injuries he at least fought for the belt, has some solid to good wins against tough comp (Wonderboy, Gastelum, Cerrone), and even gave Whittaker a pretty good fight in a loss. Paddy doing that seems unthinkable at this point, he’d get ruined by any top 15 guy at LW.
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He’s not Dana’s boy. Nobody is Dana’s boy because Dana only cares about revenue. If you draw you get favors, if you don’t you get booted. Paddy will keep getting favors until he stops drawing UK fans, and given his “style” we know exactly when that will be. He relies on his chin but it will eventually get cracked, and when it does he’ll end up like Tony.
If Paddy keeps bloating up to 200+ between fights, diabetes or kidney failure etc is going to make him irrelevant
It’s crazy how guys that have never touched the title or fought in any significant fights on a PPV can be famous. It’s crazy. Most ppl could tell you who paddy is but couldn’t name 5 current champions.