UFC fighter Casey O’Neill challenges Twitter troll to fight
Twitter is a cesspool of insecurity. That is no sensible revelation. Twitter has lengthy been thought of the trolliest of all social media platforms, selling brief, nameless posts from anybody with web service. It’s prime actual property for somebody to spew vile filth with no repercussions. That’s what Twitter consumer Cal Davies thought would occur when he tweeted at skilled UFC combined martial artist Casey O’Neill, calling her a “low-level fighter.” She’s not. O’Neill has a 9-0 report in her profession. O’Neill broke the skilled fighters’ code although, indulging within the troll’s feedback, and challenged him to a combat.
The troll, cowardly in nature as most are, surprisingly didn’t again down on the first signal of confrontation. He didn’t actively settle for the request, however tried to deflect the problem, saying “Properly, I don’t know the place you practice so I couldn’t probably do this.”
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O’Neill obliged with the identify of her gymnasium. She additionally supplied a time and date for when a combat might occur. Davies as soon as once more tried to deflect, asking for permission from the gymnasium proprietor.
O’Neill knew this was coming and nearly instantly despatched Davies a duplicate of the gymnasium’s waiver. So long as he signed that, he could be within the clear for any damages that he was so positive wouldn’t occur to him simply half an hour earlier.
Now, there was no excuse. O’Neill had set every little thing up particularly for Davies to return and combat her. There was no approach he might again down after making such misogynistic claims, proper? He even mentioned he was planning on displaying up Tuesday and “proving [his] level.”
Properly, it’s Tuesday, and never solely did Davies not present up, however he additionally tried to erase any proof that he ever made these claims!
O’Neill wins! And what higher approach than by humiliating forfeit!
Now, you may be pondering, “What was the purpose of this? Isn’t it a lose-lose for each events?” I might see the way you may assume that. Nevertheless, I wholeheartedly disagree. There have been stakes for each O’Neill and Davies on this combat. The stakes have been a lot bigger for Davies although. Certain, O’Neill is an expert, however she didn’t instigate the combat. Davies did. He wished to show that she was a low-level fighter, and if he received, positive, O’Neill’s repute would’ve taken successful, however not a lot else. If Davies misplaced although, holy smokes, his total worldview would’ve come crashing down!
“How is it doable {that a} lady might be me, a person, in a combat?” he in all probability would’ve thought to himself. “Is it doable that somebody with years of expertise preventing might really harm somebody with out such experience?” He would’ve had a midlife disaster whereas mendacity unconscious on the ground after one swift kick to the temple from O’Neill. Nevertheless, that defeat would’ve paled compared to the myriad of messages mocking him for not solely dropping to a girl, but additionally speaking huge shit after which getting smacked more durable than a chicken within the path of a Randy Johnson fastball.
Davies determined that it finally wasn’t price it. He’d relatively stop the combat, proceed dwelling inside his small, delusional bubble the place each 12-year-old boy might kick the shit out of Ronda Rousey, and faux this entire factor by no means occurred. What a bitch!
