CASEY O’NEILL’S CELEBRATION 😅
#UFC305 pic.twitter.com/1OXarBr2VT— ESPN MMA (@espnmma)
August 18, 2024
Casey
O’Neill celebrated her UFC 305
win with a mimicry of viral Australian breakdancer Rachael Gunn’s
Olympic performance.
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O’Neill bounced back from a two-fight slump with an emphatic
unanimous decision victory over Luana
Santos at the RAC Arena on Saturday night in Perth, Australia.
“King” celebrated her victory with a mockery of Gunn’s Olympic
breakdance performance, which has recently been in headlines.
Speaking of her celebration, O’Neill considers her performance
better than the Australian academic-breakdancer known as “Raygun,”
who has been dealing with serious online hate for her bizarre show
at the Paris 2024 Olympics. O’Neill even joked about taking a
hiatus from MMA for a detour into breakdance to represent Australia
in the 2028 Olympics.
“I give that a 10. I think I did better than she did in the
Olympics,” O’Neill said in a post-fight media scrum. “I think if they do
bring it back for 2020, I might need to take a MMA hiatus and go
get a gold medal.”
A lecturer in the Department of Media, Communications, Creative
Arts, Language and Literature at Macquarie University, Gunn made
her Olympic debut in breakdancing, which also made its debut at
Paris 2024. Gunn was widely slammed online for moves like the
“snake” and “kangaroo” after losing all three of her round-robin
battles with a combined score of 54-0. The 36-year-old defended her
performance claiming she had to be creative, as she couldn’t
athletically compete with her younger opponents. The Australian
Olympic Committee (AOC) has since come to Gunn’s defense and
criticized the severe online backlash she has been facing.