User blog:RoninTheMasterless/It's About How Hard You Can Fall, And Still Get Back Up

The Southpaw
Meet Omar "The Croatian Sensation" Horvat. I made Horvat on EA Sports MMA when it came out out of boredom of playing as myself. I wanted to make a character that actually had a name the announcer would say, and thus Omar "The Croatian Sensation" Horvat. I chose Horvat because I thought it sounded cool, and upon learning it is the most popular surname in Croatia, and it literally means "Croat," Omar became Croatian, but he was from Zagreb, as that was the only city they listed. Omar was chosen because of a fighter named Omar on a TV show I watched, which I believe was House, but I'm no longer sure. Omar's personality will be based loosely off the movie Southpaw, which looks amazing. It will be based off the movie in the sense that Omar has an uphill battle as a fighter; moving from his home to become a legendary mixed martial artist, as well as trying to maintain is honor as a martial artist in a world where many MMA fighers lack the discipline and passion of a true martial artist. He also is a southpaw, as he is left-handed (he learns ambidexterity through his journey, but always prefers his left).