Ryan Garcia says he’d ‘destroy Sean O’Malley within the UFC’; O’Malley fires again ‘I’d kill you’

UFC bantamweight champion Sean O’Malley is baffled by boxing star Ryan Garcia saying he’d beat him in an MMA combat.

Garcia issued O’Malley (17-1 MMA, 9-1 UFC) a problem – however in MMA.

Garcia (24-1, 20 KOs), who meets Devin Haney (31-0, 15 KOs) on April 20 in Las Vegas, is adamant he’d beat O’Malley within the octagon.

“I’ll beat his ass in MMA, assured,” Garcia stated on “The MMA Hour.” “You don’t perceive, I’m a pure wrestler. I simply beat my safety who’s a wrestler. I beat him. I’m robust, and I bought loopy conditioning. I do know I’m going to knock him out in boxing. That’s not even truthful. What’s truthful is to check myself in MMA as a result of I do know if I put my thoughts to it and prepare each day and I had Nate (Diaz) serving to me, even Alex Pereira, all of them and I actually locked in, he won’t beat me.

“I’ll include every little thing I’ve, and I’ll destroy Sean O’Malley within the UFC. I’ve already despatched textual content messages to Dana (White). I’ve already bought folks which can be related to Dana to ask him. Let’s do that. I’ll come to the UFC. Pay me a bag and I’m there. I’m all the way down to do it.”

O’Malley dismissed Garcia’s daring claims, saying he’d stand no likelihood.

“Brother, I’d kill you inside minutes,” O’Malley stated on his “TimboSugarShow.” “It’s simply not even reasonable. … It’s loopy how silly and delusional that’s. I ponder if folks suppose that after I name out boxer,  although. Is it the identical form of factor? It’s a little bit loopy after I name out boxers. A little bit bit, not a ton. Not 100% loopy, however just a little bit. However when boxers say they wish to combat in MMA, it’s 100% loopy.

“I don’t even have to f*cking take him down. I imply I might take him down and choke him, however I’d kick him within the f*cking physique. I’d kick his little sticks, I’d do regardless of the f*ck I needed to him. I might field him with MMA gloves. It’s a distinct sport simply with these little MMA gloves. The gap is totally different. I might beat him and Devin Haney in the identical evening, again to again in a combat. Pure delusion.”

O’Malley makes his first title protection in a rematch in opposition to Marlon Vera within the UFC 299 primary occasion March 9 at Kaseya Heart in Miami.

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