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Sean O’Malley has been crowned the new UFC Bantamweight Champion. He won the title fight against Aljamain Sterling at the UFC 292 main event. One of the most anticipated MMA fights has come to an end, and O’Malley has also proved yet again, that he’s potentially the new PPV king of the sport. Besides this, in his old interview with GQ Sports, O’Malley has expressed interest in stepping inside the ring for a boxing match. He stated that he wants to emulate Conor McGregor, and also named his potential opponents for the fight.

O’Malley stated that he would want to go against Gervonta Davis or Ryan Garcia. The two boxers managed to generate good PPV numbers this year, so it’s clear that ‘Suga’ wants to go against a prizefighter. Well, as it turns out, Garcia seems to have stumbled on this interview, and interestingly, he sent out a warning to the UFC fighter about the sport of boxing.

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Ryan Garcia gives a harsh reality check to Sean O’Malley

After watching the interview, Garcia went on the X app, where he first appreciated ‘Suga’ Sean for his fighting skills. But then he stated that he should stop talking about entering into boxing and proving his might. Garcia  wrote, “You’ll just get knocked out.” Well, in his interview, O’Malley claimed that MMA is more brutal than boxing, but apparently, Garcia doesn’t believe so.

After Garcia’s post, O’Malley responded back, taking a jab at his previous loss against Gervonta Davis. He wrote, “Like you did or different?” Well, this was a reference to Garcia getting dropped in the seventh round in the first loss of his career.

Well, ‘KingRy’ made another post on X, where he simply stated how both sports are actually different. But if O’Malley still wants try his luck out inside the ring, he wrote, “I’ll gladly do a tune-up for my return fight.

Many fans called out Garcia for a switch-up, as just a few minutes before, the Victorville born orthodox was praising the UFC fighter for his skills. But he then started thrashing him in the next post. Well, Garcia has responded to these accusations as well.

Garcia reacts to the claims of him switching up

After Sean O’Malley delivered a second-round TKO win against Aljamain Sterling, Garcia instantly commended him for his victory. He wrote, “SUGA SEAN TOO LIT.” But then he started the whole beef out of nowhere, so one fan asked him about this strange instant switch-up in his feelings towards the fighter.

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To this, Garcia explained that he only called him out because of his past statements about boxers. He pointed out how in various podcasts, Sean O’Malley has claimed he would knock out fighters in their own game. Well, this rubbed Garcia in the wrong way and he stated, “I like how he fights but he’s tripping.

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