Could a fight between Ryan Garcia and UFC’s Sean O’Malley ever occur?

Ryan Garcia has once more called out UFC’s bantamweight champion Sean O’Malley. Boxing’s babyfaced superstar engaged in a back-and-forth on X (formerly Twitter) with the UFC bantamweight champion prompting many to wonder if Oscar De La Hoya’s Golden Boy Promotions would give you the chance to co-promote a fight with the UFC between the 2 sluggers. O’Malley has issued his own boxing callout last yr, only it was to Gervonta Davis. Garcia actually replied back then, suggesting a fight of his own with O’Malley.

Now, with a title fight already made official with super lightweight champion Devin Haney, Garcia is seeking to “Sugar” Sean again. How serious he’s stays to be seen, but this latest conversation began with Ryan posting the next:

“I’d fight Sean O’Malley within the UFC that’s it but Dana you’d need to cut me that real check.”

O’Malley quickly replied back.

“Brother I KILL YOU inside minutes” and from there, the would-be UFC star kept the ball rolling with another round of chest thumping.

“say less for real set it up rainbow head” and followed up with one last post, “Alright rainbow head, There is simply one technique to discover… Dana let’s do that”

Garcia would then guest on The MMA Hour where he doubled down on his callout, vowing to “destroy” O’Malley. Is there even a snowball’s likelihood in the new place that a co-promotion could occur to make this contest a reality? John Nash weighs in on the callout, in addition to Garcia’s claim that by yr’s end, he can have made within the neighborhood of $100M.

What else did you speak about besides Ryan Garcia?

The episode had a wide range of topics along with the above online squabble. We also checked out one other potential cross-promoted pairing between Francis Ngannou and Jon Jones for the reason that PFL and their Saudi backers had each UFC heavyweight champions on the PFL vs. Bellator event in Riyadh this past weekend. There’s also an antitrust update in there, too. Let’s take a look at our outline:

1. PFL vs Bellator event

• What, if anything, does Bellator winning 5-1 say concerning the two entities and PFL’s acquisition of Bellator?
• Do we expect it was successful for PFL? With PPV sales or with the Saudis?
• Do we expect PFL is pleased that Renan Ferreira beat Ryan Bader? Do we expect FRancis Ngannou was pleased with it and do we expect they really fight?
• Does Ngannou need to fight within the PFL?

2. Who do we expect invited Jones to the PFL?

• What do we expect concerning the questions they asked him, specifically about fighting Ngannou?
• Is there any likelihood we are able to see Ngannou vs Jones?

3. What do we expect is happening with Conor McGregor and the UFC? 

• McGregor says he desires to fight, while Dana says he’s not interested (because he’s wealthy) and Michael Chandler says it’s definitely happening. 
• Could he use the Ali Act to get out of his contract?

4. Zuffa’s list of witnesses

• Who’s testifying on behalf of the UFC? Any surprises?
• Are they being subpoenaed or volunteering to testify for the UFC?
• Could it backfire having a few of these people testify?

5. Ryan Garcia’s callout of Sean O’Malley

• Could this fight realistically be co-promoted
• Are Ryan Garcia’s claims of constructing $100M by yr’s end legitimate?

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Stephie Haynes

Stephie Haynes has been covering MMA since 2005. She has also worked for MMA promotion Proelite and apparel brand TapouT. She hosted TapouT’s official radio show for 4 years before joining Bloody Elbow in 2012. She has interviewed everyone there’s to interview within the fight game from from Dana White to Conor McGregor to Kimbo Slice, in addition to mainstream TV, film and music stars including Norman Reedus, RZA and Anthony Bourdain. She has been producing the BE podcast network since 2017 and hosts 4 of its current shows.

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