Sean O’Malley isn’t crossing over into boxing. But.
The reigning UFC bantamweight champion not too long ago drew curiosity from boxing star Ryan Garcia, who stated he would “destroy” O’Malley in an MMA rules contest throughout an look on The MMA Hour. Garcia defeated WBC tremendous light-weight champion Devin Haney — the title was not up for grabs as a result of Garcia lacking weight by 3.2 kilos — in a thriller this previous Saturday, rocketing his fame to a different degree.
A crossover bout between O’Malley and Garcia would undoubtedly draw curiosity, and in keeping with O’Malley, his UFC bosses have signed off on him boxing Garcia if the promotion will get a sufficiently big piece of the pie.
“They advised me you are able to do a boxing combat, 100%, if it makes us sufficient cash,” O’Malley stated on his TimboSugarShow podcast. “So the choice’s there, it simply has to have the ability to make sufficient cash. However Ryan being a f****** freak like that, you want two A-sides to make a f****** Floyd-Conor combat.”
UFC famously allowed its greatest pay-per-view draw, Conor McGregor, to take part in a boxing match with the undefeated Floyd Mayweather in August 2017. It proved to be a prudent selection, because the occasion grew to become some of the profitable in pay-per-view historical past, with all events concerned within the promotion of the occasion profiting tremendously.
These are the sorts of greenback indicators O’Malley desires to see. The 29-year-old is coming off of the primary protection of his UFC title, a unanimous determination win over rival Marlon Vera, and although he’s some of the talked-about fighters on the roster, O’Malley nonetheless feels he must do extra work to construct his identify.
“I’m not there but,” O’Malley stated. “I’ve nonetheless obtained to grow to be greater. Two extra f****** sick performances after which we’re speaking about with the ability to do regardless of the f*** we would like.”
O’Malley and Garcia each have a knack for producing headlines past simply their spectacular performances on combat evening. This was notably true for Garcia forward of his combat with Haney, as he raised eyebrows and considerations over a collection of weird social media tirades.
To O’Malley, these antics are simply a part of the sport, however he’s curious to see the place Garcia is headed now that the mud has settled on his win.
“I feel he’s that loopy, he’s that good too,” O’Malley stated. “He most likely skilled exhausting. Some folks have totally different genes. I couldn’t do it. … He’s going to make his cash. Let’s see the place he goes within the subsequent two weeks.
“Profitable that huge of a combat, making that rather more cash, having these s***** folks round you, let’s see the place he’s at mentally in two weeks.”
For Garcia’s half, he seems to be open to welcoming O’Malley to the squared circle.
The boxer posted the beneath responses to O’Malley on social media on Monday.
RAINBOW CACA BRAIN
WANTS TO BOX
BE PREPARED TO BLEED RAINBOW
MAN BUN
Slash Connor Clone
Desires a boxing match hmmm I needed MMA however let’s do it
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