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While not everyone is taking Ryan Garcia’s mental health concerns seriously, Tyrone Woodley has come out in support of the Victorville native. For the past couple of days, Ryan Garcia has made social media the prime spot for his concerning and erratic behavior. The same has got nearly everybody in the combat world talking. 

Yesterday, the Victorville native shared a clip of himself dashing through a room with an erratic message, which started speculations about his mental health. And even today, the 25-1 boxer continued the same behavior on social media, even claiming his account got hacked by demons at one point. Meanwhile, MMA legend Tyron ‘T-Wood’ Wodley turned to social media today to support the Victorville native.

Tyrone Woodley claims he reached out to Ryan Garcia

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Turning to X (formerly Twitter), the retired MMA fighter claimed, “F**k what everybody else wants you to do. Think about your children. Think about your legacy and then make that your motivation.” Concerned for Garcia’s health, Woodley revealed he had reached out to the boxer. He sounds like he is crying for help. I reached out to him yesterday, and I [said], ‘I don’t know what’s going on. I am reaching out to you to make sure you good. Make sure you [are] solid. I pray for you that your mind – that you are focused. That the favor that you can go out there and still perform and do what you need to do.” However, Woodley also suggested that because of Garcia’s continued involvement in the matter, things are getting worse for him every second.

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Woodley goes on to reveal that he and Garcia had met before in Hawaii and that Garcia didn’t want to talk much because “I can just tell it was a lot weighing on him.” Woodley even compared Garcia to a little kid, claiming, “He is like a little brother. He really a kid. I gotta remember, he’s still a kid. You have a lot of people expecting you to do something great, and you gotta go out there and still perform,” said Woodley. While the MMA legend is sympathetic to Garcia, the same can not be said about this boxer. 

Caleb Plant on Garcia’s tweets

After Garcia’s clip went viral yesterday, Caleb Plant hopped on Twitter to warn people about the consequences of pulling such marketing antics. He wrote, “Young ones beware, all attention is not good attention. You might get it, but at what cost?” Plant questioned whether these tactics were worth becoming a topic of ridicule.

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Plant wrote, “To be the punchline of everyone’s joke? To not be taken seriously?” He highlighted that one day, Garcia’s kids will grow up and be influenced by such things. And he won’t have any ground to stop them from doing it anyway. It’s worth mentioning that there is no proof that Garcia is doing these things deliberately to promote his upcoming fight against Devin Haney.

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Amid Garcia’s mental health turmoil, Tyrone Woodley has shown his complete support for Garcia. However, it can blow up in his face if Garcia’s social media activity lately proves to be nothing more than an act. What do you think, is Ryan Garcia faking it? 

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