Ryan Garcia has recently ignited a fire in the world of mixed martial arts as he hinted at his desire to step into the Octagon. He took to X and announced that he was quite excited to enter the UFC and train under the undisputed light heavyweight champion, Alex Pereira. Needless to say, the fight fans weren’t too happy with the news.

The former WBC interim lightweight champion recently faced some challenges owing to a failed drug test. He tested positive for trace amounts of ostarine, a common adulterant in health supplements, these days. This resulted in his fight with Devin Haney getting overturned and a fine of $1 million and an additional value of $10 thousand. He then declared that he would take retirement from the realm of boxing till the ban was lifted. 

While many stood against the boxer, Dana White supported Garcia and opined that he was indeed innocent. The UFC head honcho quoted, “With all our knowledge that we have and the years that we’ve been drug-testing, we believe the people who had handled the drug-testing [knew] that he took a tainted supplement and that he did not cheat.”

Garcia recently went on X and wrote, “I’m excited for my first fight in the ufc.” This was followed by another tweet that read, “I will be training with #AlexPereira.” Thereafter, the fans began speculating about what would be the right thing for Garcia to do. Pictures of these two tweets were recently shared on Instagram. 

As soon as the post was shared, the fighting community took over the comments section and revealed their thoughts. Let’s see what the fight fans had to say.

Ryan Garcia’s decision to train under Alex Pereira questioned online

Many fans believed that training under ‘Poatan’ was the wrong thing to do since he was pretty weak in his grappling game. Instead, they suggested he should train with the former UFC lightweight champion, Khabib Nurmagomedov. “Better go to a khabib camp first 3-4 years,” one of the fans wrote. Meanwhile, another commented, “He doesn’t need alex he needs khabid.. for the wrestling if he’s actually serious.” The comments about focusing on grappling kept on rushing in. One more comment read, “Um..shouldn’t he be working with a grappler?”

There were also those who believed that Garcia would not survive in the world of MMA. Some predicted that Garcia would tap out if he ever fought an MMA bout. A comment read, “Garcia taps in first minute.” Another fan wrote, “They gon Choke that boy out.” One more comment went, “He gets taken down and it’s over.”

One of the fans claimed that Garcia would leave the UFC and go back to boxing after the fight – “Bro gonna taste that leg kick and go back to boxing quickly.” Another fan commented, “Ryan better land the first punch every fight 😂😂 if not somebody either gone take him down or chop him down.” Nevertheless, some of the fight fans were also in support of the former interim lightweight boxing champion. 

Whether Garcia prevails in the MMA realm or not is something that only time can tell. But one thing that’s for certain is that the excitement around the news is quite palpable. What are your thoughts on Garcia’s plan to train under Pereira for his UFC debut? Let us know what you think in the comments down below.