MMA News Roundup: Ryan Garcia Receives Message From His Ex & Dillon Danis, UFC 299 Sean O’Malley Main Event Sad Update, Israel Adesanya’s Disturbing Claim on Return

The last 24 hours of MMA have been a roller coaster ride for the MMA community. A lot has happened. For those whose schedule was too hectic to get a hold of the significant news, we got you covered with our daily bite-sized versions of the latest developments in the sport. So without any further ado, let’s get started.

We will start with a new development regarding Dillon Danis‘s message to Ryan Garcia for unhinged Instagram posts. Then we will shift our focus to Aljamain Sterling’s confession about Marlon Vera’s camp. Finally, we will sum up the daily news compilation with Israel Adesanya’s disturbing confession about his comeback.

Dillon Danis shows compassion for Ryan Garcia

Ryan Garcia has been on the news currently, specifically for his upcoming bout against Devin Haney. However, Garcia has been making some noise in the MMA area due to his scuffle with Sean O’Malley and Dillon Danis. Garcia has bantered with both O’Malley and Danis for a boxing match, but the happening of either fight is a distant possibility.

However, at the moment it seems like Garcia is the one who needs a bit of help. Recently, Garcia uploaded a video with no music on his Instagram handle, the video was filled with gibberish text that said “We got him, boys. “RYAN GARCIA RIP B*TCH 666”. The number ‘666’ raised the concern for the community since it has religious connotations. The caption of the post was even worse: it said, “THE DEATH OF RYAN GARCIA BILL HANEY WAS RIGHT ON THAT ONE. . . BAPHOMET BAPHOMET. . . . This is why you don’t mess with us at the top. . . SUNDAY MARCH32024.”

Upon witnessing this distressing video, Dillon Danis took to the post to add a comment that said, “I’ll pay for you to get help man feel bad for you.” Garcia’s ex-wife Andrea Celina wrote, “If all my followers who are believers can you please pray for Ryan. We are not together and I’ve been in contact with him and he may seem fine but he is not. I know in my heart he is being heavily oppressed. This is not a troll; I’m genuinely concerned and so is all his family members; we are not part of any of this and want him to get better, but this IS REAL. Pray for him.”

The community is of the impression that Garcia’s account might have been hacked but no official confirmation has been made yet. Nonetheless, there is concern among his followers about his well-being as well. Meanwhile, Garcia’s isn’t the only camp facing trouble ahead of an upcoming big fight.

Aljamain Sterling has rumors about Marlon ‘Chito’ Vera’s camp

Marlon Vera is set to fight Sean O’Malley for the bantamweight title this weekend. Their fight will be O’Malley’s first title defense. ‘Chito’ has already defeated O’Malley once, back at UFC 252. He was the one who stopped the ‘Suga’ hype train. However, O’Malley has worked on himself and redeemed his defeat by going on a run that ended in him clinching the bantamweight title. Now, can Vera repeat his unique feat again in Miami?

The effectiveness of a fighter is contingent upon the quality of their training camp and seems like ‘Chito’s training camp is having some trouble according to Aljamain Sterling.“The only thing I’m concerned about is that I heard . . . he didn’t really have a great camp or a lot of guys to train with, with ‘Chito’ yeah. So, I don’t know how true that is, so with that said, I’m leaning towards O’Malley to get it done. I’m gonna say, I don’t think he finishes him, (wins) by decision. Maybe split decision, I’m saying split decision,” said Sterling. 

Their fight is scheduled to headline the UFC 299 and ‘Chito’ having a bad camp is distressing for the fans as well as for the UFC community. We’ll know more when the fighters take center stage at UFC 299.

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Israel Adesanya confesses about his break

UFC 293 witnessed Israel Adesanya suffering a shock title loss at the hands of Sean Strickland. It was a call for Adesanya to go on a break because he was one of the most active champions in the UFC. After the defeat ‘Stylebender’ took a much-needed break from fighting. It’s been approximately six months since Adesanya made the walk to the cage and there’s still no sign of his comeback. However, in a recent conversation on his YouTube channel, ‘Stylebender’ has confessed his heart.

While he was asked about his return, Adesanya said, “Me right now, I’m taking my time. My last few fights, I had four fights in 14 months as a champion in the UFC. That’s unheard of. I was the most active champion, not fighter, champion in the league. So, life has forced me to take some time off, and I will. But you will see me soon.”

Interestingly, Adesanya was supposed to fight Dricus Du Plessis for UFC 300, but the latter’s camp seems to have said no to the proposal since Du Plessis just had a five-round slugfest in January. Nonetheless, when do you think Adesanya would make a return? Tell us your opinions in the comments below.

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