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Garcia Misses Weight In Latest Circus Stunt

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“I feel great and I got a three-pound advantage,” Garcia wrote on social media. “Let’s gooo hahahahaa. Winners do what they have to do, I’m still sharp! Belts don’t feed your family. Why would I force myself to make weight so I can be weak? Nah, I’m here to win. That’s it.”

In case you were wondering if Ryan Garcia was putting on a “lolol look how crazy I am” act to help draw attention to his upcoming Devin Haney super lightweight title fight on Sat. night (April 20, 2024) at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, today’s official weigh ins should serve as proof that Garcia is, in fact, completely off his rocker.

Or scared and trying to do everything he can to get out of this fight.

“Ryan Garcia is indeed waaaay overweight for the fight,” veteran boxing reporter Dan Rafael wrote on Twitter. “He scales 143.2 pounds, per source in the room. He will not be eligible to win the WBC 140-pound title. Absolute disaster and absolutely expected. The sides have made a financial deal to go forward but way less than the $500k they shook on at the presser. That was not binding when it comes to actual contracts.”

“You still think Ryan is trolling? Please. Kid shouldn’t be fighting,” Rafael told the Doubting Thomases. “He’s not mentally or physically ready, obviously. He has problems and I feel bad for him. He has a good heart but is messed up and has nobody around him who gives a damn. Haney going to hurt him.”

Even Garcia’s promoter believes he’s “mentally unstable.”

“Ryan has weighed in over his contractual weight,” Golden Boy Promotions wrote in a prepared statement. “He will honor the handshake made at the final press conference yesterday. We have a fight.”

The show must go on … but at what cost? $69.99 on DAZN!

LIVE! Haney Vs Garcia Official Weigh Ins!

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Assuming nothing crazy happens, which is not a guarantee whenever Ryan Garcia is involved with a major pay-per-view (PPV) event, this should be the final stop before tomorrow night’s …

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Assuming nothing crazy happens, which is not a guarantee whenever Ryan Garcia is involved with a major pay-per-view (PPV) event, this should be the final stop before tomorrow night’s (Sat., April 20, 2024) “Haney vs. Garcia” boxing extravaganza on DAZN from inside Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.

We just have to get through the official weigh ins, which get underway LIVE at 2 p.m. ET in the embedded video above.

Garcia, 25, returned to the win column with an eighth-round knockout victory over Oscar Duarte late last year in Houston. As for Haney, also 25, he kept his undefeated record intact by outpointing Regis Prograis a few months back in San Francisco. The winner is expected to face Sandor Martin at some point later this year, as the Spaniard is currently the mandatory WBC super lightweight title challenger.

To order the Haney vs. Garcia fight on DAZN click here.

Ryan Garcia massively misses weight ahead of Devin Haney fight, ineligible to win WBC title

Ryan Garcia is no longer eligible to win the WBC Super Lightweight World Championship on Saturday night. Stepping on…

Ryan Garcia is no longer eligible to win the WBC Super Lightweight World Championship on Saturday night.

Stepping on the scale during Friday’s weigh-in, ‘King Ryan’ weighed in at 143.2 pounds, well over the 140-pound limit for his Brooklyn-based headliner with reigning titleholder Devin Haney.

However, the fight will move forward as scheduled, but Garcia cannot win the belt.

Throughout fight week, Haney repeatedly noted that Garcia looked heavy and suggested that his opponent would not make weight. On Thursday at a pre-fight press event, Garcia made a bet with Haney, stating that he would pay the champ $500,000 per pound if he didn’t hit the mark.

“[Let’s bet] $500,000,” Garcia said, “$500,000.”

“Okay, that’s a bet,” Devin’s trainer and father Bill Haney replied. “If you don’t make weight, it’s $500,000.”

“It’s a bet,” Garcia responded.

Devin Haney then upped the ante, “$500,000 per pound [over the agreed weight]. Hey, Ryan. Let’s do $500,000 per pound. You wanna shake on it?”

According to longtime boxing reporter Dan Rafael on X, a financial agreement was reached to move ahead with the bout and Garcia will honor his handshake deal with Haney, forking over $1.5 million as a result of the massive weight miss.

The build-up to Ryan Garcia vs. Devin Haney has been littered with controversy

It’s just another bizarre moment in a build-up that has been riddled with crazy conspiracy theories, claims of drug abuse, club hopping, and marriage proposals to Aussie porn stars — and that’s just on Ryan Garcia’s side of things.

Earlier this week, Garcia and Haney got into a physical confrontation atop the Empire State Building in NYC which resulted in the duo being pulled from throwing out the first pitch at the Mets-Pirates game at Citi Field that same day.

Video – Conor McGregor gets drug tested, home haircut as camp for UFC 303 fight with Michael Chandler begins

Returning to training at his home in County Kildare, former two-weight champion, Conor McGregor is preparing for his return…

Returning to training at his home in County Kildare, former two-weight champion, Conor McGregor is preparing for his return to the Octagon in June at UFC 303, as he takes on Michael Chandler, but was sprung with a random drug test ahead of his return – as well as taking time to get a fresh haircut ahead of training.

McGregor, a former undisputed lightweight champion and featherweight titleholder under the banner of the promotion, finally received official confirmation of his long-anticipated return over the course of last weekend.

Conor McGregor warned leg injury will haunt him psychologically in UFC return this summer

Calling his shot for a comeback during International Fight Week at the end of June, McGregor is officially set to headline UFC 303 against Missouri native, Chandler, with the pair taking the stage at the welterweight limit.

Conor McGregor submits another drug testing sample

Training alongside PFL (Professional Fighters League) feature Pedro Carvalho at Straight Blast Gym last week before the announcement of his own return, McGregor, who has setup his own home gym base on his property in Straffen – was the subject of an anti-doping test by Drug Free Sport International ahead of his UFC return, posting pictures of him training – as well as receiving a home haircut on his official Instagram account.

Sidelined since 2021, McGregor most recently headlined UFC 264 in a trilogy rubber match against common-foe, Dustin Poirier, suffering a first round TKO loss via doctor’s stoppage after he fractured his left tibia and fibula at the end of the first frame.

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Without a victory since the year prior, McGregor’s most recent win came at the welterweight limit – turning in a 40-second high-kick and strikes TKO win over Hall of Fame star, Donald Cerrone in the pair’s main event fight.

Who wins in June’s massive UFC 303 headliner: Conor McGregor or Michael Chandler?

‘Half-Mexican’ Costa Is Not A ‘Dirty’ Brazilian!

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Here’s a taste of what the UFC 302 buildup will sound like from two of the promotion’s most prominent class clowns. Sean Strickland is not afraid to get a little bloody at …

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Here’s a taste of what the UFC 302 buildup will sound like from two of the promotion’s most prominent class clowns.

Sean Strickland is not afraid to get a little bloody at UFC 302.

The former UFC 185-pound champion is scheduled to throw hands with one-time middleweight title challenger Paulo Costa in the “Makhachev vs. Poirier” co-main event, recently made official for Sat., June 1, 2024 at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.

“You know what, you guys? I like Costa. he’s a funny guy,” Strickland said on YouTube. “He makes me laugh, and he’s pro-free speech. I like that guy. But I’m going to make that dirty Brazilian bleed and I’m going to do it for Brazil. Brazil doesn’t even like Costa. So hey, Brazil, this one’s for you guys. Let’s get it done.”

Sounds like Strickland is taking a page from the Chael Sonnen playbook.

“I’m half Mexican, what are you talking about?” Costa replied on social media. “Shut up, mother—ker. Don’t speak English, speak the Spanish. You will never touch the secret juice, you hear me? Shut the f—k up!”

We have another six weeks of this trash talk, which will only get worse from here.

Strickland (28-6) is looking to rebound from his decision loss to Dricus Du Plessis in the UFC 297 main event earlier this year in Toronto. As for Costa (14-3), he recently dropped a decision to former middleweight champion Robert Whittaker at UFC 298 in Anaheim.

For the rest of the UFC 302 fight card and PPV lineup click here.

UFC Trumps Boxing, Named MVP Of Combat Sports

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Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is the world’s most valuable combat sports promotion in 2024, valued at $11.3 billion with an annual revenue of $1.23 billion, accordin…

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Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is the world’s most valuable combat sports promotion in 2024, valued at $11.3 billion with an annual revenue of $1.23 billion, according to a new list compiled by Forbes. The only other mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion to make the Top 5 was ONE Championship, ranked fourth at $1.3 billion with a 2023 revenue of $123 million. Professional Fighters League (PFL), which often brands itself as the “Co-leader of MMA,” was ranked sixth at $690 million with a 2023 revenue of $110 million.

Here’s the Top 10 list:

No. 1: UFC
$11.3 billion
2023 Revenue: $1.29 billion
Operator: Dana White
Top Draws: Israel Adesanya, Jon Jones, Sean O’Malley

No. 2: WWE
$6.8 billion
2023 Revenue: $1.33 billion
Operator: Nick Khan
Top Draws: Roman Reigns, Cody Rhodes, Rhea Ripley

No. 3: AEW
$2 billion
2023 Revenue: $250 million
Operator: Tony Khan
Top Draws: The Young Bucks, Jon Moxley, Kenny Omega

No. 4: ONE Championship
$1.3 billion
2023 Revenue: $140 million
Operator: Chatri Sityodtong
Top Draws: Christian Lee, Stamp Fairtex, Anatoly Malykhin

No. 5: Matchroom Boxing
$850 million
2023 Revenue: $134 million
Operator: Eddie Hearn
Top Draws: Anthony Joshua, Katie Taylor, Dmitry Bivol

No. 6: PFL
$690 million
2023 Revenue: $110 million
Operator: Donn Davis
Top Draws: Francis Ngannou, Impa Kasanganay

No. 7: Top Rank Boxing
$630 million
2023 Revenue: $100 million
Operator: Bob Arum
Top Draws: Tyson Fury, Naoya Inoue, Shakur Stevenson

No. 8: Premier Boxing Championship
$600 million
2023 Revenue: $95 million
Operator: Al Haymon
Top Draws: Canelo Alvarez, Gervonta Davis, Terence Crawford

No. 9: Golden Boy Promotions
$450 million
2023 Revenue: $70 million
Operator: Oscar de la Hoya
Top Draws: Ryan Garcia, Jaime Munguia, Marlen Esparza

No. 10: Combate Global
$120 million
2023 Revenue: $18 million
Operator: Campbell McLaren
Top Draws: Cristian Perez, Ramiro Jimenez, Gisela Luna

How did Forbes determine the value of each promotion?

“Forbes used public documents and interviewed industry and media experts and executives from various combat sports organizations. Promotion values are enterprise values (equity plus net debt) and all figures are in US dollars, based on exchange rates for the year ending June 30, 2023 where applicable.”

In unrelated news, Brendson Ribeiro was paid $9,790 for his fight at UFC 298 in Anaheim.