Ryan Garcia had already won Conor McGregor‘s admiration when he fought Gervonta Davis despite losing. The admiration from the Irishman grew when he gave Haney the first professional defeat of his boxing career. However, his recent doping violation has caught the ire of Conor McGregor, with Sean O’Malley caught in the crossfire.
Garcia’s test results recently came positive for the banned substance Ostarine. It is a substance that landed O’Malley an NSAC suspension in 2018. McGregor has been very supportive of O’Malley and Garcia, but Garcia’s recent doping violation appeared to have made an enemy with the biggest superstar in combat sports.
Cheated the weight and was juiced, lifetime ban. Sad to see, sad to say…I am actually disgusted. This ostarine it reminds me of Sean o malley was on that as well. I don’t like this, I’ll bust yous both up,…#letssparomalley and #garcia two little ostarine heads I’ll ride you both like yous are ostriches. wtf is up. What do you think you are at ?…GET YOUR HEAD TOGETHER OR KILL YOURSELF.
Conor McGregor via X
After the tirade on Garcia, McGregor praised Devin Haney. After successive knockdowns from Garcia, Haney went the distance, and McGregor saw the performance as heroic. McGregor seemed angry with Garcia, claiming if he were Bill Haney, he would’ve done serious harm to Garcia.
The irony of the matter is Conor McGregor has been suspected of steroid usage after he broke his leg in the trilogy fight against Dustin Poirier. Moreover, McGregor even feuded with Joe Rogan after the comedian also raised suspicion of the Irishman’s suspected steroid use. McGregor has already deleted the tweet he would likely reconcile with O’Malley and Garcia.
Doping violations of Ryan Garcia and Sean O’Malley
Ryan Garcia tested positive for Ostarine in the samples taken before and after the fight with Devin Haney. Garcia denied the allegations and even received support from Gervonta Davis, who accused Eddie Hearn of foul play. Garica can redeem himself by testing the B-samples at his own expense.
Ryan Garcia and Sean O’Malley tested have tested positive for Ostarine (via Imago)Boxers who have tested positive for Ostarine have suffered grave consequences for it. UK boxer Amir Khan faced a lengthy ban from the sport after he lost the fight to Kell Brook. Lucian Bute suffered a DQ loss to Badou Jack after the doping agency found Bute or Ostarine consumption. He had won the fight via majority decision before the result changed.
On Wednesday, NSAC suspended Sean O’Malley nine months for his second positive drug test for the banned substance ostarine.
He is eligible to return on Feb. 26 and expected to fight Jose Quiñonez at UFC 248 on March 7 (via @marc_raimondi) pic.twitter.com/ZoK6faP97z
— ESPN MMA (@espnmma) January 22, 2020
Sean O’Malley tested positive for Ostarine in September 2018. Suga has had problems with Ostarine in his body since mid-2018. However, he denied wrongdoing, blaming the positive test on a dietary supplement. Nevertheless, O’Malley faced a nine-month suspension for the violation. Moreover, the NSAC lifted his suspension only after he made a deal with them, promising never to test more than 100 picograms per milliliter for Ostarine.
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