{"id":818616,"date":"2026-07-23T11:42:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T11:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/818616\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T11:42:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T11:42:09","slug":"ryan-garcia-has-newfound-respect-for-mma-fighters-as-he-recounts-spider-monkey-experience-trying-bjj","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/818616\/","title":{"rendered":"Ryan Garcia Has Newfound Respect For MMA Fighters As He Recounts &#8216;Spider Monkey&#8217; Experience Trying BJJ"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ryan Garcia recently opened up about trying BJJ and how it gave him newfound respect for MMA fighters. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While Boxing and MMA are some of the most grueling sports ever, the latter is considered a notch tougher because of the diverse skills it requires. Several MMA fighters have boxed professionally, while the vice versa has been quite a rare occurrence. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\" alt=\"Rolly Romero drops Ryan Garcia with knockdown en route to upset decision win - Highlights\" class=\"wp-image-624492 perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/MixCollage-03-May-2025-03-10-AM-9955.jpg\"  data-\/>Ryan Garcia and Rolando Romero face off (via Bleacher Report)<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, there has always been a general consensus that boxers look down on MMA. On being questioned on the same grounds by <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lowkickmma.com\/tag\/ariel-helwani\/\" title=\"Ariel Helwani\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"33578\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ariel Helwani<\/a>, Ryan Garcia seemed to have a different view. He recounted his recent experience trying his hand at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flograppling.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">BJJ<\/a> and eventually being humbled. Garcia said:<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I love MMA, man\u2026Wrestling, I\u2019m pretty good at, but I tried BJJ\u2026I\u2019m cool. At the end of the day, you guys will always  be able to choke me out. I don\u2019t even want to deal with it. I\u2019d need five years of training or something to even try.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Garcia then went on to detail his experience training with \u2018some high-level BJJ guy.\u2019 He added:<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I was kinda getting him in the wrestling aspect. Not getting him, but I was doing okay. But, once it went to the ground, it was like a spider monkey was on my back.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Check out Ryan Garcia\u2019s comments below:<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ryan Garcia says trying BJJ gave him a whole new level of respect for MMA fighters:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I love MMA, man. Wrestling, I&#8217;m pretty good at, but I tried BJJ. I&#8217;m cool. At the end of the day, you guys are always going to be able to choke me out. I don&#8217;t even want to deal with it.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;d\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/e6bD6ekjPw\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/e6bD6ekjPw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/arielhelwani\/status\/2079743714117955948?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">July 22, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ryan Garcia Will Take On Conor Benn next on the 12th of September<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ryan Garcia will defend his WBC welterweight belt against Conor Benn on the 12th of September, later this year. The fight is set to take place at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While Benn is coming off a unanimous decision win over Regis Prograis at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium earlier this year in April, Garcia\u2019s last fight was against Mario Barrios in February 2026, which saw \u201cKing Ry\u201d earn a unanimous decision victory. <\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u203c\ufe0f ANNOUNCED: Ryan Garcia will defend his WBC welterweight world title against Conor Benn on September 12th at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcfa Live globally on Paramount+ and exclusively on DAZN in the UK and Ireland \ud83d\udd25 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GA3vHxtuSd\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/GA3vHxtuSd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ring Magazine (@ringmagazine) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ringmagazine\/status\/2077438109931725254?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">July 15, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is also worth noting that Benn now fights under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lowkickmma.com\/tag\/dana-white\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dana White<\/a>\u2018s Zuffa Boxing, after leaving Eddie Hearn <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lowkickmma.com\/eddie-hearn-slams-dana-white-for-skipping-conor-benn-fight-despite-unbelievable-investment\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">in a move that shook the boxing world<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ryan Garcia recently opened up about trying BJJ and how it gave him newfound respect for MMA fighters.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":818617,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,785,85],"class_list":["post-818616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-fighting","tag-mma","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/818616","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=818616"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/818616\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/818617"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=818616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=818616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=818616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}