Garcia previously said that for the sake of this fight he was ready to go to enemy territory - to the UFC octagon.
“I guarantee you that I will beat him in MMA. Obviously I'll knock him out in boxing and that won't be fair. It would be fair to test myself in mixed martial arts because I train every day and have Nate Diaz and Alex Pereira helping me. If I focus on this, he will never defeat me. I will come with everything I have and destroy Sean O’Malley in the UFC,” Garcia said in an interview with MMA Fighting.