Ian Machado Garry will not accept a non-title | MMA News
Fresh off his UFC Kansas City win over Carlos Prates, welterweight contender Ian Machado Garry is in Montreal, Quebec, Canada as the backup fighter for the UFC 315 most important occasion title battle between champion Belal Muhammad and No. 5 ranked Jack Della Maddalena.
Machado Garry expects Muhammad to retain the title but either means he is not going to accept a battle that is not for the championship next.
“The truth is, both of the fighters are phenomenal fighters. Belal’s the champion. He went out and he dominated against Leon Edwards to win the belt. He’s a phenomenal fighter. And actually Belal is a very good human from what I’ve seen. Very respectful. Carries himself very well,” Machado Garry instructed Full Send MMA.
“Jack has been inactive. He hasn’t had the best fights recently. He’s got one win over a current ranked opponent. That’s Gilbert [Burns].”
Whoever wins on Saturday at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Machado Garry expects to be their next opponent.
“The truth is, I am next,” he stated. “I am going to be the next person. I am the biggest matchup he can get in the division. No one gives a rats about Joaquin Buckley. No one gives a rats about Kamaru Usman. He should have been gone a long time ago. They’re irrelevant in my mind. The biggest fight that you can make after this event, when Belal wins, is Balal Muhammad against Ian Machado Garry. And let’s do it in your back garden. Let’s do it in Chicago.”
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When requested if he’d accept one other battle different than a title bout, Machado Garry answered, “No.”
“I don’t think I need to. I believe I’m the biggest name in the division. I injured Shavkat [Rakhmonov]. He’s not going to be fighting this year. I don’t see anyone who’s bigger, anyone who is more interesting to put on a pay-per-view main event and sellout a stadium. There is no one bigger. There is no one that will create the buzz and that hype,” he stated.
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