Joaquin Buckley sees Ian Machado Garry doing simply sufficient to beat Shavkat Rakhmonov.
Machado Garry (15-0 MMA, 8-0 UFC) meets fellow unbeaten contender Rakhmonov (18-0 MMA, 6-0 UFC) in a five-round welterweight bout Dec. 7 at UFC 310 from T-Cell Enviornment in Las Vegas.
Buckley (20-6 MMA, 10-4 UFC) was initially scheduled to face Machado Garry at UFC on ESPN 63, earlier than the Irishman was pulled to step in towards Rakhmonov every week prior at UFC 310. Though Rakhmonov poses severe risk, Buckley thinks Machado Garry will stick and transfer his solution to a victory.
“Lots of people will not be going to consider me, however I feel Ian Garry goes to win – by the pores and skin of his enamel identical to the remainder of his wins that he had,” Buckley advised Center Straightforward. “Whether or not that’s with MVP or with Geoff Neal. He does a superb job of staying secure and surviving, and in the event you don’t have the ft to form of seek out guys like that, the place they’re continuously shifting and continuously evading, and also you arrange traps.
“Clearly, you’re not going to have the ability to land these energy pictures. … When you get within the hearth with Shavkat Rakhmonov, you’re going to get burned. However I don’t see Ian Garry operating into that burning home. He’s going to attempt to flee and evade the entire time, and I can see Ian Garry getting his hand raised by resolution.”
Buckley might have misplaced out on his battle towards Machado Garry, however will nonetheless get an enormous alternative. He takes on former interim welterweight champion Colby Covington (17-4 MMA, 12-4 UFC) within the UFC on ESPN 63 headliner on Dec. 14 from Amalie Enviornment in Tampa, Fla.
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