LAS VEGAS – Shedding the zero on his document didn’t change the way in which Ian Machado Garry appears at his profession and his upside within the UFC, not one bit.
The Irish welterweight contender entered Saturday’s UFC 310 co-main occasion towards Shavkat Rakhmonov with undefeated standing and left the occasion with out it, as he got here up brief in a unanimous choice. But, regardless of the defeat to Rakhmonov (19-0 MMA, 9-0 UFC), Machado Garry (15-1 MMA, 6-1 UFC) doesn’t really feel like a loser, and actually, thinks he additional proved that he’s certain to develop into UFC welterweight champion.
“I don’t really feel like I misplaced as we speak,” Machado Garry instructed reporters on the UFC 310 post-fight press convention. “I would’ve not gotten my hand raised, however I got here out, and I fought a large. I got here out, and I fought the boogeyman, and I confirmed that he’s f*cking human. I went on the market on three weeks’ discover, I saved this occasion, I saved this card and towards the scariest man within the division. I went on the market and I finished nearly every part. There was no level the place he appeared like he was going to complete the struggle, and I put him in two submissions. I took his again, and I had enjoyable.
“I confirmed that I can cling with the one finest within the division and proved tonight, on brief discover, that I can completely be a champion. I can do it for 5 rounds and there aren’t any holes in my recreation. There was nothing that man introduced for me tonight. He gained by opinion, and that’s okay. That’s okay. I can dwell with that.”
It’s unclear what’s subsequent for Machado Garry in the mean time, however it’s protected to imagine that Rakhmonov shall be difficult UFC welterweight champion Belal Muhammad in 2025.
Machado Garry feels Rakhmonov is certain to win the title, which makes a possible rematch and even trilogy nearly inevitable.
“I stated it earlier than the struggle, I imagine that he’s higher than everyone else and I imagine that I’m higher than everybody else, and we’re going to see one another a number of occasions,” Machado Garry defined. “We’re going to see one another a number of occasions in our careers. I don’t imagine that we’re going to see one another only one extra time, I believe it is likely to be twice. I believe he’s that good, and I do know I’m that good.”
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