Ian Garry thinks it’s time for Kamaru Usman and Colby Covington to maneuver apart and make method for the following technology of welterweights.
This Saturday, ‘The Future’ will step into the principle occasion highlight for the primary time when he meets surging contender Carlos Prates in Kansas Metropolis.
It would even be Garry’s first time making an attempt to bounce again from a loss after arising brief towards Shavkat Rakhmonov in December.
Talking with Shakiel Mahjouri forward of his return to the Octagon this weekend, Garry shredded each Covington and former welterweight king Kamaru Usman, accusing the pair of rejecting fights with the division’s younger weapons and doing all the pieces attainable to remain related, other than combating.
“We’re getting out with the outdated and in with the brand new,” Garry stated. We’re eliminating these individuals which are simply attempting to remain related like Kamaru and Colby, simply attempting to keep up relevancy by simply speaking on podcasts, attempting to slag off Paddy Pimblett. That’s all they’re now.
“They don’t wish to battle. They’re not fighters anymore, they’re achieved… You bought these younger, hungry killers arising… And also you’re simply seeing what the welterweight division is popping into within the subsequent decade.”
Covington and Usman are 3-7 of their final 10 fights mixed
Garry and Covington went 10 rounds on social media final yr, however nothing ever got here of it. As a substitute, ‘Chaos’ went on to battle Joaquin Buckley at UFC Tampa in December and suffered his second straight loss contained in the Octagon, transferring him to 2-4 in his final six after the battle was halted within the third spherical through a physician’s stoppage TKO.
As for Kamaru Usman, the ‘Nigerian Nightmare’ has misplaced three in a row, along with his most up-to-date look being a short-notice scrap towards Khamzat Chimaev at UFC 294 in October 2023. Usman misplaced the bout through majority determination.
He has not received a battle since a November 2021 victory towards, you guessed it, Colby Covington.
