Ian Machado Garry accused Colby Covington of ducking him.
Garry and Covington have been lobbing verbal jabs at each other for the higher a part of the yr, a lot of it stemming from rumors operating rampant about Garry’s marriage to TV persona Layla Machado Garry. In consequence, Garry has publicly challenged ‘Chaos’ on a number of events to a struggle contained in the Octagon, however up to now nothing has come to fruition.
Taking to social media, ‘The Future’ revealed that the UFC lastly provided him a struggle with Covington, which he gladly accepted. However in line with Garry, the three-time title challenger has uncared for to do the identical.
“What’s up, everybody? So, I’m approaching to let all people know, maintain all people within the loop, and maintain everybody up to date as a result of it issues,” Garry mentioned in a video on Instagram. “A month in the past, I used to be provided a struggle with Colby Covington. It took me all of 20 seconds to reply to the e-mail saying, ‘Sure, I’m in.’ A month later, we’ve nonetheless received no response from Colby. He’s avoiding me just like the plague, and there’s one cause and one cause solely this struggle isn’t taking place, and his title is Colby Covington” (h/t BJPenn.com).
Ian Machado Garry has received eight fights within the UFC whereas Covington has gone 1-2 throughout the identical timeframe
Since making his promotional debut three years in the past, Ian Machado Garry has maintained his good file by way of eight straight wins contained in the Octagon. Garry moved into the No. 7 spot within the welterweight rankings by way of a trio of noteworthy wins towards Neil Magny, Geoff Neal, and Michael ‘Venom’ Web page in his final three outings.
In the meantime, Colby Covington is 3-3 in his final six fights with all three losses coming in welterweight title fights towards both Kamaru Usman or Leon Edwards. Chaos’ got here up quick towards ‘Rocky’ at UFC 296 in December and can seemingly must win a number of fights within the division earlier than Dana White forks over one other title alternative.
Regardless of a scarcity of exercise and 0 wins towards anybody within the welterweight high 15, Covington continues to be holding robust because the division’s sixth-ranked contender. His final victory towards an lively fighter on the UFC roster got here greater than six years in the past.