Ian Machado Garry claims Kamaru Usman turned down a combat with him.
Machado Garry (18-0 MMA, 8-0 UFC) was actively in search of a combat with Colby Covington earlier than getting booked to face Joaquin Buckley Dec. 14 within the UFC on ESPN 63 headliner in Tampa.
Nevertheless, when Shavkat Rakhmonov misplaced out on his title combat towards welterweight champion Belal Muhammad in Saturday’s UFC 310 occasion at T-Cell Area, Machado Garry stepped in to face “Nomad” in a five-round co-main occasion.
In keeping with Machado Garry, a possible combat with Usman (20-4 MMA, 15-3 UFC) was beforehand in dialogue.
“I had many conversations back-to-back with UFC,” Machado Garry stated on “The Ariel Helwani Present.” “Initially, the objective was to line up a combat with Colby Covington. Once more, it’s no secret that he’s been operating. Then they went down the road and checked out Kamaru Usman. The phrases I heard from UFC have been, ‘Kamaru Usman desires nothing to do with you’ – as in, he’s simply operating as properly.”
Rakhmonov initially known as for an interim title combat towards Usman, who was seemingly down for the combat. Nevertheless, Machado Garry isn’t shopping for that the previous UFC welterweight champion was prepared to face him or Rakhmonov.
“Usman has an enormous chest and little balls,” Garry stated. “He appears good – he’s acquired an enormous chest. He performs the half. However the place it issues between the legs, he’s a bit man. That’s my outlook on it. Him and Colby, they’re older, they’ve been by means of the division, they’ve fought guys. Now, they’re attending to the tip of their careers. They need to select the better-stylistic matchup.
“I assure this: Usman goes to try to push for a combat with Jack Della Maddalena as a result of he’s seen how straightforward it was for Gilbert Burns to take him down. If I have been in Usman’s footwear, why would I need to combat the man who’s lengthy, rangy, tough to cope with, once I might combat the man who I watched two folks back-to-back be capable of take him down fairly straightforward/”
For extra on the cardboard, go to MMA Junkie’s occasion hub for UFC 310.
Make sure to go to the MMA Junkie Instagram web page and YouTube channel to debate this and extra content material with followers of combined martial arts.
