LAS VEGAS – Shedding the zero on his document didn’t change the best way 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 in opposition to 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 sure to grow to be UFC welterweight champion.
“I don’t really feel like I misplaced right now,” Machado Garry advised 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 an enormous. 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 in opposition to the scariest man within the division. I went on the market and I finished virtually all the things. There was no level the place he regarded like he was going to complete the battle, and I put him in two submissions. I took his again, and I had enjoyable.
“I confirmed that I can hold with the only 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 are not any holes in my sport. There was nothing that man introduced for me tonight. He received by opinion, and that’s okay. That’s okay. I can dwell with that.”
It’s unclear what’s subsequent for Machado Garry for the time being, but it surely’s protected to imagine that Rakhmonov will likely be difficult UFC welterweight champion Belal Muhammad in 2025.
Machado Garry feels Rakhmonov is sure to win the title, which makes a possible rematch and even trilogy virtually inevitable.
“I stated it earlier than the battle, I consider that he’s higher than all people else and I consider that I’m higher than everybody else, and we’re going to see one another a number of instances,” Machado Garry defined. “We’re going to see one another a number of instances in our careers. I don’t consider that we’re going to see one another only one extra time, I believe it could be twice. I believe he’s that good, and I do know I’m that good.”
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