November 29, 2024 8:20 pm ET
Michael Bisping says the bottom is lava for Ian Machado Garry at UFC 310.
Machado Garry (15-0 MMA, 8-0 UFC) meets fellow unbeaten contender Shavkat Rakhmonov (18-0 MMA, 6-0 UFC) in a five-round welterweight bout on Dec. 7 at T-Cellular Area in Las Vegas.
Bisping credit Machado Garry for stepping in to face Rakhmonov in what he sees as a tricky stylistic matchup for him.
“You’ve acquired to have plenty of respect for Ian Garry: He didn’t should take this battle. However can he cease the takedown?” Bisping mentioned on his YouTube channel.
Rakhmonov has a 100% end price, most just lately submitting Stephen Thompson at UFC 296. Bisping warns Machado Garry of hitting the bottom with Rakhmonov. “Ian Garry might be going to bop across the octagon and use the very same recreation plan what he did in opposition to Geoff Neal,” Bisping mentioned. “He’s acquired to maintain Shavkat Rakhmonov off him. If he can’t cease the takedown, he’ll get completed, and that’s no disrespect to Ian Garry.
“He may have the ability to dance round, use the attain, use the vary, use the motion. Be quick, be elusive, be good and crisp, be gentle on his toes, and be devoted sufficient to not become involved in a brawl. If he does that, Shavkat goes to come up with him. If he will get a maintain of him, he’s going to get him down, and if he will get him down, it’s going to be lights out.”
Bisping mapped out Machado Garry’s path to victory, which he thinks possible gained’t be probably the most attention-grabbing.
“Can Ian Garry cease the takedown? As a result of if he can’t, somebody’s 0 has acquired to go, and that’s in all probability going to be Ian Garry’s,” Bisping mentioned. “However he does have a path to victory of utilizing the vary, sticking and shifting. The gang will boo, however who cares in regards to the crowd? Profitable is all that issues.”
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