Ian Machado Garry has made no secret of the affect that Charles Oliveira has had on his latest profession.
Garry, who suffered his first profession defeat final weekend when he was narrowly outpointed by Shavkat Rakhmonov within the UFC 310 co-main occasion from Las Vegas, has just lately been coaching alongside former UFC light-weight champion Oliveira within the Dhiego Lima operated Chute Boxe facility in Curitiba, Brazil.
The Irishman has heralded the affect on his profession of his newfound coaching atmosphere, with Oliveira being amongst Garry’s cornermen throughout final weekend’s occasion within the T-Cell Area.
However after the defeat to Rakhmonov which has, quickly at the very least, postponed his title ambitions within the UFC’s 170-pound division, Garry has issued an apology to Oliveira for not getting the job achieved final weekend.
“I can sit right here completely happy and pleased with every little thing that I did in that Octagon,” Garry stated in feedback posted to his official YouTube channel, as famous by MMA Fighting. “May it have been higher? After all, I may have gotten my hand raised. However I don’t really feel like I misplaced that struggle.”
Within the clip, Garry them embraces Olivera. “Sorry, professor. Sorry, professor,” he says.
“That struggle proves that I’m up there with the perfect on this planet, and I’m not anyplace close to the place I do know I could be,” Garry added. “It’s time to continue to grow, maintain evolving. I consider it’ll make me extra harmful.”
Whereas his subsequent transfer stays unclear as of now, it is vitally doubtless that Garry will probably be handed a stern check in his subsequent outing as he seeks to re-establish himself as a viable title contender within the UFC’s welterweight fold.