At UFC 303, welterweight strikers Ian Machado Garry and Michael ‘Venom’ Web page will conflict in a bout that may doubtless have heavy implications for the 170-pound weight class.
Garry, nonetheless unbeaten in his profession (7-0 UFC, 14-0 general), has been clear in his plan to safe a title shot within the close to future. The Dubliner had initially deliberate to tackle former three-time title challenger Colby Covington at this month’s combat card in Las Vegas however will as an alternative combat the previous Bellator standout Michael ‘Venom’ Web page — a fighter who’s forging his personal path to a championship bout.
And Leon Edwards, the UFC welterweight champion that’s in each fighters’ crosshairs, has elaborated on who he thinks has the sting within the upcoming contest.
“I really feel prefer it’s one among these fights the place it’s like each guys will play in vary and so they’re like not committing, ready to form of punch one another,” Edwards instructed Sky Sports of the combat, as famous by MMA Junkie.
“If I needed to put cash on it, I’d in all probability favor ‘MVP.’ It’ll be a great combat. I’m to see the way it performs out.”
Garry has been near-flawless in his UFC run up to now. The previous Cage Warriors champion has scored three knockout (or TKO) finishes in his seven UFC bouts up till now, and has solely very not often proven frailty — akin to when he was dropped in his win towards Music Kenan in addition to in his most up-to-date combat, a cut up choice win towards Geoff Neal again in February.
Web page, in the meantime, proved an excessive amount of for Kevin Holland in his maiden UFC bout in March.
And as Edwards defined, he expects to fulfill one or each of those males within the cage down the road. “In the event that they each preserve profitable, 100%,” Edwards stated of future fights with Garry or ‘MVP’. “For me, I solely take a look at primary and quantity two. I feel after that, it simply will get too … like, simply an excessive amount of coming in. After I beat Belal, that’s how I take a look at it. I don’t take a look at quantity ten or 11 or 9 but. Till they begin attending to that quantity 5, I’ll be like, ‘OK, who’s this?’ Then I’ll begin wanting.”
