Ian Machado Garry has misplaced his unbeaten document however he isn’t too disheartened by the style of his UFC 310 loss to Shavkat Rakhmonov.
Garry turned the primary man in 19 bouts to take the undefeated Kazakh the space, even coming near securing a submission win within the ultimate spherical when he sank in what for a second gave the impression to be a deep rear-naked choke. Finally although, Rakhmonov rallied and took the unanimous resolution on the scorecards by three rounds to 2 (48-47 x3).
The results of the competition will draft Rakhmonov right into a title bout with welterweight champion Belal Muhammad someday subsequent yr, whereas Garry’s personal title ambitions have hit their first street block since his debut with the organisation in November 2021.
However regardless of the setback, Garry instructed the media in Las Vegas post-fight (together with The Mac Life) that the style of his efficiency exhibits precisely why he needs to be thought of one of many 170-pound fold’s most elite fighters.
“I’m humble in victory and defeat, I at all times have been, and I don’t really feel like I misplaced at this time,” the Irishman stated, as famous by MMA Fighting.
“My hand won’t have gotten raised, however I got here out and I fought a large. 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 towards the scariest man within the division and I went on the market and I finished virtually all the pieces.
“There was at no level the place he appeared like he completed the battle, I put him in two submissions. I took his again. I had enjoyable. I confirmed that I can hold with the one better of the division and I proved tonight on brief discover that I can completely be a champion and I can do it for 5 rounds and there’s no holes in my recreation. There’s nothing that man introduced for me tonight. He received by opinion and that’s OK. I can stay with that and I’m very proud of my efficiency tonight. “I went on the market towards the scariest man and I practically f*cking completed him,” Garry stated. “That exhibits that I’ve a championship mentality. Twenty-five minutes, I stood in there throughout from him, he didn’t have something greater than I’ve. I finished each single considered one of his takedowns, it was clear, I made him battle tooth and nail for all the pieces. That exhibits the extent of expertise I’ve and I should be among the best on the earth and I deserve extra respect from this now.”
Whereas Garry’s subsequent transfer stays unclear, it’s doubtless that he’ll subsequent be combating one of many division’s prime names as he seeks to return to title rivalry — and right into a place to as soon as once more problem Rakhmonov.
“Right this moment is an affidavit to how arduous I work, how gifted I’m, and that that man, 18-0, 18 finishes earlier than this battle, got here in, didn’t seem like he was that boogeyman at this time, did he?” Garry defined. “Did he look the identical? I will probably be again and I’ll beat that man, I promise you that, and I’m so excited for that day.”
