Ian Machado Garry believes that with regards to current opposition, his resume surpasses Islam Makhachev’s.
Garry will look to take the welterweight title from Makhachev after they collide within the UFC 330 headliner on Saturday. Makhachev’s accolades and elite grappling have led many to imagine it’ll be a profitable title protection for the highest pound-for-pound fighter in MMA at present. Garry sees issues far completely different, and he even envisions a knockout victory to win his first UFC title.
The Irish challenger’s confidence is sky excessive, and he informed Brett Okamoto for ESPN MMA that his resume as of late has been extra spectacular than what the 170-pound champion has confronted (through MMAJunkie).
“If you happen to have a look at the individuals we’ve fought, when you have a look at my final 5 opponents vs. Islam’s final 5 opponents, in my view, it’s not a dialogue whose are harder,” Machado Garry mentioned. “If you have a look at who I’ve fought: Belal Muhammad, Shavkat Rakhmonov, Carlos Prates, MVP (Web page), these 4 are 4 of the trickiest fighters on the planet. All of them current actual, actual hazard. If you have a look at JDM (Della Maddalena), Renato Moicano, Dustin Poirier, and Volkanovski, if I’m right – as a lot as Volkanovski is a legend of the game, and Dustin Poirier is a legend of the game, they’re not as harmful as the blokes I’ve simply talked about.”
Makhachev has mentioned that Garry has the identical bravado as his different opponents who’ve fallen to him. The welterweight ruler has promised to take extra dangers on Saturday than he did to win the title in opposition to Jack Della Maddalena. He’s additionally predicting a end over Garry in Philadelphia.
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