Ian Machado Garry dismisses UFC welterweight rankings
UFC welterweight star Ian Machado Garry has dismissed his current position in the UFC welterweight rankings.
As we know, Ian Machado Garry is one of the most exciting fighters in the UFC. He’s young, he’s exciting, and he has great fight IQ. However, in his last fight against Shavkat Rakhmonov, he suffered his first loss in professional mixed martial arts.
It came after a really close encounter with many believing that Machado Garry gave Shavkat the toughest test of his career. That, in itself, is a testament to the Irishman’s abilities.
Right now, though, he’s still sat at #7 in the official UFC welterweight rankings. Unsurprisingly, Machado Garry doesn’t agree with that.
Machado Garry looks back at Rakhmonov fight
“Shavkat. The way I look at this is that the fight against Shavkat was to be the number one contender in the world and go out and fight for the belt next,” Garry said. “If I’m not the number one contender of which Shavkat got his hand raised and has now cemented himself, I’m definitely number f**king two. That’s the way I look at it. Because there’s no way after that performance, you can’t sit there and say that I’m one of the best in the division. So whatever the rankings want to officially say. It’s okay.”
Quotes via MMA Knockout
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