Ian Machado Garry announced that he’s in camp, but for who?
Machado Garry recently played matchmaker for the UFC’s welterweight division, where he matched up Carlos Prates with Michael Morales, Kamaru Usman with Jack Della Maddalena, and gave himself a title shot against champion Islam Makhachev (28-1 MMA, 17-1 UFC).
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The idea of Machado Garry (17-1 MMA, 10-1 UFC) getting a title shot is not farfetched in Michael Bisping’s eyes.
“Is Ian Garry vs. Islam Makhachev the fight that is going to happen? Because it might just be,” Bisping said on his YouTube channel. “Hear me out: Ian Garry is the No. 1-ranked guy on the planet and he’s beaten some tremendous fighters along the way. And of course, he took Shavkat Rakhmonov in a No. 1 contender matchup, took him five rounds, almost got the submission in the fifth round.
“Since then, he’s come back and the man’s still fighting. Last time out, he took out Belal Muhammad, who is the former champion. Before that, he took out Carlos Prates, one of the biggest and hottest names right now in the welterweight division.”
Machado Garry may have a strong campaign with his recent resume, which includes wins over Michael Page, Carlos Prates, and most recently former champion Belal Muhammad at UFC Fight Night 265.
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“You can’t deny what he’s done in his career – you just can’t,” Bisping said. “As much as you might want to, you can’t. … When he got in the deep end of the division, against your ‘MVPs,’ against your Geoff Neal, your Carlos’ and your Belals, what did he do? He won all of those fights.”
This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: Is Ian Machado Garry next for a title shot? Michael Bisping reacts
