Ian Machado Garry has lengthy wished to compete on a card with fellow Irishman Conor McGregor, and now he’s received his want in opposition to a worthy adversary.
Friday, UFC CEO introduced that Garry will meet Michael Web page in a welterweight showdown at UFC 303, the pay-per-view headlined by McGregor’s extremely anticipated return to the cage in opposition to Michael Chandler. The occasion takes place June 29 at T-Cell Enviornment in Las Vegas.
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Web page wasn’t Garry’s first alternative as he’s been calling out Colby Covington for weeks and beforehand mentioned he’d signed a contract to combat the previous UFC interim champ. Nevertheless, Covington, who talked lots of trash about Garry and his spouse, claimed in any other case, and the combat fizzled.
Now Garry (14-0 MMA, 7-0 UFC) as a substitute will face Web page (22-2 MMA, 1-0 UFC), a former Bellator title challenger coming off his UFC debut win in opposition to Kevin Holland at UFC 300, which landed him at No. 13 within the official UFC welterweight rankings. Web page, 37, has gained eight of 9 fights total, together with back-to-back victories. He just lately mentioned he was all the way down to combat Garry.
“I’ve by no means truly met him,” Web page mentioned. “I by no means like to evaluate an excessive amount of from a distance, however he conjures up me to get in form as a result of he simply has an annoying air about him. If there was any motivation wanted, it’s simply him speaking.”
Garry, 26, remains to be undefeated at 14-0 total, with seven victories within the UFC in opposition to the likes of notable names Daniel Rodriguez, Neil Magny and Geoff Neal. His most up-to-date win in opposition to Neil at UFC 298 got here by cut up choice in what was a technical show that incurred boos from followers in Anaheim, Calif.
Under is the up to date lineup for UFC 303:
Conor McGregor vs. Michael Chandler
Jamahal Hill vs. Carlos Ulberg
Ian Machado Garry vs. Michael Web page
Mayra Bueno Silva vs. Macy Chiasson
Andre Fili vs. Cub Swanson
Marc-Andre Barriault vs. Joe Pyfer
Gillian Robertson vs. Michelle Waterson-Gomez
Carlos Hernandez vs. Rei Tsuruya
Yanis Ghemmouri vs. Payton Talbott
Andrei Arlovski vs. Martin Buday
Charles Jourdain vs. Jean Silva
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