Welterweight Ian Machado Garry suffered his first profession loss at UFC 310, dropping a choice to Shavkat Rakhmonov. Garry accepted the combat on quick discover after champion Belal Muhammad was compelled to withdraw from the scheduled UFC 310 headliner towards the “Nomad.”
Main into the occasion, Garry accused former champion Kamaru Usman and former interim titleholder Colby Covington of ‘working’ from a combat with him. On Monday, Usman responded to Garry’s allegations throughout an look on Pound 4 Pound podcast.
“Does he even deserve that?” Usman mentioned. “Main as much as this combat, loads was being mentioned, made numerous [things up]. I don’t run from anyone! Nobody. I run from nobody, and I don’t know too many guys which might be going to run from anybody, as a result of that is the sport!
“We combat to make cash. If we don’t combat, we don’t receives a commission. Anybody within the UFC has to step in there to be able to receives a commission,” Usman continued. “So the notion that ‘Oh yeah, they have been petrified of me’. Like who’re you? Who’re you that I, of all folks, are petrified of you? I assume he was upset as a result of he wished me to be his late-notice alternative for his combat. Who the f*** is that man for me to be a late alternative for?”
Usman final fought at UFC 294 in October 2023, dropping his middleweight debut in a short-notice combat towards Khamzat Chimaev. Previous to the loss, Usman dropped back-to-back fights to Leon Edwards. He is anticipated to return to motion in some unspecified time in the future in 2025.
