It’s not winter; it’s ducking season.
Eire’s Ian Garry returns to motion this weekend (Sat., Dec. 7, 2024) in opposition to No. 1 Welterweight contender Shavkat Rakhmonov within the co-main occasion of UFC 310, which fits down inside T-Cell Enviornment in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Earlier than touchdown a Welterweight title eliminator struggle with Rakhmonov, he was matched up with Joaquin Buckley for the final occasion of the yr, UFC Tampa. Nevertheless, it took some time for Garry to discover a struggle as a result of former champion Kamaru Usman and loudmouth Colby Covington turned him down.
“So, I had many conversations back-to-back with the UFC,” Garry informed Ariel Helwani. “Initially, the aim was to line up a struggle with Colby Covington – once more, it’s no secret he’s been working. Then they went down the road and began to take a look at Kamaru Usman. The phrases I heard from the UFC had been: ‘Kamaru Usman needs nothing to do with you,’ that means he’s additionally working.”
The Irish fighter defined why Usman ‘needs nothing to do’ with him.
‘Usman has a giant chest and little balls,” Garry mentioned. “He seems good. He’s received a giant chest and performs the half however the place it issues between the legs, he’s just a little man. That’s my outlook on it. Him and Colby, they’re older, they’ve been by means of the division and fought guys. Now, they’re attending to the top of their careers and wish to select the higher stylistic matchup.
I assure this,” Garry concluded. “Usman goes to attempt to push for a struggle with Jack Della Maddalena as a result of he noticed how straightforward it was for Gilbert Burns to take him down. If I had been in Usman’s sneakers, why would I wish to struggle the man who’s lengthy, rangey, and troublesome to take care of? After I may struggle the man who I watched two folks back-to-back be capable to take him down fairly simply.”
It’s extremely unlikely that Usman needs nothing to do with Garry. The previous champion fought Khamzat Chimaev on a couple of days’ discover and practically beat the undefeated freak athlete. Additionally, he revealed a couple of weeks in the past that he couldn’t struggle in December as a result of it was “too early” to struggle.
The Irish fighter could also be appropriate about Usman vs. Maddalena, although …
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