Ian Machado Garry has never turned down a fight within the UFC, but there may be one rival he isn’t curious about settling a rating with.
The previous Cage Warriors champion is on account of tackle Belal Muhammad at UFC Qatar next month, and believes himself to be on target for a world title fight. So as to do this, he might be looking up the rankings to search out opponents until a shot comes up.
Nevertheless, despite and maybe due to their lengthy feud, Garry has little interest in facing off with Leon Edwards, the number four-ranked former champion. He says that the bout could only work as a ‘winner take all’ and he refuses to offer any credence or clout to his rival.
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Ian Machado Garry was once a training partner of Leon and his brother Fabian Edwards on the Renegade gym in Birmingham, where he spent much of his time when within the UK. Nevertheless, he left in a cloud of controversy amid various stories from each side.
It almost led to the pair fighting, but it surely never materialized and now the Irishman wants no a part of the potential matchup.
“I actually have no want, no interest ever for him to ever earn any money off me doing all of the labor of being the more interesting fighter,” Garry said during an explosive appearance on the Ariel Helwani Show this evening. “And for him to get any way, shape, or form some financial profit.
“If he was willing to fight me for all or nothing, I’d fight him in a heartbeat, ’cause I’d ensure that he’d leave there absolutely punched around, unconscious, after which leave with no profit. But I actually have no need to see him, nor his team, ever.
“They lied and I don’t like liars… When people make up lies and things that aren’t true I don’t like that because I do know people’s true colours then. I do know the reality.
“Look, I’m going to have a Brazilian flag on my shoulders come November 15, cheering Carlos Prates on, watching him spark Leon Edwards unconscious.”