I want to prove i’m the baddest man on the planet by beating ‘boogeyman’ Khamzat Chimeav in Ireland…I want to punch his mouth off
I will showcase a ‘mesmerizing’ Israel Adesanya inspired tactic against Neil Magny on Saturday
I’ll be ‘unbeatable in two years’...I'm not in a rush for a title shot.
Garry reveals he will showcase ‘mesmerizing’ Israel Adesanya inspired tactic on Saturday night
“I’m blessed to live this nomadic lifestyle and I want to go to New Zealand and train with Israel Adesanya next because right now he's the best striker in the sport, and the way he switches between southpaw and orthodox, the flow, the beauty in they way he disguises the change of stance is mesmerizing, and I love it, and I believe that’s the next evolution for me. I've got everything I ever need from an orthodox point of view. Now if I have that from a southpaw point of view, I'm twice the challenge I already am, and it’s something I've been working on and something you will see on Saturday night.”
“I could beat Neil Magny on three minutes notice, anywhere in the world. I did not need to take any time to think about taking it. It's the fight I called for after my last fight, because Neil has a lot of respect in his name. He's game. He possesses challenges. He's long, he's lanky, he's durable. He's tough. He beats a lot of people he shouldn't beat because he drags people into his fight. I'm a completely different fighter. I'm young, I'm intelligent. I'm smart. My fight IQ is unrivaled, and I'm going to surgically demolish him on Saturday night.”
Garry says he is in no rush for a title shot and will be ‘unbeatable in two years time’.
“I think that I'll have a title shot when I deserve a title shot in my mind. I don't want to rush. I’m 25 years of age. I turn 26 in November. I have no rush to get to a world title. I want to develop my craft and develop my skill, develop my team, my family, my supporters, my following. I want to build a brand. I want it all by the time I'm fighting for a world title. I've got four more flights in my mind. I'm going to beat Neil Magny on Saturday night. I then want to beat two guys ranked between #10 and #5, and then two guys in the top five, so for me, I'm four fights away before I even look at a title shot. The amount of prospects I've seen in this sport - rush, rush, rush - and they get into the top ten. They go for a title fight only to get beat, and then they go on the skid.
“Firstly, I'm very blessed, I don't have to fight for money. I fight for enjoyment. A lot of people do it because they need the money and they put themselves in a financial situation where they're not as smart as I am outside of the cage. So I'm not fighting for money. I'm fighting for legacy. I'm fighting for joy. I'm fighting to leave my name in this sport in the history books forever. I don't need to rush. So four more fights - that gives me a year, or a year and a half, to develop more wrestling offense and defense, more jujitsu offense and defense, and develop my striking skills. It will just mean that when I fight for that world title, I'm going to be ten times more elite than I am right now, and that person in two years time is unbeatable.
“I'm not the greatest wrestler in the world. I'm not the greatest jiu jitsu practitioner in the world, I'm not the greatest striker in the world, I'm not the greatest MMA fighter in the world, yet. But I'm learning from some of the greats. I worked with Gilbert Burns and Felipe Pena recently, who are some of the best grapplers the world's ever seen and world champions in jiu jitsu. I’ve chopped it up and learned from the likes of Leon Edwards and Stephen Thompson. Henry Hooft and Henry Clemson are amazing striking coaches, amazing people that I can connect with and that help me grow.”
Garry says his dream fight is ‘Boogeyman’ Khamzat Chimeav
“I'm coming back to Ireland a week after this fight and I'm going to be coming back as a ranked fighter in the top ten of the UFC, which is going to be such a special feeling. So carrying that flag, carrying that banner, and being Irish, and being the next superstar out of Ireland in the UFC, it's so powerful and it's so special to be from such a small country and achieve such great things. I love Ireland and the people of Ireland and I just want the people of Ireland to be excited by my journey.”
“It would have to be in the Three arena in Dublin, Ireland as my dream venue because they're never going to go to Croke Park. And the dream opponent would be me versus Khamzat Chimeav because everyone talks about him like he’s this badman and this boogeyman, but in time I'm going get a chance to lay hands on him, - if he's the baddest man that everyone is afraid of - i’m going to show the world what’s up. He’d be my dream opponent in Ireland. I want that f**king wolf. I want that badman. I want to be the baddest man on earth, and everyone considers it to be him at the moment, but let me punch the mouth off him and we’ll see what’s up.”
Ian Garry is currently the heavy favorite in the UFC betting world to beat Neil Magny
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