It seems Ian Garry was initially presupposed to sq. off towards Sean Brady in his subsequent struggle, however determined to tackle Belal Muhammad as a substitute after the UFC refused to fulfill his phrases.
‘The Future’ will now face the previous welterweight champion within the co-main occasion of UFC Qatar on Nov. 22. The occasion will go down on the ABHA Enviornment in Doha with a light-weight title eliminator between Arman Tsarukyan and Dan Hooker headlining the cardboard.
In keeping with the Irishman, a win towards Muhammad would fetch him a crack on the 170-pound gold. In a current publish on his Instagram deal with, the 27-year-old got here clear on why he selected Muhammad as his opponent:
“The UFC provided me Sean Brady. I mentioned sure. I mentioned to them, ‘Let’s make it a No.1 contender struggle, let’s make it public, as a result of that is what I need.’ They weren’t prepared to do this. So I mentioned, ‘No drawback. I need to struggle Belal, I need to knock him out. There isn’t any different possibility, my subsequent struggle is for a world title.'”
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Take a look at Ian Garry’s feedback about selecting to struggle Belal Muhammad under:
Garry is 9-1 within the UFC with notable wins towards Neal Magny, Geoff Neal, and Michael Web page, amongst others. His solely loss has come towards the No.3-ranked Shavkath Rakhmonov at UFC 310 in December. ‘The Future’ was final seen in a unanimous choice win over Combating Nerds standout Carlos Prates.
Belal Muhammad sends dire warning to Ian Garry forward of UFC Qatar
Whereas Ian Garry hopes to earn his maiden title shot with a decisive win over Belal Muhammad, the previous champion can be intent on securing an opportunity at reclaiming the welterweight gold.
Saying their Nov.22 conflict on social media, ‘Keep in mind the Identify’ despatched a dire warning to his opponent, vowing to ship a brutal beatdown on struggle evening:
“You’re cocky, you’re younger. You solely have one loss, which you’re happy with since you did not get completed, however it is a totally different animal. You’ve got by no means been within the cage with anyone like me, by no means seen anyone like me, and on Nov.22 you are going to be damaged, such as you’ve by no means been damaged earlier than… I will beat you up. It’ll be a foul day, unhealthy evening… I feel it is the No.1 contender struggle… Ian Garry, you picked the incorrect man, you picked the incorrect date. Nov.22, your future shouldn’t be vivid. See you quickly, boy.”
Muhammad is 24-4-1 NC in MMA with wins over the likes of Stephen Thompson, Sean Brady, and Leon Edwards. Earlier than his UFC 315 loss to Jack Della Maddalena, the 37-year-old was on an 11-fight unbeaten run.
Edited by Ujwal Jain
