Properly, it wasn’t fairly. However Ian Machado Garry walked away from UFC 303 with a win over Michael “Venom” Web page.
Web page rapidly established himself because the sooner and extra harmful striker, however sadly for “MVP,” that is combined martial arts. Garry turned to his grappling and jiujitsu abilities to overpower his fashionable opponent, taking him down and almost choking him out within the first spherical.
A 3rd spherical spent on Web page’s again locked the choice win in for “The Future,” to the boos of those that wished to see a stand-and-bang conflict. Garry was unapologetic about how he earned his win, and he’s already trying onwards and upwards to his subsequent opponent.
“I need to be lively, being lively is the one greatest factor to me,” he stated throughout the UFC 303 post-fight press convention. “I’m not going to cease coaching and I might like to struggle once more in Las Vegas in December, so let’s see who’s prepared.”
“I’ve been calling out Colby [Covington], I’ve been calling out Shavkat [Rakhmonov], I’ve been calling out [Kamaru] Usman,” he declared. “Give me anybody that’s ranked greater than me and let me get my hand raised in probably the most fabulous fashion I presumably can.”
“This Shavkat, 18-0, undefeated, I’d like to get my palms on him. I’ve skilled with him. I’ve nothing however respect for the man. However I need to be the primary man to take his 0 and I do know I can do it. I simply beat the quickest man within the division aside from me.”
Appears like Ian forgot what occurred throughout these coaching classes. I don’t thoughts reminding him sooner or later. https://t.co/B4a7GesXp4
— Shavkat “Nomad” Rakhmonov (@Rakhmonov1994) June 30, 2024
“On the subject of placing and abilities, I can do it,” he concluded. “On the subject of grappling, you’ve seen the expansion that I’ve had. I’d like to show it towards somebody like him.”
It didn’t take lengthy for Rakhmonov to answer Garry’s callout.
“Appears like Ian forgot what occurred throughout these coaching classes,” he wrote on X (previously Twitter). “I don’t thoughts reminding him sooner or later.”