Ian Garry declares himself the real source of Shavkat’s knee injury, lost title shot

Ian Machado Garry’s inventory raised at UFC 310.

Regardless of coughing up his unbeaten skilled file to Shavkat Rakhmonov, Garry actually impressed in opposition to the Kazakh mauler. Previous to their five-round battle, Rakhmonov by no means got here notably near defeat contained in the Octagon, routinely dominating his opposition and ending all of his earlier foes.

Garry went toe-to-toe with Rakhmonov and practically got here out on high, coughing up a detailed 3-2 determination. He additionally completed the battle actually robust, which matches a great distance in selling an eventual rematch and retaining Garry excessive up the ladder. So excessive, in reality, that Garry was outright furious when he didn’t obtain the title shot after Shavkat Rakhmonov was sidelined by harm and couldn’t declare his title shot.

Jack Della Maddalena stepped in, and Garry isn’t completely happy about it.

A part of Garry’s gripe is that he believes himself to be the supply of Rakhmonov’s harm. Per “The Future,” Rakhmonov’s knee is trashed, and that harm is a direct results of all of the low kicks Garry landed again in December.

“I believe the phrase ‘withdrew’ is the phrase that form of bugs me,” Garry defined to Ariel Helwani. “I don’t imagine Shavkat withdrew attributable to a alternative of not eager to battle for a title, however from what I’m listening to, it’s extra of an harm. An harm that I completely imagine he sustained within the battle with me as a result of quantity of heel kicks I put to his knee … If he’s not obtainable, it makes logical sense to go to me, not a man who’s been out for a 12 months.”

A little bit of fact-checking feels essential right here. Rakhmonov has withdrew attributable to knee accidents previous to the Garry match up, and there are substantial claims that he entered that bout with a torn MCL already. Information of Rakhmonov’s harm didn’t break till a 3 months after their conflict both, which hurts Garry’s argument as properly.

Concurrently, a pair dozen facet kicks to an already chronically injured knee are unlikely to enhance any tendons!

Garry mentions a title shot being troublesome to come back by off a loss, however he’ll have an opportunity to return to the win column earlier than later. He stepped up on short-notice to simply accept a UFC Kansas Metropolis important occasion match up versus Brazilian knockout artist Carlos Prates on April 26, and a victory there would put him in superb place to argue his case for gold.