Irish striker, Ian Garry has disputed his unanimous resolution loss to former coaching associate, Shavkat Rakhmonov at UFC 310 over the weekend, claiming the Uzbekistani-born fighter solely gained the bout “by decision” — claiming he managed to carry his personal over the incoming title challenger.
Garry, who retains the quantity seven rank on the welterweight restrict, suffered his first-ever skilled combined martial arts over the course of the weekend, within the type of a unanimous resolution (48-47, 48-47, 48-47) in a aggressive back-and-forth pairing.
Going through off with incumbent welterweight champion, Belal Muhammad following his win over Portmarnock native, Garry — surging challenger, Rakhmonov has been tipped to battle the Illinois native within the new 12 months, in pursuit of his first championship reign below the banner of the UFC.
Ian Garry claims he made Shavkat Rakhmonov look “human” at UFC 310
And considerably providing his dispute to the decide’s scorecards on the T-Cellular Area, Ian Garry claimed Rakhmonov solely gained the pairing through “opinion” — admitting he was pleased with his efficiency.
“In victory and in defeat, I’m still the same person,” Ian Garry, stated in the course of the post-fight press convention. “I’m humble in victory and defeat, I at all times have been. And I don’t really feel like I misplaced at present. My hand may not have gotten raised, however I got here out and I fought an enormous, I got here out and I fought the bogeyman. And I confirmed that he’s f*cking human.
“I went out there on three weeks’ notice and I saved this event, I saved this card against the scariest man in the division, and I went out there and I stopped almost everything. There was at no point that he looked like he would finish the fight; I put him in two submissions, I took his back, I had fun. I showed that I can hang with the single best in the division, and I proved tonight, on short notice, that I can absolutely be a champion, and I can do it for five rounds and there is no holes in my game, there was nothing that man brought from me tonight. He won by opinion and that’s OK. I can live with that and I’m very happy with my performance tonight.”
