Irish contender, Ian Garry has pleaded his case for a sizeable climb within the official welterweight rankings following his UFC 310 title eliminator in opposition to Shavkat Rakhmonov — claiming he needs to be ranked at quantity two on the very least, quite than quantity seven.
Garry, a former Cage Warriors welterweight titleholder, co-headlined final month’s closing flagship occasion of the 12 months at UFC 310, dropping his first skilled blended martial arts loss in a back-and-forth determination defeat to former coaching associate, Shavkat Rakhmonov over the course of 5 rounds.
The defeat snapped Portmarnock native, Garry’s spectacular successful spree of eight fights within the promotion, following notable wins over the likes of Michael Web page, Geoff Neal, Neil Magny, Daniel Rodriguez, and Music Kenan of observe.
Ian Garry sad with standing in welterweight rankings
But to be booked since his loss to Uzbekistan native, Rakhmonov — Garry has questioned how he isn’t ranked a lot larger than quantity seven within the rankings, staking his declare for a spot simply behind his former teammate at quantity two within the pile.
“The way I look at this is that the fight against Shavkat was to be the number 1 contender in the world, and go out and fight for the belt next,” Ian Garry mentioned throughout an interview with MMA Knockout. “If I’m not the number one contender of which Shavkat (Rakhmonov) got his hand raised and has now cemented himself, I’m definitely number f*cking 2. That’s the way I look at it because there’s no way after that performance, you can’t sit there and say that I’m one of the best in the division. So whatever the rankings want to officially say, it’s OK.”
Huge respect to Ian Garry.
He fought the boogeyman of the division that nobody wished to struggle and held his personal.
Whether or not you want him or not, you’ve obtained to present him respect for his talent set. pic.twitter.com/qWLzXeQ27k
— MMA Historical past Immediately (@MMAHistoryToday) December 8, 2024
“I know in my heart and my soul, and I see the fans are giving me a lot of love and a lot of respect for that fight,” Ian Garry defined. “I’m completely, in my thoughts, the No. 2 contender on this planet. So, might I see the UFC reserving me as a substitute? Sure.
