{"id":752734,"date":"2026-06-22T11:15:23","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T11:15:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/752734\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T11:15:23","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T11:15:23","slug":"ian-machado-garry-wants-to-beat-islam-makhachev-in-his-own-world-at-ufc-330","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/752734\/","title":{"rendered":"Ian Machado Garry wants to beat Islam Makhachev \u2018in his own world\u2019 at UFC 330"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">It\u2019s official! Ian Machado Garry will fight welterweight champion Islam Makhachev at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/ufc-fight-cards\/451594\/ufc-330-fight-card-start-time-date-location-islam-makhachev-ian-machado-garry\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">UFC 330<\/a> on August 15th. The fight was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/latest-news\/451445\/islam-makhachev-vs-ian-garry-official-ufc-330-main-event-mackenzie-dern-vs-gillian-robertson-co-headlines\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">announced last Wednesday<\/a> after months of speculation, and now we\u2019re left wondering how Garry \u2014 who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/ufc-odds\/451464\/ufc-330-odds-ian-garry-opens-as-massive-betting-underdog-to-pound-for-pound-king-islam-makhachev\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">is a big underdog<\/a> coming into their fight\u2014 will try to fight the mighty Mak.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">In a new video on his Instagram page, Garry admitted \u201cI don\u2019t think Islam has a lot of weaknesses.\u201d But \u201cThe Future\u201d did tout his own strengths.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">\u201cHe\u2019s never fought someone as long and tall as me,\u201d Garry said. \u201cHe\u2019s not fought someone as fast as me. He\u2019s not fought someone who has the distance management, the boxing capabilities, the head movement that I do, but also the takedown defense.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">\u201cHe might get me down,\u201d Garry admitted. \u201cI hope he does, cuz I want to prove to the world that he can\u2019t submit me. I want to prove to the world that I can get back up. I want to prove to the world that I can beat him in his own world. I don\u2019t care how long he\u2019s trained in that area. I don\u2019t care if he\u2019s an internationally recognized master of Sambo or not.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">\u201cI\u2019m going to bounce him on his skull. I\u2019m going to take his title. I\u2019m going to take his throne. And I\u2019m going to finish that consecutive win streak. And I\u2019ll always be the guy that stopped history from happening.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Garry has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2024\/12\/4\/24313437\/ufc-310s-ian-garry-dismisses-shavkat-rakhmonov-as-welterweight-boogeyman-his-opponents-high-level\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">always been extremely confident<\/a> in the face of big challenges. No one expected him to put up a fight against Shavkat Rakhmonov, yet Garry took \u201cNomad\u201d to the absolute limit. He stumped Carlos Prates, and made beating former champ Belal Muhammad look easy. Can he give Makhachev some looks that the two-division champ hasn\u2019t seen before? We have our doubts, but to be fair, Ian has proved us wrong so many times in the past that we\u2019re always expecting to be surprised.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s official! Ian Machado Garry will fight welterweight champion Islam Makhachev at UFC 330 on August 15th. 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