Ian Machado Garry has announced a partnership with Eddie Hearn\u2019s Matchroom Talent Agency less than two months before challenging for the UFC welterweight championship.<\/p>\n
The 28-year-old Irish contender revealed the agreement on social media on Wednesday, confirming he will continue to be represented by Vayner Sports while Matchroom Talent Agency oversees his commercial interests. Garry becomes the second high-profile UFC athlete to work with Hearn after undisputed heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall.<\/p>\n
\u201cCongratulations @matchroomtalentagency you\u2019ve signed THE FUTURE,\u201d Garry said, according to his Instagram account. \u201cI\u2019m excited to announce Team Future just Got Bigger. Alongside @vaynersports I\u2019ll be joining The Matchroom Talent Agency \u2014 who will now work across my commercial interests.\u201d<\/p>\n
Garry, who holds a 17-1 professional record, is scheduled to challenge UFC welterweight champion Islam Makhachev in the main event of UFC 330 in Philadelphia on August 15. The announcement comes as Hearn continues to expand his links with athletes competing under the UFC banner.<\/p>\n
The partnership also comes against the backdrop of ongoing public disagreements between Hearn and UFC and Zuffa Boxing CEO Dana White. The pair have clashed over several issues, including Zuffa Boxing\u2019s signing of British boxer Conor Benn, Hearn\u2019s criticism of Tom Aspinall\u2019s UFC contract, and White\u2019s potential involvement in a proposed boxing bout between Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua.<\/p>\n
Garry\u2019s title challenge against Makhachev will mark the first UFC championship opportunity of his career, with the Irish welterweight aiming to become a UFC champion after emerging as one of the promotion\u2019s leading contenders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ian Machado Garry has announced a partnership with Eddie Hearn\u2019s Matchroom Talent Agency less than two months before…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":485634,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,785,85],"class_list":["post-759144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-fighting","tag-mma","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/759144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=759144"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/759144\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/485634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=759144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=759144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=759144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}