{"id":776107,"date":"2026-07-03T08:45:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T08:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/776107\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T08:45:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T08:45:09","slug":"ian-garry-ill-surpass-conor-mcgregor-in-irish-mma-by-beating-islam-makhachev","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/776107\/","title":{"rendered":"Ian Garry: I\u2019ll surpass Conor McGregor in Irish MMA by beating Islam Makhachev"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ian
\nGarry<\/a> is looking to surpass his idol, Conor
\nMcGregor<\/a>, as the face of Irish mixed martial arts.<\/p>\n

Garry takes on Islam
\nMakhachev<\/a> in the main event of UFC 330<\/a>
\non Aug. 15 at Xfinity Mobile Arena in Philadelphia. Not only is he
\neager to pull off an upset, but he also hopes to put the spotlight
\nback on Irish MMA.<\/p>\n

Ian Garry’s UFC 330 fight against Islam Makhachev could reshape
\nIrish MMA
\n
\nDespite McGregor being one of the biggest names in professional
\nsports, Garry believes that he can outshine the former two-division
\nchampion to become the face of Irish MMA. Moreover, he wants to
\nbring the UFC back to his home country. \u201cThe Future\u201d said at a
\npromotional event for Matchroom Talent Agency:<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to be the type of guy that brings the UFC back to Ireland.
\nIt’s been a long time. I’ve been carrying this flag for Irish MMA
\nfor a long, long time. With my next fight, I’ll be the most
\nvictorious Irishman in UFC history. I’ll have 11 wins.\u201d<\/p>\n

Notably, both McGregor and Garry are currently tied for 10 wins
\napiece in the UFC. The former will get the chance to add another
\nvictory to his record at UFC 329<\/a>
\nbefore the latter\u2019s maiden championship opportunity at UFC
\n330<\/a>.<\/p>\n

While Garry didn\u2019t outright say he wants to exceed McGregor\u2019s
\nlegacy, the 28-year-old sees himself as the \u201csecond wave\u201d and wants
\nto spearhead a UFC return to Dublin.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to bring them back here. I have been saying it from Day 1:
\nI am the next superstar of Irish MMA. I’m going to be carrying that
\nsecond wave, and I want to bring them back to Croke Park. I want to
\nbring them back to Dublin. I want to bring them back wherever they
\nthink they can go because these fans deserve it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ian Garry is looking to surpass his idol, Conor McGregor, as the face of Irish mixed martial arts.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":776108,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[4225,64,63,786,223668,785,44,85],"class_list":["post-776107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-article","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-fighting","tag-https-www-sherdog-com-news-news-ufc","tag-mma","tag-news","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/776107","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=776107"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/776107\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/776108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=776107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=776107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=776107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}