{"id":85854,"date":"2025-08-21T20:59:06","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T20:59:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/85854\/"},"modified":"2025-08-21T20:59:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T20:59:06","slug":"sean-brady-says-ian-machado-garry-rejected-fight-lost-another-main-event-because-of-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/85854\/","title":{"rendered":"Sean Brady says Ian Machado Garry rejected fight: &#8216;Lost another main event because of you&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sean Brady thinks Ian Machado Garry is ducking him.<\/p>\n<p>Brady (18-1 MMA, 8-1 UFC) revealed that he was contacted for a potential fight with Machado Garry (16-1 MMA, 9-1 UFC) twice, but neither materialized. The Philadelphia native emerged as a top contender after dominating and <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/article\/ufc-fight-night-255-results-233028692.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:submitting ex-welterweight champion Leon Edwards in the UFC Fight Night 255 headliner;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">submitting ex-welterweight champion Leon Edwards in the UFC Fight Night 255 headliner<\/a> in March.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>He is eager to compete.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I got a call from my manager right around International Fight week so, at the end of June timeframe about me and Ian fighting in Chicago,&#8221; Brady said on his Instagram (h\/t <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ChampRDS\/status\/1958187055118249994\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Championship Rounds;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Championship Rounds<\/a>). &#8220;I said yes. Didn&#8217;t hear anything for weeks. I&#8217;m assuming the UFC moved on. Recently, they hit us up and said me and Ian, main event in Vancouver. I said yes immediately. Immediately.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Yes, let&#8217;s go. I&#8217;ve been wanting to fight since May and these are the only ones I&#8217;ve been offered. I said yes twice. Now, I don&#8217;t know why Ian&#8217;s f*cking dragging his feet or whatever he was doing and now they put in (Reinier De Ridder) and &#8216;Fluffy&#8217; (Alexander Hernandez). Now once again, we&#8217;re sitting and waiting. So thanks Ian. Just lost another main event because of you, my man.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Machado Garry is coming off a <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/article\/ufc-espn-66-results-ian-044723563.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:main event win over Carlos Prates at UFC on ESPN 66;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">main event win over Carlos Prates at UFC on ESPN 66<\/a> in April. Brady has since been <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/article\/sean-brady-wont-wait-ufc-161024972.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:calling out Machado Garry;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">calling out Machado Garry<\/a>, but the fight is yet to materialize.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: <a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/ufc\/2025\/08\/21\/ufc-vancouver-sean-brady-claims-ian-machado-garry-turned-down-fight\/85753793007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Sean Brady claims Ian Machado Garry turned down UFC Vancouver fight;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Sean Brady claims Ian Machado Garry turned down UFC Vancouver fight<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sean Brady thinks Ian Machado Garry is ducking him. 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