{"id":849594,"date":"2026-08-07T16:32:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T16:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/849594\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T16:32:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T16:32:09","slug":"not-scrolling-ian-garry-dumps-social-media-responds-to-online-backlash-ahead-of-ufc-330","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/849594\/","title":{"rendered":"Not-scrolling Ian Garry dumps social media, responds to \u2018online backlash\u2019 ahead of UFC 330"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">\u201cWhat do I think about online backlash? I have no idea what you\u2019re talking about,\u201d Garry told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.betvictor.com\/en-gb\/casino\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Betvictor Casino<\/a> (via <a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/ufc\/2026\/08\/06\/ufc-330-ian-machado-garry-opinion-social-media-false-reality-people-love-me-around-world\/91195042007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">MMA Junkie<\/a>). \u201cI have absolutely no idea about any backlash or any criticism because I haven\u2019t been online. I have a world title fight against the best fighter on the planet right now, and that is all I have been focused on. I don\u2019t use social media anymore. I use it to promote the fight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">\u201cI use it to promote interviews that I\u2019ve done and podcasts that I\u2019ve done,\u201d Garry continued. \u201cI do not scroll and look at comments. I do not scroll and look at tagged photos. I do not scroll and look at anything. Me and my team sit down, we post, we talk about the caption, and that\u2019s it. I don\u2019t look at anything else. I don\u2019t need to. I don\u2019t need to see anyone else\u2019s opinion of me or what I choose to do in my life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Ignoring the criticism means he\u2019s also missing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/ufc-news\/462185\/dana-white-ian-garry-serious-threat-islam-ufc-330-excellent-takedown-defense\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the praise<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">The 28-year-old Garry (17-1) will attempt to capture the welterweight crown when he collides with reigning 170-pound champion Islam Makhachev in <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\">the upcoming UFC 330 five-round main event<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/paramountplus.qflm.net\/c\/482924\/175360\/3065?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.paramountplus.com%2Fshows%2Fufc&amp;partnerpropertyid=7032191&amp;subId2=[sb0807awD][451594][][r][][][][][][][]\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Paramount+<\/a>, scheduled for Sat., Aug. 15, 2026 at Xfinity Mobile Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">To see who else is fighting at UFC 330 click <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\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cWhat do I think about online backlash? I have no idea what you\u2019re talking about,\u201d Garry told Betvictor&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":130198,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[49,48,641,33601,638,82,702,4454],"class_list":["post-849594","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-fighting","tag-latest-ufc-mma-news","tag-mma","tag-sports","tag-ufc-news","tag-upcoming-ufc-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/849594","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=849594"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/849594\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/130198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=849594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=849594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=849594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}