UFC commentator Michael Bisping believes Ian Machado Garry could potentially get the next title shot at welterweight.
As we know, the welterweight division is absolutely stacked right now. Ian Machado Garry is one of many at 170 pounds who believes they could be in line for a world title shot, and understandably so. Outside of his very close loss to Shavkat Rakhmonov, the Irishman has been on an excellent run of form since joining the promotion.
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As we look ahead to Islam Makhachev’s next fight, it’s really not clear to see who the number one contender is – with Kamaru Usman seemingly leading the line. Machado Garry, though, continues to make his claim that he should be next up, and given his track record, it wouldn’t be that crazy to consider.
In a recent video, Michael Bisping gave his thoughts on the possibility of Machado Garry being the next challenger.
Bisping on Machado Garry’s future
“Is Ian Garry vs. Islam Makhachev the fight that is going to happen? Because it might just be,” Bisping said on his YouTube channel. “Hear me out: Ian Garry is the No. 1-ranked guy on the planet and he’s beaten some tremendous fighters along the way. And of course, he took Shavkat Rakhmonov in a No. 1 contender matchup, took him five rounds, almost got the submission in the fifth round.
“Since then, he’s come back and the man’s still fighting. Last time out, he took out Belal Muhammad, who is the former champion. Before that, he took out Carlos Prates, one of the biggest and hottest names right now in the welterweight division.”
“You can’t deny what he’s done in his career – you just can’t,” Bisping said. “As much as you might want to, you can’t. … When he got in the deep end of the division, against your ‘MVPs,’ against your Geoff Neal, your Carlos’ and your Belals, what did he do? He won all of those fights.”
Quotes via MMA Junkie
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