Ian Machado Garry is once again facing a short camp in the UFC - this time for a fight that might even not happen.
After stepping in on a month’s notice to hand knockout artist Carlos Prates his first defeat in the octagon, Garry will serve as the backup fighter for the UFC 315 welterweight title match between Belal Muhammad and Jack Della Maddalena on May 10.
The Chute Boxe fighter will only have two weeks between both events, and his head coach Diego Lima told MMA Fighting he will do his best to be prepared to enter the cage in Canada if necessary.
“We have to train for a war, to train as if we’re fighting,” Lima said. “The moment you’re the backup fighter, that fight can get cancelled. When [Islam] Makhachev was fighting Arman [Tsarukyan in January], we offered [to be the backup], Charles [Oliveira] asked a lot, and the UFC said, ‘No, Charles won’t be the backup. Get some rest, you just fought. You deserve a vacation. Be there as the guest fighter.’ And on Friday, the day of the weigh-ins, the fight was off. Even if you don’t believe it, anything can happen.”
Garry fought five rounds with Rakhmonov in December, almost tapping the undefeated talent in the end, and also went 25 minutes versus Prates. Garry was hurt in the fifth, but had done enough in the previous rounds to walk away with the decision victory this time.
“You can’t come out unscathed after a 25-minute war,” Lima said. “Thank God they both avoided serious injuries. The important thing right now is to recover from the injuries, get some rest, and then go back to light training after four five days. Move the body in training, do some light sparring. It’s difficult because you have to train everything, and time they have two complete different styles. Fighting Belal is one thing, and Maddalena is totally different. We have to work on conditioning to get better for both in case something happens. I don’t think this fight will fall off, but we have to go there expecting it to get cancelled.”
Lima, who has trained Prates in the past, celebrated that Garry was able to impose the gameplan with perfection at UFC Kansas City, Aside from the final minute, when Prates rocked the Irish talent, and Prates’ takedown defense, Garry had no trouble controlling the match.
“Ian always stays light, he’s always training, so he’s ready for any opportunity,” Lima said. “Every fighter dreams with entering in the UFC, and when they do, they dream with winning the belt. Ian is super young but already very experienced. His penultimate fight was a loss, but he came out bigger than before. He’s showing how good he is, and he deserves this opportunity.”
“Ian deserves it,” he continued. “Not only for taking another fight on short notice, but for delivering in the octagon. He’s a complete fighter. He came close to submitting [Rakhmonov] last time around, and now he did a great fight with Carlos, dominating all rounds, minus the fifth. He’s proving he has what it takes, that he deserves it. Both times the UFC needed him, he answered the call.”
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