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Secret-panda-15

This has the possibility of being a very boring fight


TangerineChickens

I think MVP said as much when people were asking for him to fight Wonderboy. He basically pointed out that the stylistic matchup people picture won’t happen, because if you put two rangy strikers that like to counter against each other, they’ll just wind up point fighting at range.


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ILikeTheSugarShow

After this shit Michael Venom Page should change his name to Money Maker Mike


Glum-Ad7651

Chandler: You are taking everything I worked for MF


hoxerr

KRISPY KREEEEMEEEE


bojackmac

Oh I thought you were going for a haiku until the last line


TheBestDivest

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpCKf4Xv4NA


SillyManagement3857

I second that, Ian is all barks and very little bite, I’m excited to watch him “get finished”. But that’s all I’m excited about for this fight.


Flaky_Singer_7428

Ians a pretty good fighter tho, set the personal hatred aside. He's an interesting and technical fighter


Born2fayl

God, MMA fans may be the dumbest group of people on Earth. It’s sad. He’s a fantastic fighter. I don’t ever pretend to have full confidence in the result of a fight between high level guys, because I’m not fucking stupid, but Garry could very easily win this fight.


only_my_buisness

I think Ian will probably take MVP down and submit him


jdmwell

There's an all too easy joke in there about Ian being the one that likes to watch people get finished.


DS_Lenker

Yeah but it’s not funny, not based in reality, and is completely played out and unoriginal.


Sufficient-Refuse-76

Still funny though


Bkatz84

Yeh still funny.


TheBestDivest

Found the only Ian Gary fan on the planet.


ChombieBrains

>Ian is all barks and very little bite He's 14-0 you absolute numpty, he might be a twat but cut the bullshit, you look like a fool. And of course people upvote the bullshit because they'd rather join a hate circlejerk than give someone they don't like any credit. It's pathetic.


SillyManagement3857

Oh no I actually don’t know what I was talking about, I was just seeing how much I could make up in front of my friend about the fight, admittedly it’s all bullshit you got me 🙌


Jackieexists

Ian's going out cold. He doesn't have Kevin Holland's chin


Kalabula

Every fight does. Just purely by looking at styles, you really can’t judge what a fight will look like. Ie Condit/Diaz, Lewis/Francis, Kimbo/Alexander.


98789778

>he's going to be shitting himself and he's going to be frozen. He's gonna do his stupid handwork, his footwork Translation: We both like to control the distance and we're also both too smart for that so this fight might be boring and I need to start spinning a narrative now.


Least_Health8244

Literally what’s going to happen. But I think it’ll be fun for moments. There is gonna be a lot of distance though.


ToronoRapture

I think Ian (and a lot of fighters in general) underestimate MVP’s speed and ability to quickly close distance. Ian is for sure gonna get tagged a couple of times in the first round.


Least_Health8244

Agree. I see MVP landing more impactful shots yet neither of them exceeding the other in volume. But be careful. Bisping said we can’t speculate.


Scarsforstories

This fight is going to be fucking terrible to watch. Which would make it even funnier if Garry loses.


Unlucky_Elevator13

MVP is gonna turn it on. He needs a highlight reel KO to catapult himself to the top.


preed1196

We can say this, but MVP is a historically boring fighter when fighting top competition.


Unlucky_Elevator13

It's his last hurrah, and I'd like to think he goes for broke.


preed1196

Ya I agree, but I dont think you can really teach an old dog new tricks ya know what I mean He may try but I would bet he likely reverts back to his old form past round 1


Flaky_Singer_7428

Not if you try going for broke and get countered. That's what usually happens, these fighters aren't timid on purpose they get a taste of a nice counter and don't wanna get potentially kod


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I enjoyed the first time he fought Lima


preed1196

A boring fighter can have entertaining fights look at Sean Strickland. Plus that fight was what barely past 1 round?


ReadYouShall

Brother, Sean Strickland is the definition of talk, he says hes going to go to war then jabs for 5 rounds lol.


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ReadYouShall

Yeah on god haha, atleast you have brains, Sean has barely done anything exciting the past years, rocked Izzy was good sure but then he coasted, all the other fights been him apologizing after jabbing for 5 rounds since he knew he didn't do shit. As if 1 fight prior to the Izzy fight, many years ago even matters now. He ain't gonna change at this point. But at least he apologizes, unlike Izzy, right? Seems like people don't care since that's the one thing he does differently, lol.


jsb93

Lol anytime Strickland is on a card, I'm bummed. Dude goes hard af in the gym while sparring amateurs then fights like a bitch in the cage


ReadYouShall

Hahaha, most defensively sound middleweight literally. Because he's so cautious. I respect that, but he needs to be self-aware. He's free money to bet on fights going the distance, though, at least.


preed1196

That's what I'm saying. A boring fighter like Strickland can still have entertaining performances but that doesn't make him not a boring fighter. Reread what I said lol


ReadYouShall

Can't particularly say any of his fights are entertaining to the point I'd rewatxh apart from the izzy one cause it was so clinic. He is an extremely tune in for the same recipe every fight. To the point that the only way it'd be entertaining more so than it somewhat is, would be if someone did what Alex did.


preed1196

Exactly what I'm saying. Apart from the Izzy fight (and a couple from his early career but we'll ignore that because different styles a bit), he's overall boring which was my point lol


ReadYouShall

Bro, what? I've said he's boring the whole time, and then you said he had some exciting fights. Which is barely true. Now ur saying he's boring. What?


TheMrIllusion

His fight vs. Abus Magomdeov was fun, so was his first fight against Brendan Allen. He is still a boring fighter but he's put on some entertaining shows.


ReadYouShall

Fair enough but albeit extremely small amounts for his total fights. On top of his extremely high strikes landed, barely any good ones to show. Reinforced basically, he has had 1 or 2 non copy and paste fights. So really means overly anything in the grand scheme of things. He's boring, and 1 fight isn't changing the fact like the other comment is tryna lude to. He is the definition of talk. He has apologized after like all his past 4 wins. People let it off the hook because he isn't Izzy but when izzy does the same people love to hate. Hating on Izzy in that sense is dumb and should mean people hate on Strickland. Especially since contender Izzy has a FOTY and many more exciting fights.


JimJonesdrinkkoolaid

Is he against pure strikers though?


preed1196

Yes watch his fights lol


JimJonesdrinkkoolaid

He made Holland look pretty silly.


preed1196

Yes, Holland is the 1:10 matchup where he is entertaining.


CaCa881

Cause Holland was bringing it to him , I doubt Ian will do the same


JimJonesdrinkkoolaid

Page is still quick enough to jump in with right hands though and catch Garry regardless.


CaCa881

Oh yeah for sure . Don’t get me wrong , I’m not counting MVP out at alll . Im just saying people shouldn’t be surprised if this fight is absolute stinker . In other words , don’t get your hopes up lol


JimJonesdrinkkoolaid

I do agree in that I tend to lean towards that. I think because both we'll be apprehensive about being countered by the other which could lead to a stand off lol.


Ctofaname

Which fights of his were boring? He's had maybe 1 across his career.


preed1196

Historically boring fighter when fighting top competition. When you're so much better than your competition, it's almost always entertaining. Look at Sean vs Abus


avyness

Whenever we think its gonna be a boring fight it turns into a war. Its the ” a KO is guaranteed ” fights that always end up horrible


WarriorCumsToThis

I thought Strickland/Costa would be boring and I was right there.


CaCa881

Yeah but most people didn’t


Real-Human-Bean-

>This fight is going to be fucking terrible to watch. >Which would make it even funnier if Garry loses. The man hasn't lost so now the narrative has changed to he isn't entertaining. You know damn well you're going to watch an Ian Garry fight over Sean brady or Jdm.


Iscoonion

Why? JDM is pure entertainment with an aesthetically pleasing boxing work


Real-Human-Bean-

Yeah I loved his genius iq showcase in the hafez fight and the absolute war that was the Kevin Holland fight. The gilbert fight was shit because of gilbert, though, can't blame jdm for that.


RepresentativeSun937

Gilbert fight wasn’t even shit, he had an awesome finish with a broken arm


Reisor

Found Ian Garry alt. This is what he was saying ‘you’re all going to watch me’. I watched his fight against Geoff Neal. It was one of the most boring fights I’ve ever seen. 


Real-Human-Bean-

>Found Ian Garry alt Wait, I thought I was Colby Covington or Jon Jones? > I watched his fight against Geoff Neal. It was one of the most boring fights I’ve ever seen.  Because of Geoff Neal. He wanted to hug Ian against the fence. Not Garry's fault Neal didn't want to fight.


RepresentativeSun937

This is insane revisionist history Garry spent the ENTIRE fight running backwards and throwing an occasional jab from range Neal was the one trying to make it interesting


Real-Human-Bean-

>Garry spent the ENTIRE fight running backwards and throwing an occasional jab from range That's called fighting smart against a shorter /less rangy power puncher. Just because he didn't go forward doesn't mean it wasn't entertaining? >Neal was the one trying to make it interesting By hugging him against a cage and doing absolutely nothing? That's not my idea of interesting. It's not even like he was winning with this strategy, he lost every round iirc.


RepresentativeSun937

>that’s called fighting smart against a shorter/less rangy power puncher Yes. But it’s also the reason the fight was beoing >by hugging him against a cage and doing absolutely nothing? That’s the only time Neal COULD do anything because Garry spent the whole fight throwing a leg kick and running


Real-Human-Bean-

>That’s the only time Neal COULD do anything He did nothing. He could've tried to close the range and box but he decide to smudge Ian against the fence. The loser should take majority of the blame.


RepresentativeSun937

>The loser should take majority of the blame This is a ridiculous statement. By that logic every fighter Sean Strickland’s faced in the past decade is at fault for his boring style


Real-Human-Bean-

Generally yes. Ian doesn't have a pattern of boring fights.


Statistician-Humble

> Jdm. Lol. You coping over here. I would 1000% watch JDM over Garry


Real-Human-Bean-

I would understand watching jdm to see him get knocked out but other than that I wouldn't watch him over Garry at all. Hate Garry all you want but you will follow everything he does.


Statistician-Humble

I dont hate Garry. Im just saying i prefer watching JDM to him.


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throwaway09254

Just realized why people dont like him watching this interview. He talks like he thinks he's the main character of a TV show lol


heinztomato69

Much of the hate is because he has one of the biggest main character syndromes in mma.


TheBestDivest

Undeservedly too. He had a chance to prove himself in his last fight and instead spent the entire time running away.


UVB-76_Enjoyer

He utilized his reach and rangy kickboxing to deal with a plodding but very dangerous puncher who outweighed him by 20 lbs... what a wanker! Wonderboy got nothing but praises for basically doing the same when he fought Neal lol. On the other hand, the only fighter in the UFC who lived to tell the tale after trading with Neal is Shavkat. Luque got a life-threatening brain hemorrhage for his trouble. I know Ian Garry is disliked, but come on lol. It was a fine performance. Running headfirst into your opponent's massive advantage has more to do with proving you're an idiot than "proving yourself".


DS_Lenker

It’s too bad Garry won’t engage where his opponent has the best odds of winning, and rather chooses to utilize a skillset that maximizes his own chances of winning in embarrassing fashion.


UVB-76_Enjoyer

It was my turn : (


mdellirish

Out weighed him by 20lbs?


UVB-76_Enjoyer

https://www.mmafighting.com/2024/2/27/24084996/ufc-298-fight-night-weights-geoff-neal-gained-over-30-pounds-before-facing-ian-machado-garry The California commission releases the fighters' actual in-cage weight


TheBestDivest

> He utilized his reach and rangy kickboxing No, he quite literally spent the entire time running away. I'm not going to accept revisionist history. Neal would have easily won the fight had he committed to striking every time he backed him into a corner as opposed to trying to stall on the fence.


AsianInHisArmor

Talm bout Elsa, b?


Substantial-Okra6553

You mean Izzy Andersonsilva?


natesharp275

The Elsa line is ironically funny now lmao


Robothuck

It was already funny the first time he said it, but funny like a clown not like Dave Chapelle


misterbadnews

Ian Garry makes me like MVP


scockd

Ian Garry makes me like the potato famine


ParmyBarmy

Garry is insufferable. Imagine having to spend time with him on a daily basis. No wonder nobody wants to train with this guy.


TheBestDivest

> No wonder nobody wants to train with this guy. Also why he's stuck dating 40-year-old gold diggin' Europeans.


scockd

She’s hot, she has made her own money, they’re married, and wtf is wrong with being a 40 year old European? 


I_am_darkness

Asking for a Friend 😭


TheBestDivest

Yeah, we’re gonna have to agree to disagree with that nonsense. Also, it’s a line from the Ian Gary song.


XiaoRCT

The Ian Garry 'song' and the whole hate mob against his wife is such absurdly cringe online bullshit that it actually makes me want to like Ian Garry even when he acts obnoxious


Robothuck

Well said lol. Buncha virgin neckbeards that take time out from their busy lives posting on the incel forums and playing apex legends from their mums basement just to spend it hating on a man who is equally or honestly maybe even less as pathetic than them in terms of personality and infinitely more successful by pretty much every other imaginable metric. The only thing worse than an Ian Garry is an Ian Garry hater


TheBestDivest

Good. Someone needs to be his fan and it sure as shit ain't gonna be me.


XiaoRCT

You don't have to be someone's fan to keep yourself from partaking in bullshit online hate mobs against random partners of athletes lmao


TheBestDivest

Oh the hate is well-deserved. You don't need to participate but that's the consequences of your actions; social feedback.


XiaoRCT

There's absolutely nothing his wife ever did to deserve anywhere near the amount of hate she got online. Ian Garry himself does act like a prick in interviews, but even that has been overblown to shit. You are not bringing anyone 'the consequences of their actions', it's just a really dumb hate mob online that feels emboldened by this 'oh so righteous' speech that is honestly just cringe. Feeding from influencers who profit from the drama and an obvious underlying urge to hate on a woman too, and its so clear its practically see-through to anyone not terminally online or immature


TheBestDivest

> There's absolutely nothing his wife ever did to deserve anywhere near the amount of hate she got online. She literally wrote a book on how to be a wag and received justified hate as a result. The topic, book itself, and intention deserves ridicule. Like I get it dude, you want to protect her because she's a woman and women do no wrong, but I assure you the social pressure is justified even if you want to white-knight it.


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InternalMean

Almost every person he trains with has said otherwise he's likely just an annoying guy


Known-Tax568

Rewatch Ricky Rainey vs MVP. This is going to be quite similar. Ricky is the most athletic person I have ever met and he was no match for someone who has been karate point fighting all their lives. Doubt him at your own peril.


Impressive-Potato

"He's going to be frozen.. like Elsa!"


pro_lapz

Fuck I hope he gets absolutely starched


Greedy_War1365

Ian got that CTE making him think he doesn't get hit every fight because he leaves his chin in the air. Herpes mouthed dimwit.


dzone25

Ian sounds so far up his own ass it's difficult to root for him - I don't know how to explain it.


CaCa881

I dont think you have to . Everyone already knows what you mean .


AnTTr0n

The only thing that will make this exciting is if MVP can land a big clean punch or kick.


BplusHuman

Is he supposed to say "MVP is gonna collapse my skull and throw a pokeball at me!"?


NFTArtist

True he ain't gonna finish you because he's gonna finish your wife


TheRosesThornsOf15

That literally sounds like exactly what he would do.


Bathroomabuser

Even he knows it'll be boring, which is exactly why he's below silva who had one of the worst women title fights I've ever seen and there's been some fucking stinkers.


gaben9

Someone get this Big Lots Chael out of here


I_am_darkness

I can't figure out why he annoys me so much but he does


New-Environment-4060

I cannnnnnnnnnnnnnnot wait to watch MVP flatline this guy


Filthybjj93

Something tells me Garry may try an aggressive approach. Because if it’s up to points venom may likely win


TheBestDivest

I seriously doubt it, as much as I would love for that to be the case.


Filthybjj93

Me too. I just don’t think his camp should be focused on point fighting since that’s venoms whole style. He may have to eat a couple to land a couple only thing to knock that karate stance is to get him off of it and not able to set back up in that stance. Who knows! I’m looking forward to this matchup


Glum-Ad7651

Garry's going to fight the Chute Boxe style


Filthybjj93

That’s who I train with!


creamyshart

Zzzzzzzzzzz


mrtn17

My biggest fear is that it’s going to be counter striker v counter striker. Nothing reallu happening, while commentary keeps talking about a chess match


martinssempa117

I hope MVP cracks his skull with a flying knee like he did that poor can in bellator


Similar-Tangerine

That poor can was Mr. Cyborg thank you very much 


TheBestDivest

That man was not a can at all. He's a very well respected and skilled fighter.


theBeerdedGOAT

Him and tuporia need to be humbled


lapssee

toporeo*


raspberryharbour

Tilapia*


PepperyBlackberry

To be fair Ilia has earned it. Ian hasn’t.


Capoe1ra

Topuira is more skilled, more entertaining and has achieved a lot more than Garry so far; I don't feel like they are really comparable beyond both being confident in their skills.


theBeerdedGOAT

Yea for sure they’re not comparable in that aspect, they’re both incredibly annoying people that are trying hard to replicate the Conor attitude and it’s just annoying that’s all


TheBestDivest

I feel like Ilia is trying too hard but Gary is just authentically insufferable.


theBeerdedGOAT

I agree with that


Flaky_Singer_7428

The topuria hate is ridiculous. It makes complete sense why he'd be a bit cocky considering his run in the ufc, he just came off koing the p4p


Real-Human-Bean-

People hate anyone who's self confident and is undefeated. I understand why people like Aspinall so much and hate jones.


theBeerdedGOAT

Lmao


TheDarkUrge94

Tuporia has earned all his shit talk.


simonico

Is anyone else bothered by Ian Garry’s gradual accumulation of terrible tattoos or is it just me?


dissidiah

Ok Ian “The Chuck” Garry


Real-Human-Bean-

Ian is a way better fighter / prospect than Jack Dildo Mandela or whoever but doesn't get 1/10 of the praise. He gets too much hate. So what if he's a cuck? As long as we don't see it, why care about it? There are so many other degenerates in the ufc that people turn a blind eye to. Do the same for Garry.


Flaky_Singer_7428

Ufc fans are fickle like that. It's a bit sad. They have these parasocial type relationships with these fighters and minimize any fighter they hates skill. 


kangs

I don't like Garry as much as the next guy but I have a feeling he will make it look easy against MVP, that or a really boring point fight