Reigning UFC welterweight champion Leon Edwards gained’t be coaching with Ian Garry anytime quickly.
On December 16, Garry will return to the Octagon 4 months faraway from his spectacular unanimous determination victory over Neil Magny. With the win, ‘The Future’ lastly broke into the welterweight division’s prime ten and introduced himself as a professional contender within the stacked 170-pound weight class.
Sadly, Ian Garry’s success has seemingly resulted in him being booted from his health club in Birmingham courtesy of the division’s prime canine, Leon Edwards, who additionally trains on the facility.
“Leon Edwards, his head coach requested me to not come again to Renegade,” Garry advised The Impartial. “Informed me I’m not allowed to coach there. I’ve to phrase this appropriately as a result of I don’t wanna be… The blokes at Renegade… It was nice power. Tom and Ash had been very welcoming, beautiful, and good to me. It was nothing to do with them.
“Leon and his head coach had a problem with me coaching on the mats and not too long ago have requested me to not practice there, as a result of, ‘Leon doesn’t need any insecurities or doubts on his personal mats, throughout the health club,’ which I don’t absolutely perceive.”
Ian Garry just isn’t a menace to Leon Edwards… for now
Leon Edwards and Ian Garry are each scheduled to step contained in the Octagon at UFC 296. Garry will try to proceed his climb up the top-ten rankings when he meets division standout, Vicente Luque. As for Edwards, the undisputed welterweight champ will put his title on the road in opposition to perennial contender Colby Covington within the night’s extremely anticipated fundamental occasion.
“I get that we’re each within the prime 10 and also you may see me as a menace, however I’m not a menace to you proper now; I’m not preventing for the title proper now,” Garry continued. “His coach mentioned the phrases: ‘Ian is a menace, I can’t have Leon having any doubts or insecurities.’ That makes me assume somebody is weak-minded and might’t have one other contender coaching on the mat. That’s why health club battle is annoying. For me, why not have that different elite man on the mat? Why not practice with him?”
Ian Garry is at present 13-0 in his blended martial arts profession with six of these victories coming beneath the UFC banner. He boasts a 50% end price contained in the Octagon with knockouts in opposition to Rostem Akman, Music Kenan, and Daniel Rodriguez.
