Unbeaten welterweight contender, Ian Garry has opened and nonetheless stays a definite betting favourite to beat his incoming rival, Geoff Neal of their UFC 298 grudge combat this weekend, with the Dubliner drifting as an even bigger favourite nearer to the bout.
Garry, the present quantity ten ranked welterweight contender, has been sidelined since August of final yr, most lately handing over a one-sided unanimous determination win over the division’s most-winningest fighter, Neil Magny in a judging shutout at UFC 292 in Boston.
As for Neal, the Texan has been sidelined himself since he featured at UFC 285 again in March, struggling an eventual third spherical standing rear-naked choke submission loss to the undefeated, Shavkat Rakhmonov within the pair’s predominant card showdown.
Ian Garry stays favourite to beat Geoff Neal at UFC 298
And initially opening as a betting favourite to beat Neal, Ian Garry is presently driving a -218 betting favourite over the previous – who’s a present +180 betting underdog – with Tipps.gg out there to followers who’re focused on betting on a number of playing cards this yr, with the location additionally set to implement separate sections on MMA analytics, in addition to their very personal predictions forward of occasions.
Pressured from a slated return to the Octagon at UFC 296 again in December, Portmarnock striker, Garry withdrew from a deliberate return in opposition to Kill Cliff FC coaching associate, Vicente Luque on the end-of-year card, as he suffered from pneumonia throughout combat week.
And rapidly rebooked amid his battle with sickness, the outspoken Garry, who stays steadfast that he’ll defeat Neal of their rescheduled pairing – makes his comeback at UFC 298 this weekend in Anaheim, California.
Anticipating to land a dominant win over the Dana White’s Contender Collection alum, Neal, former Group KF trainee, Garry boldly claimed he would seemingly cease the striker with a physique kick – and go away him resembling a canine defecating within the technique of ending him.
“What am I going to complete him (Geoff Neal) with?” Ian Garry stated. “I’m going to make him stop. He’ll select when he’s accomplished. I’d wish to kick him to the physique and have him do this – when the canine is sh*tting.”
“The canine appears to be like at you want – once they’re pooing, for defense,” Ian Garry defined. “That’s what they do, proper? [They] have a look at their house owners once they’re pooing as a result of that’s once they’re susceptible for assault.”
Having fun with a roughshod run all through the welterweight ranks since his Octagon debut again in 2022, Garry, a former Cage Warriors welterweight titleholder, has so-far loved a powerful promotional-perfect run of six straight fights – notably taking out the likes of Music Kenan and Daniel Rodriguez with knockout victories, to go along with his August win over Magny.
Making his debut beneath the Dana White-led banner again in 2018, the highly-touted Neal has himself turned in quite a few high-profile triumphs throughout his UFC stint, together with wins over the likes of Niko Value, Mike Perry, Santiago Ponzinibbio, the aforenoted, Luque, and the surging – anticipated subsequent title challenger, Belal Muhammad – taking house a unanimous determination win over the Illinois native.
Who wins at UFC 298 this weekend: Geoff Neal or Ian Garry?
