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Ian Machado Garry aims to capture UFC gold by beating the current welterweight champion, Belal Muhammad. If he wins that fight, Garry would like to make his first title defense against the promotion's reigning pound-for-pound king, Islam Makhachev.
The Irishman secured a decision victory after a five-round battle against Carlos Prates in the headliner for UFC Kansas City. During the post-fight press conference, Garry revealed that he has his next three opponents planned out.
Garry appears to believe that Muhammad will successfully defend his title against Jack Della Maddalena at UFC 315 on May 10. According to him, 'Remember the Name's' constant pressure and well-rounded game will be too much for the Australian fighter to handle.
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'The Future' expressed the desire to fight Makhachev at 170 pounds after winning the welterweight belt. After that, he'd like to avenge his sole loss against Shavkat Rakhmonov for his potential second title defense. Garry said:
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"You guys know I like plans right? You guys know I have visions in my mind. Well, let me tell you what's next. I'm going to fight the winner [of Belal Muhammad vs. Jack Della Maddalena], I believe it's Belal, and that's nothing against Jack, I just believe stylistically Belal has what it takes to get this fight done, and quite convincingly."
He added:
"So I'm going to fight Belal next. I'm going to beat Belal. Belal has said it many times [that] I'm the toughest opponent in the division for him. Then when Belal doesn't have the belt, there's a certain pound-for-pound No.1 who wants to come up, and his name is Islam Makhachev. I beat him, I take that status, I win my first title defense, and then Shavkat gets the rematch. I'm going to go out there and I'm going to dismantle that man and prove that he never won that fight."
Check out Ian Machado Garry's comments below (34:04):
