Ian Garry

Ian Garry has revealed a conversation he had with Conor McGregor. Photos: UFC/AFP

Ian Garry wants to join Conor McGregor in GOAT conversation

Ian Garry has revealed conversations between himself and Irish fighting legend and former UFC champion Conor McGregor.

Ian Garry

Ian Garry has revealed a conversation he had with Conor McGregor. Photos: UFC/AFP

Ian Garry has revealed conversations between himself and Irish fighting legend Conor McGregor.

Garry says that McGregor reached out to him to let him know that he was an inspiration to him as he treads the comeback trail.

How Ian Garry inspired Conor McGregor

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The younger Irishman knocked out Jordan Williams in his UFC debut, a performance that prompted a call from Conor McGregor.

Conor McGregor Ian Garry
MMA (mixed martial arts) fighter Conor McGregor walks in the pit area after the qualifying session at the Monaco street circuit in Monaco. (Photo by CHRISTIAN BRUNA / POOL / AFP)

 “Conor reached out to me and he sent me a message saying thank you for giving me so much inspiration in a time where he was injured, and I thought that was really cool,” Ian Garry told Fair Betting Sites

“For my inspiration, the person who inspired me to follow my dreams. 

“After winning with a round 1 knockout… for him to tell me that he was inspired by that and now he’s going to come back in that takeover Part Two. Yeah so that was, that was cool for me that was a fanboy moment for sure.

“I’ve always been touted as the next Conor McGregor for ages. And the truth is I’m Ian Garry. I’m the future for a reason. I have an attitude that I’m going to be the best. And I want to go out there and prove it, and I don’t think any baton needs to be passed. 

“Conor McGregor is Conor McGregor, and always will be the person who changed the UFC. And I just hope to go out there and have my name in the conversation of the greatest of all time. All I want is to have respect on my name as being one of the best fighters to ever enter the organisation. And I think I’m leading that right now.”

Calling out Masvidal

Garry also took time to call out BMF champion Jorge ‘Gamebred’ Masvidal who is accused of attacking fellow UFC fighter Colby Covington outside a Miami eatery.

“The opening fight would be me vs Jorge Masvidal for the BMF belt,” Garry added. 

“Right, because the BMF belt is a load of b****cks. But if someone is going to have it, it shouldn’t be him. That guy walking around like a street Jesus thinking he’s a gangster. Why do you deserve to be, why do you deserve to be the baddest man. Because you fight people? Great. That’s your job.

“So you should do your job, don’t be thinking it’s cool to be going out fighting people on the streets, that’s not being a good role model for kids. So I’d love to smash him, that would be my first fight.”