Ian Machado Garry has long desired to complete on a card with fellow Irishman Conor McGregor, and now he’s got his dream versus a deserving foe.
Friday, UFC CEO revealed that Garry will satisfy Michael Page in a welterweight face-off at UFC 303, the pay-per-view headlined by McGregor’s extremely expected return to the cage versus Michael Chandler. The occasion takes location June 29 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
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Page wasn’t Garry’s initially option as he’s been calling out Colby Covington for weeks and formerly stated he’d signed a agreement to battle the previous UFC interim champ. However, Covington, who talked a lot of garbage about Garry and his partner, declared otherwise, and the battle fizzled.
Now Garry (14-0 MMA, 7-0 UFC) rather will face Page (22-2 MMA, 1-0 UFC), a previous Bellator title opposition coming off his UFC launching win versus Kevin Holland at UFC 300, which landed him at No. 13 in the authorities UFC welterweight rankings. Page, 37, has won 8 of 9 battles total, consistingof back-to-back triumphes. He justrecently stated he was down to battle Garry.
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