UFC Welterweight Ian Machado Garry’s First True Step To Title Contention Begins At UFC 298 When He Faces Geoff Neal
Certain things really started to shift in Ian Machado Garry’s world at the end of 2023. Noise from fans, fighters, and media, combined with him catching pneumonia and being forced to fall out of his UFC 296 bout with Vicente Luque, didn’t exactly cap off the year on a high note.
At 13-0 and just 26 years old, Machado Garry is one of the true rising contenders in the welterweight division and, for whatever reason, most of the outside the Octagon components to his life dominate any conversation about him, with all the chatter about who he is and what’s happening around him rather than the product he displays in a fight.