"Ian Garry against Islam Makhachev — could this fight happen? Maybe it will happen exactly like that. Listen, Ian Garry is the first-ranked fighter, and he has victories over amazing opponents. He had a title-eliminator fight with Shavkat Rakhmonov, went all five rounds with him, and almost got a submission in the fifth. After that, he came back and continued to win.
In his last fight, he went through Belal Muhammad, a former champion, and before that Carlos Prates, one of the hottest prospects in the welterweight division. His achievements simply cannot be denied. When he reached the elite level of the division — against Michael Page, Geoff Neal, Carlos Prates, and Belal Muhammad, what did he do? He won all these fights," said the former UFC champion in his latest podcast episode.