‘Iron’ Michael Chandler Reacts To Ian Garry Drama Ahead Of The Irishman’s Return At UFC 296

Rising Irish contender Ian Garry has rubbed lots of people the incorrect manner in current months.

On December 16, ‘The Future’ will return to the Octagon seeking to rating his 14th profession win. Standing in his manner of that process will likely be No. 8 ranked welterweight contender Vicente Luque.

Unbeknownst to many battle followers, Ian Garry and Vicente Luque are literally teammates with each fighters calling Kill Cliff FC dwelling alongside different notable UFC stars, together with Brendan Allen and ‘Iron’ Michael Chandler.

Nonetheless, Garry has discovered himself in a little bit of scorching water with Kill Cliff and different gyms, together with Workforce Renegage, the house of reigning welterweight world champion Leon Edwards. In October, Garry revealed that he had been asked to leave Team Renegade and steered that the decision got here down from ‘Rocky’ himself. Officers with the gymnasium rapidly disputed Garry’s declare that Edwards was “weak-minded” and afraid of slightly competitors on the mats, noting that Garry was “not including to the staff’s tradition” and thus, requested to depart.

Ian Garry’s cocky perspective and “nomad” type of coaching has seemingly gotten on the nerves of his groups, with one large expectation.

Talking about Garry’s state of affairs throughout an look on The MMA Hour, Michael Chandler steered that the Irishman might very nicely be a world champion at some point, as long as he retains his head on straight and avoids getting sucked into all of the drama.

“If he retains his head on his shoulders, he may very well be champion at some point for positive,” Chandler stated. “However he’s acquired a troublesome check forward of him in Vicente. Each of these guys I might contemplate teammates, in all probability Vicente extra as a result of I’ve educated with Vicente for years and years. Ian is now bouncing round slightly bit [too]. We’ll see the way it works out for him.”

He continued, “He’s very a lot a ‘me’ sort of fighter. Whereas I’ve at all times been a ‘we’ sort of fighter. Concentrate on the staff, greater than myself. He’s extra ‘I do know precisely what to do, I step contained in the cage’ sort of man… I don’t suppose he’s a nasty dude. He picked Conor to beat me I feel, in order that’s good. He’s his childhood hero man, so me and Ian can have that banter backwards and forwards, it’s all good man,” (h/t BJPenn.com)

With all of the current backlash, it will likely be curious to see the way it impacts Ian Garry, if in any respect, in his return to the Octagon at UFC 296 later this month.