Irish welterweight fighter Ian Garry is recovering from pneumonia, which led to his withdrawal from a scheduled fight, and he refutes inaccurate reports about his son’s health while expressing frustration over his situation.
Ian Machado Garry’s on the mend from pneumonia. He’s itching to get back in the octagon as soon as his lungs clear up.
Right now, he’s in a tough spot. The Irish welterweight confessed to TNT Sports that breathing’s a real struggle.
He was supposed to square off against Vicente Luque at UFC 296. That was until his lungs threw in the towel, and he had to bail on the T-Mobile Arena showdown.
On the phone with TNT’s pre-fight crew, Garry coughed up an update. Between hacks, he shared his frustration over the missed bout.
“It’s a mess,” he admitted. “Fighting’s my thing, and I’m gutted. But hey, life throws punches. We roll with ’em, right?”
Chael Sonnen stirred the pot with his take on Garry’s dropout. The MMA commentator turned YouTuber suggested Garry’s kid was also hospital-bound.
Garry wasn’t having any of it. “Chael’s full of it,” he snapped. “My boy’s fine. Just bummed he’s missing the action.”
Whispers of Garry dodging the media swirled when he no-showed UFC 296’s press day. Some fans figured he was ducking the drama from recent personal life scandals.
But Garry set the record straight. “I’m dealing with my health,” he told TNT. “I’ll bounce back. We’ll throw down again.”
Last we saw him, Garry was at UFC 292, taking down Neil Magny. The fight was thick with bad blood, and Magny later said Garry’s trash talk shook up his family life.
Garry’s record? A clean 13-0. He’s the talk of the town, chasing Conor McGregor‘s legacy with a 6-0 run in the octagon. Will his clash with Luque get a rain check? Kevin Holland‘s already thrown his hat in the ring, ready to step in.