Ian Machado Garry compares himself to Kobe Bryant, Conor McGregor
Throughout his UFC 303 pre-fight media day press convention, Garry responded to Web page’s remarks.
“Anybody saying that I’m attempting to be like Conor McGregor, or I’m attempting to do one thing to be like Conor, I take that as a praise!” Garry exclaimed. “He’s the best star the game’s ever seen. So in case you’re evaluating me to him, it means I’m doing one thing proper. Persons are saying I need to be like him, [but] I’m not attempting to be like him in any means, form, or type. Have I been impressed by him? Completely. How many individuals talked about Kobe Bryant attempting to be like Michael Jordan? Kobe Bryant went out and made a legacy of his personal, in his personal means, however having comparable traits and kinds to Jordan…
“I’m born and bred from Dublin Eire, Conor [is too]. He talks the discuss and walks the stroll, backs it up, and I’m the very same,” Garry continued. “Conor’s accomplished all the things he mentioned he was gonna do in his profession, I’ve but to show what I’ve accomplished. What I have to do, that’s my job. So my job is to proceed what I’m doing, on my journey to future, on the objective that I’ve set. The future that’s been written for me…it’s my objective to do it my means. And on the finish of it, persons are simply going to say ‘Wow, this child was particular and he did it his personal means’, and that’s the one means I have a look at it.”
Garry started being in comparison with McGregor when he gained the Cage Warriors welterweight championship in 2021. He then signed with the UFC and is unbeaten via seven fights within the promotion.
This might be Web page’s second UFC look after signing in free company earlier this yr. He defeated Kevin Holland in his UFC debut in March.
Garry has publically expressed how a lot of an inspiration McGregor has been for his fight sports activities profession, additional fueling mockery by Web page and others. He additionally defended McGregor’s choice to withdraw from the UFC 303 principal occasion.
Ian Machado Garry and Conor McGregor will probably at all times draw comparisons, for higher or for worse, by the plenty. A win over Web page on Saturday may go a great distance in silencing his detractors.