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Dana White Reveals the “Irish Guy Blueprint” Following Conor McGregor’s Protege Ian Garry’s Stunning Knockout Win at UFC Charlotte: “Kid’s Ready to Take Over the World”

Published 05/14/2023, 3:45 AM EDT

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Ian Garry faced the most crucial fight of his career and came out of it with a glorious victory. The 25-year-old has been turning people’s eyes towards him ever since his first fight. After every single bout, he proved to the UFC world that he was stronger. At the moment, after the victory against Daniel Rodriguez, Garry once again stands tall as the undefeated fighter with a record of 12 victories and zero losses. Conor McGregor wannabe Garry faced Rodriguez at the UFC on ABC 4. He didn’t take much time to land a massive head kick on ‘D-Rod’. Following the head kick, ‘D-Rod’ lost his ground and fell down.

In the very first round itself, Garry was able to establish a huge win over Rodriguez. His moves have not only impressed the fans but UFC president Dana White as well. The UFC superstar Conor McGregor is the biggest inspiration for Garry, and now the UFC president finds an “Irish guy blueprint” in ‘The Future’.

Dana White has great words for Ian Garry

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The UFC president, Dana White, was talking in the post-fight press conference. During the conversation, White mentioned that he was very impressed with Garry’s performance. He said, “He looked awesome tonight, you know. Obviously fought a guy who’s very durable dangerous and a prospect in his own right. I mean that’s why we build these type of cards especially the main events and you know he looked awesome tonight. He looked awesome, he’s super confident and that kid’s ready to take over the world. Came back and talked to him tonight and he’s down for whatever whenever wherever so he’s fun.

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In the later part of the conversation, White mentioned Garry getting a title shot in the near future. The UFC boss detailed that it won’t take him much time to reach the championship if he continues to impress the crowd with his thrilling moves. White added, What he said to us tonight. He said ‘I want to beat, I want to beat all the top guys in the top ten. I want to beat all the guys in the top five. I want to make sure that there’s no doubt or no question that when I fight for the title that people know I deserve it. So that’s a fun guy that, you know he’s fun so we have the Irish guy blueprint around here. So we’ll probably take him to Boston or MSG or and then and then eventually Ireland if he keeps doing what he’s doing

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UFC superstar Conor McGregor motivated ‘The Future’ before fight

Ian Garry is a huge fan of the UFC’s two-division champion, McGregor. Garry always looked up to McGregor, who hailed from his same native land and achieved great heights as an athlete. ‘The Future’ appreciates McGregor’s passion for MMA. On several occasions, he has shown massive respect to his fellow Irishman.

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Before the bout between Garry and Rodriguez, McGregor took to Instagram to support Garry. ‘The Notorious’ motivates Garry to emerge victorious. After ‘The Future’ joined the UFC, they both got plenty of opportunities to interact with each other, and this has indeed helped to form a great bond between the two. At the moment, even the UFC boss feels that Garry is following in the footsteps of the one and only Conor McGregor.

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Priyanka is a UFC writer at EssentiallySports. Her passion for the UFC is evident in her writing, and she has been a devoted fan of the sport for many years. Priyanka is particularly fascinated by the sportsmanship displayed by fighters, and she is captivated by their ability to calculate each move when an opponent is all set to attack.
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