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Undefeated UFC Star’s Wife Pens a Heartfelt Plea to Vile Haters Amidst Conor McGregor Trolling

Published 04/12/2022, 1:18 PM EDT

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Although the Ireland native, Ian Garry has bagged two straight wins after his debut in the UFC, he has been getting a bit of a backlash from the UFC fans lately.

‘The Future’ fighting out of Ireland is a big fan of the former two-division champion and fellow countrymen Conor McGregor. Not only that, Garry has even stated that McGregor inspired him to pursue a career in MMA. Hence, he never forgets to mention ‘The Notorious’ in his interviews.

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However, many UFC fans were not pleased with ‘The Future’, always mentioning Conor McGregor in his interviews. But one fan took it too far in calling out the young UFC welterweight prospect.

A fan-made an unpleasant meme on the welterweight fighter. Consequently, Ian Garry’s wife, Layla Machado Garry, took to her official Twitter account and addressed the user.

She wrote, “Throughout the joy, the hard work and the blessings and love we get, we are also faced with some really vile hate. I want you to know that I find it really hard to deal with messages like the below. Pls don’t ever message anyone anything like the that. It is so hurtful, so damaging.”

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However, apart from the UFC fans, the former two-weight champion Henry Cejudo has also been calling out the welterweight fighter Garry for mentioning McGregor in his interviews.

Henry Cejudo gives his “King of Cringe” title to the Conor McGregor fanboy Ian Garry

‘The Messenger’ gave his ‘King of Cringe’ title to the Irish welterweight Ian Garry after the latter made fans sing the ‘Ole Ole’ song, which is primarily sung by European football fans.

‘The Future’ defeated Darian Weeks in a welterweight bout on the preliminary card of UFC 273. Later, Garry interacted with the fans in his octagon interview and also made them sing the song.

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Pointing at this, Cejudo gave his tag to the Irish fighter. He wrote on Twitter, That’s it, everybody, Ian Garry just stole my title of king of cringe! #ufc273.”
Later, the former two-division champion of UFC Cejudo gave his thoughts on Garry’s performance on his YouTube channel. And also advised him to stop using McGregor’s name in all his interviews.

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What are your thoughts about Garry being a McGregor fanboy? What do you think of the meme? Let us know in the comments section below.

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Afnan Chougle

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Afnan Chougle is a UFC author at EssentiallySports. Besides writing, this Media graduate is an integral part of the digital web stories team for combat sports. Before joining EssentiallySports, Afnan gained valuable experience as an intern at Jiostudios Production House.
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Vibhanshu Kumar