“What Conor and Nate Should’ve Done”: Israel Adesanya and Fans React to Ian Garry’s Classy Act of Showing Respect to His Opponent

UFC has found themselves a prospective star in Ireland’s Ian Machado Garry. The 25-year-old is undefeated in his professional career with a 12-0 record. Recently, Garry knocked out welterweight contender Daniel Rodriguez in the first round of their fight at UFC Charlotte. With the win, the former Cage Warriors champion has entered the UFC welterweight rankings at the #13 spot.

Following in the footsteps of his idol Conor McGregor, Garry wants to represent Ireland and win titles in the UFC. ‘The Future’ has proved to be a force to be reckoned with inside the octagon. At the same time, he is also a class act outside of it.

Garry holds his opponents in great regard and his post-fight gesture towards Daniel Rodriguez is proof enough. Garry’s gesture earned him nods from stars like Israel Adesanya.

Ian Garry earns the MMA community’s respect with class act

Ian Garry and Daniel Rodriguez fought in one of the highly anticipated matchups on the UFC Charlotte card. This was meant to be Garry’s test of fire. With a stunning head kick KO over ‘D-Rod,’ Garry announced that he was the real deal. Furthermore, he entered the UFC rankings.

Days later Garry shared a picture on his Instagram. He was sitting with his opponent from last weekend, Rodriguez, as the two appeared to be hanging out. In the comments, Garry wrote, “Respect above all else.”

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Garry’s message fetched quite a few reactions from fans and pros. UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya and Rodriguez himself reacted in approval with “100” emojis.

Following are some of the other reactions:

• Love to see it, Great performance the other day Mr Garry, can’t wait to see you rise up the ranks
• We all knew we would see this
• This is the way
• What conor and nate shouldve done 
• Indeed. Very cool to see. Martial arts all about respect
• A star like conor that kids can also watch, much respect!
• The right kind of attitude
• This the sh*t I love to see! Throw hands then f***in smoke about it and break sh*t down.

Following the win Garry called for a fight against Neil Magny. Would you like to see that fight? Who do you think wins it?

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