Ian Machado Garry is backing himself to get back to winning ways in style later this month.
The Irishman will set foot on UFC canvas on April 26 in Kansas City for the first time since suffering the first loss of his career against Shavkat Rakhmonov late last year where he will seek to end the extended winning streak of the dangerous welterweight striker Carlos Prates.
And while Prates has announced himself as a bona fide contender at 170-pounds owing to an 11-fight win streak, with 10 of those victories coming inside the distance, Garry says that this is the ideal platform for him to display exactly why he views himself as a future UFC world champion.
“I think he’s been successful, I think he’s done very well, and there’s a reason he’s on a 10-fight knockout streak, and fair play to him,” Garry said on The Ariel Helwani Show, as reported by MMA Junkie.
“That’s great. I think his team is phenomenal, I love watching his team, I think his team are awesome. They’re having a lot of success at the moment, and they’re a lot of fun to watch. I’m impressed with him to a certain extent. Then I think of him as an opponent and I’m like, ‘Hmm, that’s not going to work out well for you, mate.’
He added: “I’m one of the most elite welterweights on the planet. So, if this man thinks he’s as good as he is, and when he steps across the octagon April 26 against me, that’s his do-or-don’t time. I promise you, you’ve seen it from me every time when I step into the octagon, I look phenomenal. And, I promise you right now, I promise you, I feel it in my heart, see it every time I close my eyes, I’m going to finish this guy.”
