Ian Machado Garry will have a fan favorite assisting him at UFC 310.
Machado Garry (18-0 MMA, 8-0 UFC) takes on former Kill Cliff FC teammate Shavkat Rakhmonov (15-0 MMA, 6-0 UFC) in Saturday’s co-main event (pay-per-view, ESPN2, ESPN+) at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Although Machado Garry trained at Bangtao Muay Thai and MMA in Phuket, Thailand for this fight, he will have former UFC lightweight champion Charles Oliveira in his corner, whom he previously spent extensive time training with at Chute Boxe Diego Lima in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
“I read a stat the other day: Charles Oliveira went to the fourth round for the first time in his career after his 46th UFC fight,” Garry said on his YouTube channel. “That’s insane. The guy is a machine. … I f*cking love and adore Charles Oliveira with all of my heart.
“He is absolutely the most entertaining fighter in the UFC. … Man has never been in an un-entertaining fight. He’s an absolute savage, I love him, and he’s going to be in my corner for this fight.”
Machado Garry is a big underdog against fellow undefeated contender Rakhmonov, but is confident he gets his hand raised.
“I think God has a plan, and if God wants me to finish Shavkat, he will give it to me,” Machado Garry said. “But I have no problem thumping it out of Shavkat for 25 minutes and making a statement.”
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