No. 7-ranked Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Welterweight contender, Ian Garry, makes his first appearance the year, locking horns with surging Brazilian knockout artist,Carlos Prates, at UFC Kansas City this weekend (Sat., April 26, 2025) inside T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri.
In his last outing against Shavkat Rakhmonov, Garry kept his trash talk in check and approached the fight with respect, but that restraint has gone out the proverbial window for his upcoming showdown with Prates.
Indeed, Garry has relentlessly mocked him for weeks, notably branding him a quitter over a fight back in 2017.
In a fiery Full Send MMA interview today, Garry unloaded on two top Welterweight contenders.
“Joaquin Buckley barely speaks f—king English and Sean Brady looks like he’s out of Lord of the Rings, so no one gives a f—k about these guys,” Garry said. “Neil Magny has never been the same since I took his soul, it’s right here on the bottom of my hand.”
I guess Buckley could mock Garry’s Irish accent in response?
Surprisingly, Garry praised Brady’s recent victory over former Welterweight champion, Leon Edwards(watch highlights).
“I think he looked great and did exactly what he needed to do,” Garry told reporters during media day (watch here). “He saw what Belal did to Leon and said, ‘That’s how I beat him.’ He went out there and dominated him from start to finish and made Leon look like a child.
“That’s a performance he should be proud of,” Garry finished. “But, if he ever steps in the Octagon with me, I’ll knee him in the face and reconstruct his nose.”
The bad blood between Garry and Brady — fueled by years of verbal jabs — shows no signs of cooling.
Garry’s boldest taunt? He plans to skip Brady in the title race.
“My flight is already booked [for UFC 315],” Garry said. “Saturday night Carlos Prates gets his ass handed to him and then I’m going straight to Montreal because that belt is mine.”
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WELTERWEIGHT WAR! Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) returns to T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Mo., for an electrifying main event clash on April 26, 2025. Irish Welterweight star, Ian Machado Garry, takes on surging Brazilian finisher, Carlos Prates, in a high-stakes, five-round showdown. In UFC KC’s co-main event, former Light Heavyweight title challenger, Anthony Smith, faces off against the hard-hitting Zhang Mingyang, promising an explosive battle in the 205-pound division.
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