"They should be ashamed" - Ian Machado Garry rips into Jack Della Maddalena's team after UFC 322 loss

Ian Machado Garry reacts to the UFC 322 main event fight. [Image courtesy: Getty Images]
Ian Machado Garry reacts to the UFC 322 main event fight. [Image courtesy: Getty Images]

Ian Machado Garry recently shared his thoughts on the Islam Makhachev vs. Jack Della Maddalena title fight at UFC 322 last weekend. The Irishman sounded off on Della Maddalena's performance while lauding Makhachev's "clean and crisp" style.

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Makhachev and Della Maddalena threw down in a 170-pound title fight in the main event of UFC 322 at Madison Square Garden in New York last weekend. While many expected Della Maddalena to pose problems for Makhachev, the Dagestani grappling savant dominated the fight over five rounds and ultimately got his hand raised via unanimous decision.

Ahead of Garry's upcoming fight against Belal Muhammad at UFC Qatar this weekend, he shared his thoughts on the UFC 322 headliner in an interview with UFC on TNT Sports and said:

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"Islam looked phenomenal everywhere. Jack and his team just didn't look prepared. I don't know if anyone told them they had a world title defence. They should be ashamed for the preparation, in my opinion."

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Lauding Makhachev's performance, he said:

"I thought it was clean. He did what he needed to do against someone who I thought was gonna cause him problems... Islam looked phenomenal everywhere. I thought he was clean and crisp... I think he was just having fun."
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Ian Machado Garry on Kamaru Usman potentially facing Islam Makhachev next

Ian Machado Garry recently shared his thoughts on Kamaru Usman potentially being Islam Makhachev's first title defense as the new welterweight champion. The Irishman made it clear that he wasn't supportive of 'The Nigerian Nightmare' getting a title shot and explained his stance.

At the UFC Qatar media day, Garry slammed the idea of Usman facing Makhachev next and said:

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"Do I think the champion of the world, one of the pound-for-pound best in the world should fight a has-been, someone who used to be great but isn't great anymore? No. Where is he now in the rankings? Eight or nine? The last fight he had was against a guy who had like seven losses in the UFC? No. Islam Makhachev is a phenomenal fighter, and he needs to fight one of the young, up-and-coming contenders, not a has-been who has no knees."
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He continued:

"If I were Islam, I would want to fight Kamaru Usman, too, because it's an easy paycheck, it's an easy win, it's an easy way for me to get my first title defense at welterweight." [H/t: MMA Junkie]

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