Ian Garry thinks it’s time for Kamaru Usman and Colby Covington to maneuver apart and make means for the following era of welterweights.
This Saturday, ‘The Future’ will step into the primary occasion highlight for the primary time when he meets surging contender Carlos Prates in Kansas Metropolis.
It can even be Garry’s first time making an attempt to bounce again from a loss after developing quick in opposition to Shavkat Rakhmonov in December.
Talking with Shakiel Mahjouri forward of his return to the Octagon this weekend, Garry shredded each Covington and former welterweight king Kamaru Usman, accusing the pair of rejecting fights with the division’s younger weapons and doing every part attainable to remain related, except for preventing.
“We’re getting out with the outdated and in with the brand new,” Garry stated. We’re eliminating these folks which might be simply making an attempt to remain related like Kamaru and Colby, simply making an attempt to keep up relevancy by simply speaking on podcasts, making an attempt to slag off Paddy Pimblett. That’s all they’re now.
“They don’t need to struggle. They’re not fighters anymore, they’re accomplished… You bought these younger, hungry killers developing… And also you’re simply seeing what the welterweight division is popping into within the subsequent decade.”
Covington and Usman are 3-7 of their final 10 fights mixed
Garry and Covington went 10 rounds on social media final yr, however nothing ever got here of it. As a substitute, ‘Chaos’ went on to struggle Joaquin Buckley at UFC Tampa in December and suffered his second straight loss contained in the Octagon, shifting him to 2-4 in his final six after the struggle was halted within the third spherical by way of a health care provider’s stoppage TKO.
As for Kamaru Usman, the ‘Nigerian Nightmare’ has misplaced three in a row, together with his most up-to-date look being a short-notice scrap in opposition to Khamzat Chimaev at UFC 294 in October 2023. Usman misplaced the bout by way of majority resolution.
He has not gained a struggle since a November 2021 victory in opposition to, you guessed it, Colby Covington.
