{"id":40640,"date":"2026-09-22T04:50:40","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T04:50:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Ian-Garry-accuses-Michael-Morales-of-avoiding-him-then-they-agree-to-fight-202906"},"modified":"2026-09-22T04:50:40","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T04:50:40","slug":"ian-garry-accuses-michael-morales-of-avoiding-him-then-they-agree-to-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/ian-garry-accuses-michael-morales-of-avoiding-him-then-they-agree-to-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Ian Garry accuses Michael Morales of avoiding him, then they agree to fight"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ian-garry-accuses-michael-morales-of-avoiding-him-then-they-agree-to-fight.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"\/><\/div>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Michael-Morales-268041\">Michael<br \/>\nMorales<\/a> and <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Ian-Garry-268923\">Ian Garry<\/a><br \/>\nappear to have reached an agreement.<\/p>\n<p>Garry came up short in his maiden title bid in the <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/organizations\/Ultimate-Fighting-Championship-2\"><br \/>\nUltimate Fighting Championship<\/a> at <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/events\/UFC-330-Makhachev-vs-Garry-112557\">UFC<br \/>\n330<\/a>, losing to <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Islam-Makhachev-76836\">Islam<br \/>\nMakhachev<\/a> via decision. The Irishman is now looking to re-enter<br \/>\nthe title mix by beating unbeaten welterweight Morales, who\u2019s open<br \/>\nto the matchup.<\/p>\n<div id=\"adViAi\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Michael Morales accepts Ian Garry\u2019s Nov. 28 proposal for a UFC<br \/>\nfight in Saudi Arabia<\/h2>\n<p>Morales has shared a screenshot of his DMs with Garry wherein they<br \/>\nagree to fight in November. The latter initially questioned the<br \/>\nformer\u2019s availability claims, speculating that he\u2019s avoiding the<br \/>\nmatchup.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wanna fight before the end of the year and I\u2019m being told you\u2019re<br \/>\nnot available,\u201d Garry wrote. \u201cYou were able to be the back up for<br \/>\nthe world title fight but not able to take a fight with me now?<br \/>\nYou\u2019ve also asked to be a back up for the next title fight, but<br \/>\nstill not available to fight with me? Looks like someone is<br \/>\navoiding me. Talk all that sh*t online then don\u2019t agree to fight?<br \/>\nWhat\u2019s going on here?\u201d<\/p>\n<p> Morales responded by making his position clear:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy son, what are you talking about? I fight whenever you want I<br \/>\njust want a contract and that\u2019s it I\u2019ll kick your *ss.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Garry responded:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSaudi, Nov. 28. Let\u2019s do it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Morales accepted, but it remains to be seen whether the UFC will<br \/>\nput the matchup together. <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Carlos-Prates-95593\">Carlos<br \/>\nPrates<\/a> is widely considered the next challenger to Makhachev\u2019s<br \/>\ntitle, making Garry vs. Morales a pivotal title eliminator.<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DdjnIarmjIb\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" readability=\"-6.3253012048193\"><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center>  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Morales and Ian Garry appear to have reached an agreement. Garry came up short in his maiden title bid in the Ultimate Fighting Championship at UFC 330, losing to Islam Makhachev via decision. The Irishman is now looking to re-enter the title mix by beating unbeaten welterweight Morales, who\u2019s open to the matchup. 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