Does Ian Garry stand a chance against Islam?

[scytheavatar]

He is kind of like Yair, he is a rangy fighter who likes to say fuck defense and trade blows with his opponents. Except of course his takedown defense and wrestling is way better than Yair's. Does such a fighting style stand a chance of beating Islam, who has shown to have extremely competent striking but is yet to face a striker as aggressive as Garry?

 

[hbombbisping]

Nah.

Never looks impressive. Barely win type of opponent. Get taken down and destroyed even though he should be two weight classes higher.

Belal couldn't take down JDM either. Levels.

 

[Rdude92]

He is far from Yair.

He is a point fighter.
He is what Lay N Pray style looks like standing.

But i give him props for his tdd. A black belt judoka. A fight with Islam is sort of interesting if he is able to stop those takedowns. A big if

 

[Flower2dPeople]

Doubt it. England is being cucked by Islam atm.

 

[oski]

That Kayla super-creature lady-man would ragdoll his ass.

 

[ElLunico]

ZERO fcking none. That dude fights to not lose. Rarely ever commits to a strike. Hes one of those fighters than is good because of his athletic ability but he doesnt really have that " fighting mentality ".. For him its to score points and win. I know yall are like saying thats the whole point but there's a difference in mind set that will prevent Gary from ever being in the same class with those guys even tho he has the athletic ability.

Take for example Pereira, Pereira goes into a fight to hurt his opponent, or someone like Ilia, Ilia tries to KO his opponent. Gary's sole intent going into fights is score points and im not saying thats wrong but against the very elite you need to some dawg in you to beat them. You need to take risks. Even GSP had a little mean streak in him and he punished opponents that were outmatched.

 

[SpurNani]

Ian Gary is like Yair because he stands and trades....wtf? That's not Gary at all

 

[Skarsgard]

The dude manages distance tremendously well and is very difficult to take down. Smart money would be on Islam, but it's far from a guaranteed win.

 

[Ares Black]

Yes

 

[Söze Aldo]

Always a puncher's chance.

 

[Ayreon]

Garry is for real but he has 0 wrestling

It would end like Jack

 

[FilipEmoFights]

Yeah I think he does he’s a bit longer than I would like for Islam to have to tussle with, hasn’t been taken down in most of his fights and will make Khamzat fight in order to get close enough to grab him.
I think Islam will have a harder time getting the takedown but once he does I’d expect him to be able to keep Garry there but Garry is big enough for 185 and he may surprise Islam with his physical strength.
Almost like Gus vs Jones, the height and length was something Jon wasn’t used too and while Jon could throw pretty much anyone on their heads he simply couldn’t get under Alex center of gravity until their 2nd fight 10 years later.
Islam can’t strike with him, he’s too short.

 

[spooNN]

Maybe if he lands a few eyes pokes early.

 

[Doctor Grudge]

Garry is for real but he has 0 wrestling

It would end like Jack

hm? his wrestling seems quite good. he's used wrestling both offensively and defensively. he's only lost one fight and he was competitive, and the guy who beat him a lot of people think is the best WW.

I think Garry would probably beat JDM, and like all his fights, it'd be ugly. I dont think he'd be an easy fight for Islam. I would pick Islam to win, but he's not running over him.

 

[italiamusica]

Not at all, maybe the only advantage he would have is being tall and lanky. If he could keep the distance and land shots without being taken down then maybe, but it's very doubtful.

 

[pamirec]

He is a good fighter and has a chance, but it’s very hard to even have a puncher’ chance against a disciplined and hard working fighter like Islam.
He doesn’t have the tdd to avoid Islam’s wrestling. Sure his tdd looked good against Belal, but so did JDM’s.

 

[TITS]

He has a 1% chance of eking out a decision and 99% chance of getting tossed and destroyed.

 

[SuperAlly]

Nah.

Never looks impressive. Barely win type of opponent. Get taken down and destroyed even though he should be two weight classes higher.

Belal couldn't take down JDM either. Levels.

This

Will get schooled

 

[RichardHarrow]

You really need to rough things up against Islam ala Poirier / Volk. Garry isn’t that guy. He’ll try to potshot his way to victory and he will get taken down in the process. He does possess the BJJ to neutralize a submission. It may be very similar to the JDM fight.

 

[The_Renaissance]

Nah, he's probably the least likely to beat him to be honest - Garry's style is essentially eking out decisions over people, you aren't beating Islam when that is your key to victory.