{"id":296314,"date":"2023-12-08T13:24:14","date_gmt":"2023-12-08T13:24:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/?p=296314"},"modified":"2023-12-08T13:24:14","modified_gmt":"2023-12-08T13:24:14","slug":"ufc-star-leon-edwards-reveals-why-ian-garry-had-to-leave-his-gym","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/mma\/ufc-star-leon-edwards-reveals-why-ian-garry-had-to-leave-his-gym\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC star Leon Edwards reveals why Ian Garry had to leave his gym"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> UFC champion Leon Edwards reveals to Man United legend Rio Ferdinand why Ian Machado Garry had to leave his gym &#8211; with the two MMA stars set to feature at UFC 296 in Las Vegas<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Leon Edwards has revealed why UFC&#8217;s Ian Machado Garry had to leave his gym<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Edwards will defend his welterweight title against Colby Covington at UFC 296\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>A fight on a Sunday night? Bournemouth fans have time to enjoy Manchester United match &#8211; The Hook\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>UFC champion Leon Edwards clears the air and reveals why fellow welterweight fighter Ian Machado Garry had to leave his gym.<\/p>\n<p>Edwards, who defends his title at UFC 296 against Colby Covington, has trained with Garry in Birmingham\u00a0and could well fight him in the future given the 26-year-old&#8217;s rapid rise.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Machado Garry revealed last month that he was cast out of Edwards&#8217; gym, Team Renegade.\u00a0He had claimed it was because Edwards and his coach felt threatened by him training there, but Team Renegade rubbished this accusation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Sometimes the coaches allow fighters to come in from the outside, but this is very much a privilege and not the norm.\u00a0<span>If the coaches feel it&#8217;s not adding to the team&#8217;s culture, a fighter is refused entrance.\u00a0<\/span><span>Ian Garry&#8217;s more nomadic approach to preparation has given him great results, but it&#8217;s not in line with what we are creating at Team Renegade,&#8217; they told the Independent.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In a TNT Sports interview with Manchester United legend Rio Ferdinand, &#8216;Rocky&#8217; reveals why Machado Garry had to leave his gym.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/08\/12\/78734415-12841631-image-a-1_1702037960871.jpg\" height=\"433\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>UFC champion Leon Edwards reveals why Ian Machado Garry was kicked out of his gym<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/08\/12\/78734411-12841631-Ian_Garry_bottom_is_no_longer_welcome_at_Leon_Edwards_top_Renega-a-3_1702037981580.jpg\" height=\"809\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Ian Garry (bottom) is no longer welcome at Leon Edwards&#8217; (top) Renegade Gym<\/p>\n<p>Edwards echoes Team Renegade&#8217;s official statement on the matter, saying: &#8216;[Him being in the same division] wasn&#8217;t the reason; that&#8217;s the reason he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The culture in the gym that we&#8217;re trying to build&#8230; Even though I&#8217;m a world champion, I still abide by the same rules as the amateurs. The difference with Ian was that, when he came in, he&#8217;d bring his camera with him and bring his girlfriend [wife] with him. He was late to the sessions.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;There was a lot going on, so the coaches and the team decided: &#8216;We wish you well on your journey, but your culture doesn&#8217;t fit our culture.&#8217; That&#8217;s the third gym now that he&#8217;s been kicked out of. There&#8217;s a reason why.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Once one [person] starts slipping, you feel: &#8216;Okay, if he can do it, I can do it. If he ain&#8217;t cleaning the mats, then I ain&#8217;t cleaning the mats.&#8217; Eventually it breaks the team down.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Garry has recently spoke about no longer being allowed to train at Team Renegade. He told the Independent: &#8216;Leon Edwards, his head coach asked me not to come back to Renegade; told me I&#8217;m not allowed to train there.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Leon and his head coach had an issue with me training on the mats and recently have asked me not to train there, because, &#8220;Leon doesn&#8217;t want any insecurities or doubts on his own mats, within the gym,&#8221; which I don&#8217;t fully understand.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I get that we&#8217;re both in the top 10 and you might see me as a threat, but I&#8217;m not a threat to you right now; I&#8217;m not fighting for the title right now.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;His coach said the words: &#8216;Ian is a threat, I cannot have Leon having any doubts or insecurities.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/08\/12\/78734965-12841631-image-a-6_1702038122116.jpg\" height=\"465\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Leon Edwards echoes Team Renegade&#8217;s official statement as to why Garry was kicked out<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/08\/12\/78734417-12841631-image-a-4_1702038024589.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Machado Garry has also recently spoken about why he is no longer being allowed to train at Team Renegade<\/p>\n<p>As alluded to, Edwards is scheduled to face divisive welterweight challenger Colby\u00a0 Covington &#8211; which is set to headline UFC 296.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Rocky&#8217; comes into the epic clash off the back of a win against Kamaru Usman at UFC 286 back in March.<\/p>\n<p>The 32-year-old reveals he is looking forward to silencing his doubters in Las Vegas against &#8216;Chaos.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/08\/12\/78734941-12841631-image-a-5_1702038052888.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Edwards is scheduled to face divisive welterweight star Colby Covington at UFC 296<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Everyone is saying [to be wary of] his cardio and that he can keep the pace for the full fight, but I believe they&#8217;re judging that on fights where he&#8217;s fought over-the-hill guys like Robbie Lawler, Jorge Masvidal, Tyron Woodley. In sports it&#8217;s old,&#8217; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I&#8217;m excited to go out there and shut him up. He&#8217;s a good talker so I&#8217;m going to go out there, shut him up and continue my reign.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As for Machado Garry, the No 10 ranked welterweight contender takes on Vicente Luque on the final card of the year in Las Vegas on December 16.<\/p>\n<p>Victory would put him in the upper echelons of the division where a showdown with Edwards for the title would be a realistic possibility.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2023\/10\/25\/The%20Hook_Promo_Desktop.636.png\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/mma\/article-12841631\/UFC-champion-Leon-Edwards-reveals-Rio-Ferdinand-Ian-Machado-Garry-leave-gym.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC champion Leon Edwards reveals to Man United legend Rio Ferdinand why Ian Machado Garry had to leave his gym<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":296313,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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