Conor McGregor’s Compatriot Ian Garry Joins Charles Oliveira Before Their Next Fights

The combat sports community has often witnessed combat sports personalities help each other in training. Also, a fighter asking for help from another noted fighter to prepare specifically for an upcoming bout isn’t an uncommon event in the world of combat sports. UFC fighters are no exception to this. Recently, one more headline about the collaboration of two such noted fighters garnered massive attention from the fans.

It was the Irishman, Ian Machado Garry, who revealed his plans of joining another famed UFC star in his training camp. The currently 6-0 record-holding Garry has showcased some superb prowess in the UFC. His last win came against the noted, Daniel Rodriguez, whom he finished with a head kick. That too, within the first round of the bout.

Ian Machado Garry revealed he would travel to Brazil for the camp

The news of Machado’s collaboration with another noted UFC star was publicized by ‘MMA Orbit’. They also revealed that Garry would be traveling to São Paulo, Brazil for his mentioned collaboration. Most UFC fans might have already guessed who exactly Garry was going to join in São Paulo.

It is none other than the former UFC Lightweight kingpin, Charles ‘Do Bronx’ Oliveira who had asked Garry to join him in his training camp at the Chute Box gym. ‘MMA Orbit’s caption to their tweet read, “Ian Garry has told @btsportufc that he travels to Chute Box gym in São Paulo, Brazil on Wednesday to train with Charles Oliveira”

Garry’s superb striking prowess has been one of the strongholds of his UFC career to date. It is quite understandable that numerous other fighters would love to learn some striking techniques from ‘Conor McGregor’s countrymate’.

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A lot of fans might have already started speculating about the reasons behind Oliveira choosing Machado as his training partner. It is apparent that he would be looking to improve his striking. But it can’t be said whether he was eyeing any specific fight or just an improvement in his strike game.

Is Charles Oliveira seeking help from Islam Makhachev’s enemy camp?

Most UFC fans know that ‘Do Bronx’ claimed a dominant victory in his last bout at UFC 289 opponent, Beneil Dariush. Hence, there are a lot of chances that the fans will get to see a rematch of the UFC 280 main event between the current UFC Lightweight champ, Islam Makhachev, and Oliveira.

The rivalry between Conor McGregor and the Dagestani camp of fighters is a well-known fact to UFC fans. This might have also been one of the factors why Oliveira chose someone who had strong relations to ‘The Notorious’ for preparing against Khabib’s bosom friend Makhachev.

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Despite being a highly touted matchup, Makhachev claimed a rather easy victory over ‘Do Bronx’. Also, it was a superb strike from Makhachev that brought Oliveira down initially. Hence, it’s quite understandable why ‘Do Bronx’ might have chosen ‘Conor McGregor’s stablemate’.