“I Gave It My All”- Vicente Luque Breaks Silence After Ian Garry’s Flu and Pneumonia Ends Their UFC 296 Journey

UFC 296 suffered yet another major blow. The final pay-per-view of the year already had to make changes to a featherweight fight a few days ago. Now, the welterweight clash between Ian Garry and Vicente Luque has been called off, due to the Irishman’s medical condition. As such, ‘The Silent Assassin’ opened up about the situation in a social media post.

Giga Chikadze was the first fighter who pulled out of UFC 296 due to an injury. Then Ian Garry had to do the same as Dana White confirmed about it. ‘The Future’ recently contracted a flu that turned into pneumonia. These things can happen to anyone, but let us see what Vicente Luque had to say about it.

Vicente Luque wished Ian Garry to recover soon

‘The Silent Assassin’ took to Instagram to share a post addressing the fact that he won’t be fighting at UFC 296. He mentioned that he had heard the news about Ian Garry and his pneumonia. Vicente Luque said, “Unfortunate news. So the fight is out. Unfortunately, Ian is, from what I know, he has some kind of illness.”

He further mentioned that he had no idea as to where Ian Garry was being treated for his untimely illness. Nevertheless, Vicente Luque wished him and his family well and hoped that the young Irish fighter would recover soon. “I don’t know if he’s in the hospital or how he is but he’s not gonna make it to the fight… I wish the best recovery, speedy recovery for him, and the best for his family,” the welterweight veteran added.

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Vicente Luque was apparently pumped for the clash with Ian Garry. He claimed to have had a great camp for UFC 296. He further stated, “It’s really unfortunate. I was so ready for this fight. I’ve had a great training camp.” ‘The Silent Assassin’ also provided details about the training he went through before the fight got canceled.

The 32-year-old had an easy weight cut for UFC 296

‘The Silent Assassin’ claimed that his fans and followers of the UFC can clearly see the work he’s been putting through during the training camp. He was ready to square off against Ian Garry. Vicente Luque stated, “Anybody that sees me on social media sees a little bit of what I’m doing. They know how ready I am for this fight.”

Not only that but the Brazilian-American fighter also had one of the easiest weight-cutting processes in his entire professional fighting career. It was easier especially because he had the contact support of his team members. “Weight cut has been going so, so good. The easiest weight cut I’ve had in my career. I have all my team here supporting me,” Luque said on Instagram.

Many people were looking forward to seeing him fight Ian Garry, but he understands that certain circumstances are not under his control. Vicente Luque assured his fans that he did everything he could to make the fight an exciting one for them to witness. “It is out of my control. Everything that I could do, everything that I had control of, and my job, and really put my heart into this, I did. I gave it my all,” the 32-year-old added.

Having heard about the fight getting canceled, Vicente Luque is now looking to take some rest after a tough camp. There is no doubt that he will be returning to fight again next year, but it remains to be seen what’s next for Ian Garry. We still have no information regarding how much time he’ll be under treatment for pneumonia and we will have to wait for more details on that situation in the days to come.

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