Ian Garry has never backed down to show the world that he is one of the biggest fans of his idol, Conor McGregor. After all, it is the ‘Mystic Mac’ who inspired ‘The Future’ to enter the UFC and strive as a mixed martial artist. But now, Machado Garry has also entered Alex Pereira’s fanbase, as he and his wife, Layla Machado, teach their son, Leandro, the iconic walkouts by Pereira and McGregor.
Needless to say, McGregor’s billionaire strut has its fanbase. The entire world of mixed martial arts went crazy whenever ‘The Notorious’ entered the Octagon and walked around the cage, performing the billionaire strut. And when the man with hands of stone finally defeated his long-time rival, Israel Adesanya, he impersonated an archer shooting arrows through his bow. Without a doubt, these moves extracted quite a bit of attention from the fighting community.
Now, Garry and his wife decided to teach their son these aforementioned moves. The video footage was recently shared on X by MMA Orbit. In the video, ‘The Future’ can be seen impersonating McGregor, which the little one copies without any issues. But little Leoando faces a bit of trouble impersonating the Brazilian fighter.
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Ian Machado Garry has taught his son Leo how to do Conor McGregor’s ‘Billionaire strut’ and Alex Pereira’s bow and arrow walkout 😁
🎥 @CarolinePearce pic.twitter.com/Ay0pncnjlN
— MMA Orbit (@mma_orbit) June 26, 2024
As soon as the video was released on X, the fight fans took over the comments section and shared their opinion. Surprisingly, the fighting community did not like the video. It ended up enraging the fans as they thrashed Garry in the comments. Let’s see what the fans had to say.
Ian Garry trying to teach Conor McGregor and Alex Pereira’s moves to his son enrages fight fans
The fight fans didn’t waste any time and took up arms against Garry. Some of the fans deemed the move to be absolutely pathetic. A fan wrote that it was a “Horrible looking impersonation”. One of the fans pointed out that it looked nothing like Pereira’s bow and arrow impression.
Pathetic attempt. Looks nothing like it
— Jimbo J (@Jimbo_J_) June 26, 2024
Some of the fight fans found it to be cringe. One fan wrote, “Why I find this cringe.” But a few fans were left baffled, as they deemed the video to be wholesome and cringe at the same time.
Wholesome but also cringe idk how he did that but he pulled it off
— Will 🍳🌪️⚡️🌪️ (@WillTheSkillet) June 27, 2024
A couple of fans claimed that the welterweight contender was simply teaching his son for McGregor to notice. One fan commented, “Dude wants to s**k connor so bad.” Another fan pointed out that he was doing tricks for the former double champion.
Garry doing tricks on it for conor
— Belal in a suit (@sexhaver191) June 27, 2024
The fighting community also brought in Michael Page, the fighter who is supposed to go against Garry at UFC 303. One of the fans wanted MVP to stomp on Garry, quoting, “Hope MVP stomps him into the finest wine.” Some of the fans simply felt bad for ‘Venom’.
I feel bad for MVP.
— Eli Hathaway (@hathaway_eli) June 27, 2024
The fight fans declared that they were unhappy with Garry and Ilia Topuria because they weren’t being authentic. “Why is it so hard for guys to be authentic and original these days?? That was pathetic. Topuria and Garry are so unlikeable it’s not even funny,” read a comment. Another comment compared Garry to a cheap cardboard cutout.
All Ian is is a cheap cardboard cut out of famous fighters. he's not his own person at all.
— zᵢₙc (@shortonzinc) June 27, 2024
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However, some fans thought the act was a good one. A few fans credited Garry as a good father, despite claiming to “hate the dude so much”. One more fan appreciated the Irishman for teaching his son about the fighters he looks up to.
Y’all are making fun of this. I respect it. A fighter allowing his son to have athletes he looks up to. Good man.
— Lane Scott (@LaneScottX) June 27, 2024
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