Ian Garry is out of his UFC 296 bout against Vicente Luque.
Garry’s absence from UFC 296 media events raised a lot of eyebrows this week. While many believed that ‘The Future’ refrained from making public appearances because of his ongoing controversy and to protect his family, that does not seem to be the case.
Former UFC fighter Chael Sonnen recently took to YouTube to share that the fight is reportedly off. Sonnen stated that Garry and his son recently visited the hospital after suffering from the same symptoms and as a result of which the fight had to be canceled:
“Ian Garry is out, where should we begin… He was at a hospital himself, he wasn’t feeling well and he has taken his child to the hospital right now, to the ER. The child has the same symptoms that he had. That is the way that this is being told.”
Catch Chael Sonnen’s comments below:
Late Wednesday evening, UFC CEO Dana White took to social media to announce that Ian Machado Garry vs. Vicente Luque is indeed off of UFC 296. According to White, Ian Garry was dealing with an illness that then turned into Pneumonia which forced him to be removed from the card.
“Alright guys, I know what’s out there. There’s some speculation that Ian Garry and Luque are off. it is true. Ian Garry started with flu that turned into pneumonia. So, that fight is off, it is not happening, it is true.”
Ian Garry was last seen in action against Neil Magny at UFC 292 where he earned a unanimous decision victory. He has a perfect 13-0 professional record and is considered to be one of the brightest prospects in the UFC right now.
Vicente Luque (22-9-1) returned to the win column in August with a decision victory over Rafael dos Anjos. Before that, he lost back-to-back fights to Geoff Neal and Belal Muhammad. Luque is currently ranked ninth at welterweight.
With Ian Machado Garry vs. Vicente Luque off, UFC 296 is as follows:
- Leon Edwards vs. Colby Covington
- Alexandre Pantoja vs. Brandon Royval
- Shavkat Rakhmonov vs. Stephen Thompson
- Paddy Pimblett vs. Tony Ferguson
- Josh Emmett vs. Bryce Mitchell
- Irene Aldana vs. Karol Rosa
- Cody Garbrandt vs. Brian Kelleher
- Casey O’Neill vs. Ariane Lipski
- Alonzo Menifield vs. Dustin Jacoby
- Tagir Ulanbekov vs. Cody Durden
- Andre Fili vs. Lucas Almeida
- Shamil Gaziev vs. Martin Buday
- Randy Brown vs. Muslim Salikhov