Ian Garry will compete on another big pay-per-view event.
Garry (10-0 MMA, 3-0 UFC) takes on Song Kenan (18-6 MMA, 4-2 UFC) at UFC 285 on March 4 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. “The Future” wanted Bryan Barberena, who defeated his Kill Cliff FC teammate Robbie Lawler at UFC 276, but wound up drawing Kenan instead.
“Everyone knows I want Barberena – I’m not getting him…Yet. I’m taking out Kennan Song first. Here’s real life footage of my conversation with Sean Shelby… See you March 4th.”
Everyone knows I want Barberena – I’m not getting him…Yet. I’m taking out Kennan Song first. Here’s real life footage of my conversation with Sean Shelby… See you March 4th pic.twitter.com/wD9qV8BdIA
— “The Future” Ian Machado Garry (@iangarryMMA) January 27, 2023
Unbeaten in his professional MMA career, Garry is 3-0 in the octagon. After a debut knockout win over Jordan Williams, Garry scored back-to-back decision wins over Darrian Weeks at UFC 273 and Gabriel Green at UFC 276.
Kenan will return from a two-year long layoff. The 32-year-old Chinese fighter hasn’t competed since a knockout loss to Max Griffin in March 2021. Prior to that, he had won four of five bouts – three by knockout.
With the addition, the UFC 285 lineup now includes:
- Jon Jones vs. Ciryl Gane – for vacant heavyweight title
- Champ Valentina Shevchenko vs. Alexa Grasso – for women’s flyweight title
- Viviane Araujo vs. Amanda Ribas
- Bo Nickal vs. Jamie Pickett
- Geoff Neal vs. Shavkat Rakhmonov
- Derek Brunson vs. Dricus Du Plessis
- Dan Hooker vs. Jalin Turner
- Cody Garbrandt vs. TBA
- Marc-Andre Barriault vs. Julian Marquez
- Kamuela Kirk vs. Esteban Ribovics
- Farid Basharat vs. Da’Mon Blackshear
- Jessica Penne vs. Tabatha Ricci
- Mario Bautista vs. Guido Cannetti
- Ian Garry vs. Song Kenan
For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC 285.
