Ian Garry has explained how there isn't anyone in his new gym Sanford MMA who dominates sparring sessions, including top fighters like Kamaru Usman and Gilbert Burns.
The Irishman was signed to the UFC after becoming Cage Warriors welterweight champion last summer at the age of just 23, and moved across the pond after leaving Dublin's Team KF. His original gym had been run by former Conor McGregor teammates Tom King and Chris Fields, and former UFC star Cathal Pendred was also an active coach and member.
But he has said that the primary difference between training in Ireland, as McGregor does at SBG Ireland, and training in a top American gym is that the competition level is particularly high. He has shared mats with the likes of Burns, Usman as well as Bellator stars Jason Jackson and Logan Storley, and says nobody is a dominant figure in the gym.
