Ian Machado Garry doesn’t care if fans like him or not.

Garry has gotten backlash from MMA fans over what he says in interviews and the way he acts. Yet, he seemingly doesn’t care, as he’s just focused on fighting, and he has a chance to win the welterweight title in the main event of UFC 330 on Saturday against Islam Makhachev.

Ahead of the bout, Garry was asked if he cares about the lack of fan support, which he shot down quickly.

“I couldn’t care less,” Garry said to Spinning Backfist MMA Show on Barstool. “Ahead of my fight with Belal Muhammad in Qatar, I walked out to boos. Go back and listen to the audio 30 seconds into the fight. ‘Let’s go, Garry! Let’s go!’ This sport is a pantomime. I couldn’t care less what people think of me. What I care about is becoming the champion of the world and proving that I was right.

‘That’s all that matters to me’

“That’s the dream I had as a 16-year-old growing up in Dublin, Ireland. I will fulfill that dream. What anyone else thinks about me, it’s irrelevant. My little boy is going to be front row when I win that belt. I couldn’t care what anyone else on this planet has to say about me or thinks about me, I want to see his smile, I want to see him and my wife. I want to give him the biggest cuddle I possibly can, and say, ‘Daddy did it!’ That’s all that matters to me.”

As Garry says, all he cares about is what his family thinks about him, and not what fans think of him. He just wants his fighting to do all the talking. And, that will show on Saturday when he faces Makhachev for the welterweight title.

Garry enters UFC 330 as the underdog and is coming off a decision win over Belal Muhammad.

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