Leon Edwards Addresses Rumored Knockout of Ian Garry in Training

Ultimate Fighting Championship welterweight king Leon Edwards recently offered some insight into his perceived dispute with rising welterweight prospect Ian Garry.

Garry got into a feud with Edwards after being barred from the Englishman’s Team Renegade gym. While Garry claimed to have been thrown out over Edwards’ “insecurities,” the champion entirely dismissed the narrative.

“I feel like once he came to the gym, he just didn’t fit into the gym,” Edwards told MMAFighting.com. “This is like the third gym now he’s been kicked out of. It is what it is. He’s just a different kind of guy. He’s hard to blend with. Everywhere he goes there’s a camera there. Everywhere he goes, his wife is there, his kid is there. There’s a lot going on. There wasn’t any bad blood. He came out and made it into a big thing and it wasn’t. He’s been kicked out of more gyms than mine. Like, why are you making such a big deal out of it? Because I’m the champion, he wants to ride off the back of my coattails.”

After Garry’s spat with Edwards, Paddy Pimblett claimed to have heard rumors of “Rocky” knocking out “The Future” in training. Edwards addressed those rumors, admitting that he didn’t exactly put Garry to sleep.

“I didn’t knock him out clean, no,” Edwards said. “He got a little taste [of the Kamaru Usman head kick] for sure.”

Edwards also believes Garry has a long way to go before he can lay claim to contender status at welterweight.

“Skill-wise, he’s a long way away from even a thought in my brain for competing for a title,” Edwards said. “Like I said, I wish him well in his endeavors but I feel like skill-wise right now, he’s not a guy I think ‘Oh s—t, I need to stay away from this guy.’”