Leon
Edwards believes the highly-anticipated clash between Ian Garry and
Michael
Page could turn out to be lackluster affair.
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Garry and Page are slated to clash at UFC 303
on Saturday at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. While Garry is
known for his clean and precise striking, “MVP” has built a career
off of highlight-reel knockouts in Bellator
MMA.
However, Edwards wonders if Garry vs. Page might play out to be a
lukewarm contest due to a clash of similar styles. Having sparred
both Garry and Page, “Rocky” believes the lengthy strikers might
just be hesitant to commit first and end up spending most of their
time in finding the range.
“It’s interesting all right bcause I feel like it might be like a
little fencing fight where they’re both like trying to find range…
So don’t know whether or not to run a boring fight, so they’re both
trying to find range and nobody wants to commit first,” Edwards
told Red Corner MMA. “Or a nice striking clinic probably… They’re
both similar, both lengthy strikers, kickboxers kind of style, not
very great at grappling… I’m interested to see how the both
approach it. I’ve trained with both of them, I’ve sparred both of
them, so I’m interested to see how it plays out.”
While there is seemingly no serious bad blood between the two,
Garry and “MVP” have been trading barbs to promote their fight.
Garry, who finds the matchup unappealing, has vowed to derail
Page’s hype train to make and example out of him. Meanwhile, Page
has repeatedly trashed Garry’s online persona while promising to
outclass the Irishman.
Garry is riding a seven-fight unbeaten UFC streak topped off by a
split-decision win over ranked veteran Geoff Neal at
UFC 298 this past February. Meanwhile, Page made his promotional
debut at UFC 299 a month later, earning a flashy unanimous decision
win over Kevin
Holland.