Professional Fighters League featherweight Alexei
Pergande has accused Ian Garry of
lying. 

The spat started with Pergande posting a video of a training
session where he took Garry down. Garry unfollowed Pergande on
Instagram after the clip went viral. Replying to a fan, Garry said
that he unfollowed Pergande because “Russian DNA” had filmed their
training session without consent. Garry also accused Pergande of
continuing to film even after he was asked not to.

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“Because he filmed me without permission, then secretly kept
filming me after I asked him to stop and has been editing and
reposting the same session for four years,” Garry wrote. “I liked
the kid but respect when someone says no to filming you.” 

However, Pergande (8-0) completely denies Garry’s accusations.
Pergande says his fiancée was filming the session in the presence
of Garry’s wife and UFC middleweight Chris
Curtis. According to Pergande, he was never asked to stop
filming the session. The undefeated PFL featherweight believes the
whole episode has been blown out of proportion because of Garry’s
upcoming
UFC welterweight title challenge against Islam
Makhachev.

Another Sparring Controversy

“I didn’t know the day would come when Ian Garry is
lying about me… None of that was true,” Pergande said on TikTok.
“I’m not sure why he made up a lie that never happened. Because his
wife, his training partner Chris
Curtis, his cameraman were all next to my fiancée. She was
right up on the cage next to the fence and she was filming freely.
And not once did someone ask, ‘Hey, can we not record this
session?’”

Garry (17-1) has suffered his only professional loss against fellow
contender Shavkat
Rakhmonov, who is currently sidelined due to an injury. The
Irishman is now scheduled to challenge Makhachev (28-1) for the
welterweight title in the main event at UFC
330 on Aug. 15 at the Xfinity Mobile Arena in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania.  

IMAK ADMIN

By IMAK ADMIN

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