IanGarry says he had no intent of starting a feud with KhamzatChimaev.Garry defeated BelalMuhammad last November, with ArmanTsarukyan finishing Dan Hooker inthe main event of the same card in Doha, Qatar. Chimaev, who was inTsarukyans corner, then had an altercation with Garry backstage,which The Future recently revisited.Ian Garry recalls Khamzat Chimaev altercationGarry shook hands with the entire team and also patted Chimaev onthe back. The latter then seemingly felt provoked and pushed Garrybefore security stepped in.Garry recently shared his side of the story, claiming he had nomalicious intent when he was greeting Chimaev and his entire team.The Irishman also notes that Chimaev didnt immediately react whenhe patted him. Garry claims Chimaev was fired up only after peoplestepped in between them. He believes Chimaev would have gottenphysical when they were in proximity if he really wanted to.Me and Khamzat arent boys, Garry told Full Send MMA. When I goto a team and theres Arman Tsarukyan tying his shoelace, I saidcongrats to him, I said congrats to his other coach and congrats toone more. And I leave one guy out and I didnt see him. And I go,Oh sh*t, sorry champ, how are you? We were cool, we were fine atthat point. It was only when someone stepped in between us that itwas a problem. If he wanted to suplex me and put me on my skull, hewould have done it when I [leaned on him]. Go watch my bodylanguage again In no way, shape, or form was it aggressive. It waspurely out of respect; there was no mal intent.Chimaev (15-1) lost his middleweight title to SeanStrickland in a massive upset this past May. The Chechen-bornfighter is now rallying for a rematch against Strickland.Meanwhile, Garry (17-1) is scheduled to challenge IslamMakhachev (28-1) for the Ultimate Fighting Championship welterweight title in the mainevent of UFC330 on Aug. 15 at Xfinity Mobile Arena in Philadelphia.Ian MachadoGarry gives his side of the KhamzatChimaev incidentWe were fine until someone stepped in-between us. Go watch my bodylanguage, there was nothing aggressive about it. It was purely outof respect there was no mal intent. I didnt start s**t pic.twitter.com/Me1sO4NuXb FULL SENDMMA (@full_send_mma) August 11, 2026