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Islam just became a two division champ by grinding out Jack Della Maddalena over five rounds at UFC 322 in New York, and Ian Garry immediately called him out after stuffing all seven of Belal Muhammad's takedown attempts in Qatar. Garry literally said \"Belal couldn't take me down, so Islam, you try to take me down.\" That's the kind of confidence that gets fans hyped.\n\nHere's what makes this matchup so wild: Makhachev is the king of control, that suffocating Dagestani pressure that broke Dustin Poirier with a fifth round D'Arce choke and put Renato Moicano away in under four minutes. But Garry's takedown defense looked scary good against Muhammad, and his striking volume is insane. He landed 141 shots over five rounds against Carlos Prates. 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