Islam Makhachev looks forward to defending his welterweight title against Ian Machado Garry at UFC 330, but he’s going to pass on tuning in to any interviews from the challenger.

From what Makhachev has seen, Garry needs to focus more time in the gym than in the podcast studio.

“I saw a couple of his interviews, honestly he looks very bad in these interviews,” Makhachev told MMA Junkie. “Better for him training more and do less interviews. It looks like somebody in the house controls him and tells him what to say in the interview. He looked very bad in the interviews, honestly.”

Makhachev also took a shot at Garry’s approach to hyping fights.

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