Darren Till is not a fan of Ian Machado Garry. Machado Garry was involved in backstage incident with middleweight champion Khamzat Chimaev after Saturday's UFC Fight Night 265 event in Qatar. In what looked like a friendly greeting at the start ended with Chimaev shoving Machado Garry. The Irishman told Chimaev to act like a champion.

Ian Garry is such a good fighter man… But by god is he possibly the fakest human on earth, fake beyond all beliefs. It’s so hard to like him. I’ve literally sat in my bedroom with my own little demons in my head telling me to force myself to like him. He’s calling Khamzat a…

Ian Machado Garry defeated Belal Muhammad in the co-main event before making a point to address Makhachev, who has now shared his response. Islam Makhachev named Kamaru Usman as his preferred option for his first challenger when speaking immediately after his welterweight title win.