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Ian Garry scored a unanimous decision victory over Neil Magny on the UFC 292 main card, but it was the build up to the fight that may have affected Magny the most.
Garry and Magny had some heated verbal exchanges leading up to their fight, but is was Garry’s comments that implied that Magny was a child abuser that affected Magny the most, because what Garry said caused issues for Magny’s custody battle for his kids.
“[Garry’s comments] in itself had a lot more consequences than just nonsense at the press conference. There were literally screenshots being taken of headlines saying that I'm a child abuser and I'd do this to my kids. There were screenshots being taken and put into apps and things like that that would be admissible in court where I'm literally fighting for custody of my children,” Magny told Sportskeeda MMA (transcript via Sayan Nag of Sherdog). “When it was all said and done... there was something that came out very poorly on my end. The way he chose to blow it out of proportion has some pretty significant consequences for me. It was just a lot bigger than just selling a pay-per-view... It was literally my children's relationship [with me] was at stake at that point.”
The Irishman has been dealing with his personal life spilling out to a public space as well, mainly after UFC Middleweight Sean Strickland took to social media to out some of Garry’s personal life choices involving his wife.
Magny finds it hard to escape what Garry said during the build to UFC 292, but Magny also acknowledges his own bad decisions helped put him where he is now.
“I mean, I saw it. It is hard for me to get away from it and ignore it... Even though he may be perceived as being a jerk, it'll be a very terrible show of character on my end to kick [Garry] down at this point, especially when there's a child at stake in the middle of all this. Sure, his dad may have said some dumb things or whatever. But I'm no different than Ian Garry. I may be a little less reserved, but as far as like, I'm not as outspoken as he is. But I made plenty of stupid decisions that affected the way that my life has played out over the last couple of years,” Magny said.
