Ian Garry’s wife, Layla Anna-Lee, has hit back at ‘the top three lies’ that involve her husband, in the wake of Colby Covington‘s call-out to the Irish UFC star.
Earlier this week, Covington shared a video onto his social media accounts where he called out Garry and also targeted his wife, Layla.
He called Garry a ‘translucent cuck’ before going on to list a number of stipulations that must be met in order for the Irishman to earn a fight with Covington.
One of those stipulations included a message from Layla. He said: ‘Layla, you got 60 seconds to convince me and and the people why this fight needs to happen. So put your husband in the corner, get on your hands and knees, and beg’.
His verbal tirade comes after months of focus on Garry and his wife – after online users brought up ‘How to Be a WAG’ in the latter end of 2023.
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Ian Garry’s wife, Layla Anna-Lee, has hit back at ‘the top three lies’ that involve her husband
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Garry and his wife, Layla, have been the centre of debate in the MMA world in recent months
Many suggested that Anna-Lee’s ‘book’ was essentially a guide for gold diggers and also pointed out the fact that the 40-year-old is 14 years Garry’s senior.
The couple also came under scrutiny after fans discovered that Layla’s ex-husband, Richard Cullen, works as Garry’s nutritionist and rumours suggested he lived with them.
While Garry issued his own response to the American’s call-out and other rumours, Layla has now debunked a number of the ‘lies’ circulating the MMA community.
In a video on Instagram, she said: ‘Shall we do this? The top three lies you believed about Ian Machado Garry. There are obviously many, many more I’d argue over 99% of what you read is a lie, but we’re gonna stick with three today, and these are important.
‘This tsunami of aggression towards the undefeated welterweight all exploded when former middleweight title holder and current multiple world bull*** titleholder Sean Strickland read a clickbait headline, but didn’t bother to fact check or read the whole article.
‘So let’s begin with lie number one. Ian took his wife’s ex husband’s surname. I can’t believe anyone would accept this to be true, but the MMA community picked it up and ran a full marathon with it.
‘In fact, some people are still running with it now gripping on with sweaty trembling fingers in order to justify blatant trolling. It’s not true. It never was true. Machado is my maiden name.
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Colby Covington (pictured) told Garry that his wife, Layla must meet three stipulations for him to agree to fight the Irishman inside the UFC
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Garry has previously defended the ‘obsessive’ hate aimed at his wife Layla in recent months
‘We added our names together when we got married. It’s not that big a deal. Now that you know that it was a lie, you can kick yourself for believing it. Preferably in the face’.
She then continued to address the suggestions – which she labelled as ‘bull*** – that Cullen still lived with Garry and his wife.
‘Lie Number two, his wife’s ex lives with them. No, no, he does not. He never has done. Yeah, I wouldn’t want to know this lie was born out of the mouth of an MMA YouTuber desperate for clicks.
‘When researching all the bull**** online it was very clear to me why people are making so much of this content. You see the numbers spiked sharply anytime anyone’s talking about Ian and his family.
‘You see, if you have no morals, no creativity, and you need to hit the numbers online, then the numbers are often worth a lie’.
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Fans have been interested in Layla’s ex-husband, Richard Cullen (middle right), working closely with Garry as his nutritionist
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Layla’s ex-husband Richard Cullen now works as Garry’s nutritionist (Credit: LinkedIn)
Garry’s wife then moved on to the third and final ‘lie’ that had been circulating social media and one that had been put forward by UFC star Sean Strickland.
Back in December, Strickland took to social media to label Garry as a ‘cuck’ and a ‘a dumbass f***ing kid’ – but Anna-Lee has now hit back.
She said: ‘Lie Number three, Ian is a cuck. Step up Sean Strickland, a man who is unlikely to be au fait with the Shakespearean English he unwittingly used when calling Ian a cuck.
‘First penned in the story of Othello the word cuckold refers to the fear of a man who has been betrayed by his wife, Sean Strickland has been talking an awful lot about Ian Garry’s wife.
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Sean Strickland claimed he had an awkward experience at UFC’s Performance Institute by bumping into rival Garry – who he had been involved in a war of words on social media with
‘I’ve been called a sexual predator, a pedophile an abuser all by the man who allegedly suffered that exact abuse as a child growing up.
‘In the Shakespearean classic Iago tells Othello about Desmonda’s adultery and he blindly believes the rumors. It’s serendipity and not merely coincidental that Iago was lying. There was no truth to the story at all.
‘Othello – like the crowd at UFC 298 – was cruelly misled by Iago’s jealousy and insecurities. Othello was never the cuckold.
‘His wife was never an adulterous. And notably, when the liars were exposed, Iago was taken away to be tortured and killed. Thank you Shakespeare’.
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