Chael Sonnen has made his official prediction: Ian Garry will knock out Islam Makhachev. And Chael believes he has identified the biggest problem Islam is facing. It isn't Ian Garry's submission game. It isn't his conditioning. It's the takedown — specifically, how Islam is going to get through Garry's incredible height, length, and movement. Islam has built his career around taking elite fighters down and controlling them on the ground. But Ian Garry presents a completely different physical problem. At 6'3", Garry has the size and range to make closing distance extremely difficult, and Chael believes there's something about that matchup that has Islam concerned. If Islam isn't completely confident that he can get Garry down and keep him there for 25 minutes, what happens when the fight stays standing? That's where Chael sees the danger. And there's an even bigger statement buried in the prediction: Chael believes Islam views Ian Garry as a more dangerous opponent than Ilia Topur