Ian Machado Garry saw 28x more Wikipedia readers than usual

What this article is

Ian David Machado Garry is an Irish professional mixed martial artist who currently competes in the Welterweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). Prior to signing with the UFC, Garry was a Cage Warriors Welterweight Champion. As of 20 June 2026, he is #2 in the UFC welterweight rankings.

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Where editors were working

Wikipedia editors made 7 edits to this article on 2026-08-16, concentrated in these sections. This is evidence about the surge, not an explanation of it.

• Mixed martial arts record
• Ultimate Fighting Championship

What changed that day

The article grew by 295 characters that day. The largest single addition was 268 characters to Ultimate Fighting Championship. See everything that changed on 2026-08-16 in Wikipedia's own diff view — that is where the reason for a surge is usually visible, written and sourced by the editors who were following the story.

How this was measured

Views are Wikimedia's own pageview counts for en.wikipedia, filtered to agent=user so automated traffic is excluded. The baseline is the median of the previous 60 days, which is used instead of the mean so that an earlier surge cannot flatten a later one. The multiple is the day's views divided by that median.