2003, K1 Andy Hug Memorial, Basel, Switzerland
Gary was billed as fighting Azem Maksutaj on this show, but Azem became drafted into the main 8 man event in the last couple of days before the event. This meant his undercard fight was now against the Turk, Kucukulan. Gary took the fight to Kucukulan, and landed with many leg kicks before moving away out of range of Kucukulan's punching. At the end of round two he couldn't take many more, and the fight was stopped - Gary won by TKO.

Gary left the ring, and back in the changing room was just starting to take his wraps off, when Thomas Kastle, the promoter, arrived. Larry Lindwall had broken his hand, and therefore Gary had the opportunity to fight in the main tournament semi-final against Bjorn Bregy. Gary obviously rose to the challenge, and five minutes later found himself back in the ring against the 6'7" Swiss fighter. Gary thundered into Bregy time after time, smashing him to the floor no less than 15 times during the three round match. Yet somehow the judges scored a points win to Bregy, and the crowd were vocal in their dissaproval. Bregy won on points.