Ian Machado Garry’s confidence is as excessive as ever after reserving a matchup with one of many welterweight division’s hottest fighters.
On Tuesday, the UFC introduced Garry is ready to struggle Carlos Prates in a welterweight bout that serves as the brand new headliner for UFC Kansas Metropolis on April 26. The bout replaces a light-weight heavyweight contest between high contenders Jamahal Hill and Khalil Rountree Jr., which has been pulled from the cardboard for undisclosed causes.
Garry is presently No. 6 within the MMA Preventing International Rankings. Prates is unranked, however has generated monumental buzz coming off of an unbelievable UFC debut marketing campaign in 2024 that noticed him go 4-0 with 4 knockouts, all of which received Efficiency of the Evening bonuses.
Following the bout announcement, Garry took to Instagram to concern a warning to Prates.
“I’m excited,” Garry stated. “Why? The UFC go, ‘Ah, we’d like somebody. Who do we’d like? Who can we name?’ You name me. Why? As a result of I’m an actual fighter who needs to struggle the most effective on the earth. I’m going to indicate everyone how good I’m. Carlos Prates is superior, however that is my world. I like to struggle. There’s nothing extra I like on this world than combating.
“Kansas Metropolis, let’s go. Eire, get your tickets, get your flights. Brazil, get your tickets, get your flights.”
Like Prates, Garry started his UFC profession on a powerful undefeated streak, successful his first eight fights with the promotion earlier than operating into the unbeaten Shavkat Rakhmonov at UFC 310 this previous December. Rakhmonov defeated Garry by unanimous resolution, however the extremely aggressive three-round bout did little to harm Garry’s status and he now seeks to sluggish the Prates hype practice.
Prates, a member of the prolific Preventing Nerds group alongside the likes of Caio Borralho, Mauricio Ruffy, and Jean Silva, has received 11 straight fights total. In his most up-to-date outing this previous November, “The Nightmare” wanted lower than a spherical to knock out welterweight veteran Neil Magny.
