Combating Nerds co-founder Caio Borralho sees many similarities between his teammate, Carlos Prates, and soccer legend Romário de Souza Faria.
After surrendering his first loss contained in the Octagon in April, Prates bounced again with a vicious first-round spinning elbow KO in opposition to Geoff Neal at UFC 319 in Chicago. The win not solely put Prates proper again into the welterweight title dialog, nevertheless it additionally served to hush quite a lot of the Brazilian’s critics.
Prates has come beneath hearth lately after revealing that he recurrently smokes cigarettes, an enormous no-no for many world-class athletes. Nonetheless, there are those that recommended Prates for being open and sincere about his nasty behavior, together with Borralho, who recurrently trains alongside ‘The Nightmare’ of their native Brazil.
“I feel he’s true to himself. Loads of athletes who do smoke, really feel responsible about it,” Borralho mentioned in an interview courtesy of Stake.com. “Once you really feel responsible, that can carry your vitality down, and also you gained’t carry out the best way you need. For certain, it’s not the instance for the younger era, however he’s true to himself.
“Additionally, he doesn’t get drained, man! He does 5, 6, 7 rounds, and by no means will get drained! Can everyone be like Carlos? No, however he does it! Brazil had a soccer participant years in the past referred to as Romario. He was recognized for partying, however when it got here to the sport, he was superb. I feel Carlos is Romaria from MMA, and other people establish themselves with that.”
Carlos Prates and Caio Borralho may very well be one win away from a title alternative
Smoking doesn’t appear to have impacted Prates’ means to go contained in the Octagon. Regardless of arising brief in opposition to Ian Machado Garry, Prates placed on a strong five-round efficiency in opposition to the Irish star.
Following his assertion victory over Neal, Prates may discover himself queued up for one more five-rounder and doubtlessly one massive win away from a shot on the undisputed welterweight world title.
As for Borralho, the streaking middleweight sensation will look to take over the division’s No. 1 rating when he meets present top-ranked contender Nassourdine Imavov this Saturday evening at UFC Paris.
