Carlos Prates gained’t interact in an internet disagreement with Ian Machado Garry going into their UFC Kansas Metropolis essential occasion bout on April 26, however he gained’t go away Garry’s photographs unanswered both.
Garry took on social media to poke enjoyable of Prates for a previous MMA loss in China, when he stop mid-fight, saying the Brazilian confirmed the “true combating spirit“ of a “quitter.”
“We already anticipated that to occur,” Prates stated of Garry’s verbal assaults. “It’s regular for him to do it. He in all probability has a variety of free time. I don’t, brother. On a regular basis I’m coaching, I’m doing my stuff, I’m doing interviews, I’m targeted on the battle. However that’s a part of the sport. He desires to promote the battle, to be extra recognized, to be hyped. I feel that’s additionally essential, it’s a part of the sport, like I stated in my video [response]. I feel it’s fascinating.”
Prates pocketed $50,000 bonuses for each single one in every of his 4 UFC knockouts over Trevin Giles, Charles Radtke, Jingliang Li and Neil Magny in 2024, and stated that Garry will in the end thank him after their essential occasion conflict.
“Let’s see after the battle,” Prates stated. “We’ve [nine] days left earlier than the battle, [nine] days for the cage door to be closed and nobody says something anymore. And we’ll get it accomplished the best way it’s presupposed to. And I assure you he’ll be thanking me. Deep in there, he is aware of I picked this battle. I gave him the primary occasion.”
“He’s within the UFC for 4 years, if I’m not mistaken, and by no means headlined a card,” Prates continued. “He solely gained one bonus, poor man. And now he has the chance to be the primary occasion, a chance to earn more money. First, as a result of he took this battle on quick discover solely as a result of they supplied him some huge cash. And second, he’s the primary occasion. After this battle, regardless that he’ll get a beating, he’ll thank me for the chance I gave him to make good cash.”
Prates is all the time seeking to knock individuals unconscious contained in the cage, however gained’t take Garry’s phrase to coronary heart and use it as some kind of additional motivation for a beating.
“I don’t wish to beat him [more], it doesn’t trouble me,” Prates stated. “I wish to go there and win the best way I all the time do, you realize? I’m not a man that’s like, ‘Oh, I’ve to harm the man.’ No, brother. He has to do his stuff the following day. It is a enterprise, it’s cash, you realize? I’m being paid to go there and win the battle, however I wish to win the best way I like, a manner that brings extra money, a manner that brings me a bonus, and that’s it.”
As for the MMA bout talked about by Garry, the Combating Nerds welterweight stated he wasn’t in superb situations resulting from lack of coaching.
“I used to be in actually dangerous form,” Prates stated. “I used to be in China for a month and had two kickboxing fights after which went to battle MMA. And I had already been poked laborious within the eye. I couldn’t battle, brother. [I was] in China for a month, not coaching for a very long time, freaking chilly, slicing weight and never consuming as a result of I couldn’t practice. However that’s it. It’s a part of the work. It occurs. On the twenty sixth, it’s going to be manner totally different than what he noticed in that video.”
