Ian Garry needs Carlos Prates to know that that is his world.
On Tuesday, Dana White dropped a sequence of bombshells, together with two large world title clashes scheduled for UFC 316 on Saturday, June 7. You may learn all about these right here, however right now, we’re speaking about one other large announcement the CEO made.
That being a essential occasion showdown between Garry and surging contender Carlos Prates within the UFC Kansas Metropolis headliner on April 26.
Shortly after the announcement was made, Garry took to social media and delivered a prolonged response to the information. However inside that response was a quite simple message to his opponent: ‘That is my world.’
”Proper, it’s official. You’ve bought a brand new essential occasion,” Garry mentioned on Instagram. “Kansas Metropolis, Missouri, me vs. Carlos Prates, April twenty sixth. I’m excited. Why? The UFC goes, ‘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 battle one of the best on this planet.
“I’m going to indicate everyone how good I’m. Carlos Prates is superior, however that is my world. I like to battle. There’s nothing on this world I really like greater than preventing. Kansas Metropolis, let’s go! Eire, get your tickets, get your flights. Brazil, get your tickets, get your flights.”
Ian Garry seeking to bounce again from his first skilled loss
For the primary time in his skilled combined martial arts profession, ‘The Future’ might be seeking to bounce again from a loss after developing quick towards Shavkat Rakhmonov at UFC 310 in December. General, Garry is 8-1 contained in the Octagon and nonetheless holding sturdy because the seventh-ranked contender within the welterweight division.
A loss towards Prates may show disastrous for Garry, plummeting him down the rankings and probably out of the highest 10.
After all, a win for ‘The Nightmare’ would skyrocket him up the rents, placing him probably one large win away from his first shot at UFC gold.
Initially, Prates was scheduled to battle Geoff Neal at UFC 314 in Miami, however ‘Handz of Metal’ withdrew from the bout. As an alternative of speeding to discover a alternative for Prates, the promotion pulled him from the cardboard altogether and gave him his personal essential occasion towards a higher-ranked opponent.
