Carlos Prates suffered his first setback within the UFC after an ideal 4-0 run in 2024, dropping a call to Ian Machado Garry in the primary occasion of Saturday’s Kansas Metropolis present, however afterwards he vowed to change into a greater fighter.
The Brazilian welterweight wasn’t a part of the post-fight press convention after his 25-minute conflict with Garry in Kansas Metropolis, and used his Instagram web page to subject a brief assertion in Portuguese.
“Sadly I wasn’t in a position to end the combat and that wasn’t sufficient,” Prates wrote. “Sorry household, I’ll come again stronger.”
Prates helped the Preventing Nerds workforce go 19-0 within the UFC with their high 4 abilities Caio Borralho, Jean Silva and Mauricio Ruffy, however the foursome at the moment are 19-1 following his defeat.
“F*ck it, we’re a household and we’ll be champions collectively, we’ll undergo this collectively,” Silva wrote on social media. “And to these of you already criticizing, f*ck you all. I’m with ‘The Nightmare’ even in different lives.”
Borralho, seen as form of a “workforce captain” of the Sao Paulo group, additionally shared a video on social media in help of his teammate.
“I simply wish to say thanks from the underside of my coronary heart for all of the love that you simply guys come to our workforce and to all people, to Carlos and all people,” Borralho mentioned. “Carlos is nice. We take this loss as a person and we all know that we at all times grew up after a tough loss like that. And I believe we’re going to return, we’re going to do what we do greatest, that’s research this sport, and we’re going to return again higher.
“And I believe Carlos goes to return again stronger, means higher than he was at the moment, however congrats to Ian, congrats to Chute Boxe, most respect for you guys. I’m simply gonna concentrate for you guys that present love at all times for our workforce and to all people in our workforce. We’re altering the sport, we’re taking on, they’re taking on, proceed. It’s only a setback and we’ll be again quickly, yeah? I see you guys quickly. Thanks a lot, all love.”
