Carlos Prates in all probability will get a variety of messages on social media, however one specifically stood out to him as he was making ready to make the journey to UFC Kansas Metropolis for his showdown in opposition to Ian Machado Garry.
The message got here from a fan named Randy, who has been battling esophageal most cancers. As a result of remedies he’s receiving, he’s been shedding his hair, so he requested the Brazilian star to shave his head after arriving in his hometown. It was a request Prates was very happy to satisfy as soon as he landed in Missouri this week.
“He’s educating me loads this week,” Prates mentioned after assembly Randy on Wednesday. “Generally now we have to study. We often complain loads about any little factor that occurs in our lives and [this] man is right here after a terminal most cancers analysis, he texted me to shave his head as a result of I’m his favourite fighter and man, we are able to see that our issues are nothing and this man is right here, he’s standing, he got here right here and mentioned he received’t hand over and I feel that’s what now we have to maintain as a life lesson to by no means hand over identical to he’s doing combating in opposition to this illness that’s a really powerful one.
“However I’m positive he’ll be positive. He’ll get higher and I hope in a few months I can come again right here and see him.”
Prates adopted by way of on his promise to shave Randy’s head and even offered him with an genuine pair of Combating Nerds glasses afterwards.
The whole expertise appeared to make Randy’s day as he obtained to spend a while with Prates earlier than the welterweight contender goes to battle Saturday within the UFC Kansas Metropolis major occasion.
