Ian Machado Garry jumped at the prospect to step in on short notice to tackle the soaring Carlos Prates in a fundamental event spot.
After continuing his extremely impressive run within the UFC, Carlos Prates was matched up with veteran Geoff Neal at UFC 314, but unfortunately, Neal subsequently withdrew from the bout.
It seemed as if ‘The Nightmare’ would need to wait some time until he was rescheduled again as there aren’t many UFC welterweights putting their name within the hat to fight him.
Despite that, Ian Machado Garry jumped at the chance to take him on when he was offered the fight because the fundamental event to the promotion’s upcoming UFC Kansas City card.
Machado Garry sends Prates a scary warning ahead of fight
‘The Future’ felt hard done by to miss out on the welterweight title shot after checking out that Shavkat Rakhmonov had withdrawn from his scheduled fight against champion, Belal Muhammad, despite having lost to Rakhmonov at UFC 310.
Despite that, he’ll now tackle the Brazilian Fighting Nerd in what’s undoubtedly a title eliminator fight, potentially getting him back into contention.
And with that, the Irishman has sent Prates a scary warning for his or her fight, after claiming earlier this week that Prates isn’t a ‘real fighter’.
“I’m going to go on the market on April 26 against Carlos Prates and prove that there are levels to this,” Machado Garry said in an interview with Sky Sports.
“There’s gonna be no one, no one that’s gonna expect what I’m gonna do to him. I’m going to completely manhandle and outclass him. There’s gonna be nothing that he’s gonna have the opportunity to do (to stop it).
“I’m gonna put this guy to sleep, I’m gonna leave him unconscious, after which I’m gonna go and I’m gonna fight for the belt, that’s my plan,” he continued.
Carlos Prates seeking to proceed Fighting Nerds unbelievable streak
‘The Nightmare’, though, is one in every of the several extremely impressive Fighting Nerds, currently taking the UFC by storm, and he has built up a giant fanbase in a brief space of time.
The 31-year-old not only has an incredibly exciting fight style, but he also has an eccentric personality, admitting to smoking no less than 10 cigarettes a day.
Despite his smoking habits, Prates is undefeated in his 4 previous UFC outings together with his teammates, Caio Borralho, Jean Silva, and Mauricio Ruffy also undefeated within the premier promotion.
With a win over ‘The Future’, Prates will undoubtedly find himself fast-tracked to a 170lb title shot.
