Ian Machado Garry has ranked The Fighting Nerds from the worst to the perfect.
The core squad of Brazilian phenoms Carlos Prates, Caio Borralho, Jean Silva and Mauricio Ruffy are currently 19-0 within the UFC, Prates trying to make it 20-0 for his team with a win this Saturday.
Headlining for a second time at UFC Kansas City, the walk-off knockout artist is ready to fulfill #7-ranked contender Ian Machado Garry in five rounds or less.
Prates has never seen a 3rd round in his spotless UFC profession, going 4-0 in 2024 with a 100% KO rate. The 31-year-old ‘Nightmare’ most recently destroyed Neil Magny inside a round, criticizing Machado Garry for not doing the identical to his common opponent, especially on one leg.
Ian Machado Garry says unranked Mauricio Ruffy is the perfect Fighting Nerd, Carlos Prates ‘worst of the 4’
Sharing the highlight with Prates are his teammates, Borralho, Silva and Ruffy, just about all ranked within the top-15 across 4 different weight divisions with Ruffy the one exception as of this writing.
The trendiest MMA team on this planet today, Machado Garry ranks the 4 fighters on what they bring about to the Octagon.
“I just think they’re all great,” Machado Garry told CBS Sports’ Shakiel Mahjouri.
“I feel Prates is the worst of the 4.
“I feel Ruffy is the perfect,” Machado Garry mentioned the unranked Fighting Nerd.
Mauricio Ruffy is 3-0 within the UFC lightweight division, earning Conor McGregor comparisons in his debut and ending his last opponent King Green with a spinning back kick for one among the best knockouts of all time at UFC 313.
“I feel the best way Ruffy moves is phenomenal,” Machado Garry said.
“The flow and the movement, it’s just beautiful to observe…”
Ian Machado Garry praises Caio Borralho and Jean Silva
The second-best Fighting Nerd within the eyes of the Irishman? The #6-ranked middleweight contender Caio Borralho.
17-1 as a professional, Borralho’s riding a 16-fight win streak and the momentum of a near-finish of former title challenger Jared Cannonier in his first principal event last yr.
“You take a look at someone like Caio who just all over the place is talent,” Machado Garry said.
“He can beat you on the feet. He can beat you on the bottom. He has phenomenal jiu-jitsu. He’s an absolute fridge of a person.”
Third place for Machado Garry must be Jean ‘Lord’ Silva, the polarizing contender barking his technique to the highest of the featherweight division by choking out Bryce Mitchell at UFC 314 earlier this month.
“Silva is a dog. Like, literally a dog,” the UFC headliner continued.
“I do know he was barking last week, but that man just knows the best way to fight.
“I like watching their guys fight,” Machado Garry said of The Fighting Nerds team captained by head coach Pablo Sucupira.
“I feel they’ve an excellent energy within the Octagon. I feel they’ve an excellent confidence, and also you see that. I feel that matters…”
Ian Machado Garry will see what The Fighting Nerds are all about when he takes on the damaging Carlos Prates within the principal event of UFC Kansas City this weekend.
