Ian Machado Garry’s confidence is as excessive as ever after reserving a matchup with one of many welterweight division’s hottest fighters.
On Tuesday, the UFC introduced Garry is ready to combat Carlos Prates in a welterweight bout that serves as the new headliner for UFC Kansas City on April 26. The bout replaces a light-weight heavyweight contest between prime contenders Jamahal Hill and Khalil Rountree Jr., which has been pulled from the cardboard for undisclosed causes.
Garry is at present No. 6 within the MMA Fighting Global Rankings. Prates is unranked, however has generated monumental buzz coming off of an unbelievable UFC debut marketing campaign in 2024 that noticed him go 4-0 with 4 knockouts, all of which gained Efficiency of the Night time bonuses.
Following the bout announcement, Garry took to Instagram to concern a warning to Prates.
“I’m excited,” Garry mentioned. “Why? The UFC go, ‘Ah, we want somebody. Who do we want? Who will we name?’ You name me. Why? As a result of I’m an actual fighter who needs to combat the perfect on the planet. I’m going to indicate everyone how good I’m. Carlos Prates is superior, however that is my world. I like to combat. There’s nothing extra I like on this world than preventing.
“Kansas Metropolis, let’s go. Eire, get your tickets, get your flights. Brazil, get your tickets, get your flights.”
Like Prates, Garry started his UFC profession on a powerful undefeated streak, profitable his first eight fights with the promotion earlier than working into the unbeaten Shavkat Rakhmonov at UFC 310 this previous December. Rakhmonov defeated Garry by unanimous resolution, however the extremely aggressive three-round bout did little to harm Garry’s repute and he now seeks to gradual the Prates hype practice.
Prates, a member of the prolific Combating Nerds group alongside the likes of Caio Borralho, Mauricio Ruffy, and Jean Silva, has gained 11 straight fights general. In his most up-to-date outing this previous November, “The Nightmare” wanted lower than a spherical to knock out welterweight veteran Neil Magny.
