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 develop 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 situation a brief assertion in Portuguese.
“Sadly I wasn’t in a position to end the struggle and that wasn’t sufficient,” Prates wrote. “Sorry household, I’ll come again stronger.”
Prates helped the Combating Nerds group go 19-0 within the UFC with their prime 4 abilities Caio Borralho, Jean Silva and Mauricio Ruffy, however the foursome are actually 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 type of a “group captain” of the Sao Paulo group, additionally shared a video on social media in assist of his teammate.
“I simply need to say thanks from the underside of my coronary heart for all of the love that you just guys come to our group and to everyone, to Carlos and everyone,” Borralho mentioned. “Carlos is sweet. We take this loss as a person and we all know that we all the time grew up after a tough loss like that. And I feel we’re going to return, we’re going to do what we do greatest, that’s examine this recreation, and we’re going to return again higher.
“And I feel Carlos goes to return again stronger, method higher than he was in the present day, however congrats to Ian, congrats to Chute Boxe, most respect for you guys. I’m simply gonna concentrate for you guys that present love all the time for our group and to everyone in our group. We’re altering the sport, we’re taking up, they’re taking up, proceed. It’s only a setback and we’ll be again quickly, yeah? I see you guys quickly. Thanks a lot, all love.”
