Carlos Prates gained’t have interaction in an internet confrontation with Ian Machado Garry going into their UFC Kansas City principal occasion bout on April 26, however he gained’t depart Garry’s pictures unanswered both.
Garry took on social media to poke fun of Prates for a previous MMA loss in China, when he give up mid-fight, saying the Brazilian confirmed the “true preventing spirit“ of a “quitter.”
“We already anticipated that to occur,” Prates mentioned of Garry’s verbal assaults. “It’s regular for him to do it. He most likely has a variety of free time. I don’t, brother. On a regular basis I’m coaching, I’m doing my stuff, I’m doing interviews, I’m centered on the combat. However that’s a part of the sport. He needs to promote the combat, to be extra recognized, to be hyped. I feel that’s additionally essential, it’s a part of the sport, like I mentioned in my video [response]. I feel it’s attention-grabbing.”
Prates pocketed $50,000 bonuses for each single certainly one of his 4 UFC knockouts over Trevin Giles, Charles Radtke, Jingliang Li and Neil Magny in 2024, and mentioned that Garry will finally thank him after their principal occasion conflict.
“Let’s see after the combat,” Prates mentioned. “We have now [nine] days left earlier than the combat, [nine] days for the cage door to be closed and nobody says something anymore. And we’ll get it carried out the way in which it’s speculated to. And I assure you he’ll be thanking me. Deep in there, he is aware of I picked this combat. I gave him the primary occasion.”
“He’s within the UFC for 4 years, if I’m not mistaken, and by no means headlined a card,” Prates continued. “He solely gained one bonus, poor man. And now he has the chance to be the primary occasion, a chance to earn more money. First, as a result of he took this combat on quick discover solely as a result of they supplied him some huge cash. And second, he’s the primary occasion. After this combat, though he’ll get a beating, he’ll thank me for the chance I gave him to make good cash.”
Prates is at all times seeking to knock individuals unconscious contained in the cage, however gained’t take Garry’s phrase to coronary heart and use it as some kind of further motivation for a beating.
“I don’t need to beat him [more], it doesn’t trouble me,” Prates mentioned. “I need to go there and win the way in which I at all times do, you recognize? I’m not a man that’s like, ‘Oh, I’ve to harm the man.’ No, brother. He has to do his stuff the following day. It is a enterprise, it’s cash, you recognize? I’m being paid to go there and win the combat, however I need to win the way in which I like, a method that brings more cash, a method that brings me a bonus, and that’s it.”
As for the MMA bout talked about by Garry, the Preventing Nerds welterweight mentioned he wasn’t in supreme situations attributable to lack of coaching.
“I used to be in actually unhealthy form,” Prates mentioned. “I used to be in China for a month and had two kickboxing fights after which went to combat MMA. And I had already been poked arduous within the eye. I couldn’t combat, brother. [I was] in China for a month, not coaching for a very long time, freaking chilly, reducing weight and never consuming as a result of I couldn’t prepare. However that’s it. It’s a part of the work. It occurs. On the twenty sixth, it’s going to be method completely different than what he noticed in that video.”
