Welterweights Ian Machado Garry and Carlos Prates have agreed to satisfy within the new predominant occasion on the upcoming UFC Kansas City occasion on April 26.
The UFC introduced the matchup on Tuesday however made no point out what occurred to the unique headliner between Jamahal Hill and Khalil Rountree.
Irrespective of the explanation with Hill vs. Rountree scrapped, the UFC moved swiftly to e-book a brand new predominant occasion.
Garry accepts the struggle following a back-and-forth battle towards Shavkat Rakhmonov this previous December in a matchup to find out a No. 1 contender within the welterweight division. Whereas Garry got here up simply brief on the scorecards, he gave Rakhmonov his hardest check up to now and now he will get an opportunity to bounce again towards one of many quickest rising stars within the division.
Prates comes into the struggle with an ideal 4-0 document within the UFC with all of his fights ending by knockout within the first or second spherical. The Brazilian was initially scheduled to face Geoff Neal at UFC 314 however Neal suffered an harm that pressured him off the cardboard.
Somewhat than rebook him towards a unique opponent on that date, the UFC shifted Prates to the Kansas Metropolis headliner the place he now faces Garry as an alternative.
Garry vs. Prates headlines the cardboard on April 26 with the occasion additionally that includes Anthony Smith in his retirement bout towards Zhang Mingyang and Giga Chikadze taking over David Onama in a featherweight conflict.
