Carlos Prates gained’t interact in an internet confrontation with Ian Machado Garry going into their UFC Kansas Metropolis important occasion bout on April 26, however he gained’t depart Garry’s photographs unanswered both.
Garry took on social media to poke enjoyable of Prates for a previous MMA loss in China, when he give up mid-fight, saying the Brazilian confirmed the “true combating 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 in all probability 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 targeted on the struggle. However that’s a part of the sport. He needs to promote the struggle, to be extra identified, to be hyped. I believe that’s additionally necessary, it’s a part of the sport, like I mentioned in my video [response]. I believe it’s attention-grabbing.”
Prates pocketed $50,000 bonuses for each single considered one of his 4 UFC knockouts over Trevin Giles, Charles Radtke, Jingliang Li and Neil Magny in 2024, and mentioned that Garry will in the end thank him after their important occasion conflict.
“Let’s see after the struggle,” Prates mentioned. “We now have [nine] days left earlier than the struggle, [nine] days for the cage door to be closed and nobody says something anymore. And we’ll get it completed the best way it’s purported to. And I assure you he’ll be thanking me. Deep in there, he is aware of I picked this struggle. 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 possibility to make more cash. First, as a result of he took this struggle on quick discover solely as a result of they provided him some huge cash. And second, he’s the primary occasion. After this struggle, despite the fact that he’ll get a beating, he’ll thank me for the chance I gave him to make good cash.”
Prates is all the time trying to knock individuals unconscious contained in the cage, however gained’t take Garry’s phrase to coronary heart and use it as some form of additional motivation for a beating.
“I don’t need to beat him [more], it doesn’t hassle me,” Prates mentioned. “I need to go there and win the best way I all the time 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. This can be a enterprise, it’s cash, you recognize? I’m being paid to go there and win the struggle, however I need to win the best way 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 Combating Nerds welterweight mentioned he wasn’t in excellent circumstances attributable to lack of coaching.
“I used to be in actually dangerous form,” Prates mentioned. “I used to be in China for a month and had two kickboxing fights after which went to struggle MMA. And I had already been poked exhausting within the eye. I couldn’t struggle, brother. [I was] in China for a month, not coaching for a very long time, freaking chilly, chopping weight and never consuming as a result of I couldn’t practice. 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.”
