Ian Machado Garry is assured he’ll put a cease to the Battle Nerds hype at UFC Kansas Metropolis.
“The Future” headlines the April 26 card in a welterweight bout in opposition to fast-rising contender Carlos Prates. It’s been an unbelievable begin to Prates’ UFC profession because the hard-hitting Brazilian has gained his first 4 fights for the promotion, all by knockouts that garnered him Efficiency of the Evening bonuses. General, Prates has gained 11 straight fights as he heads into his conflict with the No. 6-ranked Garry.
Garry isn’t impressed. In a just lately uploaded clip, he was proven critiquing considered one of Prates’ previous losses, calling him a “quitter.”
“This can be a video of Carlos Prates and his true preventing spirit,” Garry mentioned. “It’s referred to as being a quitter.”
“He had simply been overwhelmed up all of the rounds prior,” Garry continued. “Places his hand up, shakes his head, says, ‘I’m carried out,’ after which simply drops to the bottom in absolute despair as a result of he is aware of that deep down he’s not a fighter.”
The bout in query entails Prates struggling a loss to Mikhail Romanchuk in January 2017 at an occasion in China. Watch that full combat under.
Garry is in error mentioning “rounds prior” because the bout led to a bit of over two minutes into Spherical 1, however the motion did go poorly for Prates. Romanchuk got here out throwing haymakers and by no means stopped, placing Prates on protection in the course of the combat. An change of heavy punches in opposition to the fence preceded the TKO end.
Following that loss, Prates went on to win 14 of his subsequent 15 bouts, with solely a kind of victories needing the scorecards (it also needs to be famous 5 of Prates’ six profession lasses have come by knockout or submission within the first spherical). His previous two wins have come in opposition to veterans Neil Magny and Li Jingliang, however this marks Prates’ first alternative to crack the highest 10 of the all the time aggressive welterweight division.
Garry (15-1) is coming off of the primary lack of his professional profession. He stepped in on brief discover to combat unbeaten contender Shavkat Rakhmonov at UFC 310 this previous December and misplaced a unanimous choice after a aggressive three-round combat. Previous to that contest, Garry had gained his first eight UFC fights.
Replace: Prates just lately responded on Instagram.
“We’re right here coaching, whereas Ian Garry is speaking sh*t on the web. You may have quite a lot of free time…On the twenty sixth, I’ll punch him within the mouth… Asshole,” Prates mentioned.
