Ian Machado Garry is oozing confidence as he takes on a surging contender at UFC on ESPN 66.
Machado Garry (15-1 MMA, 8-1 UFC) faces Carlos Prates (21-6 MMA, 4-0 UFC) within the April 26 welterweight essential occasion at T-Cell Heart in Kansas Metropolis, Mo.
Prates has been on a tear since becoming a member of the UFC roster, scoring 4 knockouts and 4 Efficiency of the Evening bonuses. Machado Garry is aware of the Brazilian is harmful however has a intestine feeling that he’ll emerge victorious in emphatic style.
“I believe he’s been profitable, I believe he’s completed very nicely, and there’s a cause he’s on a 10-fight knockout streak, and truthful play to him,” Machado Garry mentioned on “The Ariel Helwani Present.” “That’s nice. I believe his crew is phenomenal, I really like watching his crew, I believe his crew are superior. They’re having loads of success in the intervening time, they usually’re loads of enjoyable to observe. I’m impressed with him to a sure extent. Then I consider him as an opponent and I’m like, ‘Hmm, that’s not going to work out nicely for you, mate.’
“I’m of probably the most elite welterweights on the planet. So, if this man thinks he’s pretty much as good as he’s, and when he steps throughout the octagon April 26 towards me, that’s his do-or-don’t time. I promise you, you’ve seen it from me each time once I step into the octagon, I look phenomenal. And, I promise you proper now, I promise you, I really feel it in my coronary heart, see it each time I shut my eyes, I’m going to complete this man.”
Machado Garry vs. Prates got here collectively on quick discover after the unique UFC on ESPN 66 headliner between Jamahal Hill and Khalil Rountree was scrapped. It will mark the second-straight combat the place Machado Garry competes on quick discover after he misplaced a unanimous determination to Shavkat Rakhmonov at UFC 310 this previous December.
The chance didn’t repay for Machado Garry final time so, why attempt it once more?
“Is that not what I’m on this sport for?,” Machado Garry responded. “The thrill, the yeah f*ck it, let’s go, let’s have a brief discover combat towards some of the harmful up and comers within the UFC. Let’s do it, why not? That’s the kind of issues that excite me, that makes me wish to exit and show to the world that I’m one of the best.”
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