Carlos
Prates is eyeing a title shot with a potential win over
Jack Della Maddalena.
Prates is scheduled to fight Maddalena in the main event at
UFC
Perth on May 2. “The Nightmare” is confident that he will knock
out Maddalena in front of the latter’s home fans. Prates notes that
he will have knocked out two former welterweight champions if he
starches Maddalena at UFC Perth. The Brazilian believes a win over
Maddalena will make the next welterweight title shot undeniable for
him.
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Who Deserves It More?
“I will knock JDM out,” Prates said on „The Ariel Helwani Show.” “If we talk about media, I
have a lot of media [presence] A lot of people like me, and I have
a lot of fans. There’s talk about whether I deserve it or not. I
think I deserve it. Of course, I will knock JDM out, and then I
will have knocked out two former champions. So who deserves it more
than me?”
While Prates (23-7) can already make a legitimate case for a title
shot, the welterweight division is currently teeming with
contenders like Michael
Morales and Ian Garry.
Prates has finished all six of his
UFC wins so far, while only dropping a decision against Garry.
“The Nightmare” has since rebounded with knockout wins over
Geoff
Neal and former champion Leon
Edwards. Meanwhile, Maddalena (18-3) won the title against
Belal
Muhammad last year but lost it to Islam
Makhachev in his first defense.
„I will knock JDM out… A lot of people like
me, and I have a lot of fans. There’s talk about whether I deserve
it or not, but I think I do. Of course, I will knock JDM out, and
then I will have knocked out two former champions. So who deserves
it more than me?“Carlos
Prates… pic.twitter.com/9jqi8q8Xhk— Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani)
March 17, 2026