Carlos
Prates thinks he is on the cusp of getting a
UFC title shot.

Prates is scheduled to headline UFC
Kansas City — also known as UFC on ESPN 66 — against Ian Garry on
Saturday at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri. “The
Nightmare” believes a win over Garry puts him just one more win
away from a UFC welterweight title shot. While Prates has been
unusually active since his UFC debut last year, the Brazilian is in
no rush to fight again this year. Prates is looking at two fights
this year and expecting a title shot by next year if he wins.

“I believe that if I beat Ian Garry,
I’ll fight one more time and then I will fight for the title,”
Prates told Nicolas Henrique. “I’m training well and taking good
care of my body. I’m not rushing to take several fights this year.
So I want to fight twice this year and fight for the belt in
2026.”

Prates earned his UFC contract with a technical knockout win over
Mitch
Ramirez on
Dana White’s Contender Series in 2023. He has since racked up
four straight finishes within less than a year, taking home an
extra $50,000 performance bonus each time. Meanwhile, Garry is
coming off his lone career loss in what essentially was a title
eliminator against Shavkat
Rakhmonov. “The Future” is 8-1 in the UFC with three finishes.

IMAK ADMIN

By IMAK ADMIN

Internationaler Kampfkunst und Kampfsport Kleinanzeiger