Sean
Brady claims Carlos
Prates doesn’t have the tools to deal with Islam
Makhachev’s wrestling.

Michael
Morales (19-0) and Prates (24-7) are the leading contenders for
the next
Ultimate Fighting Championship welterweight title shot against
Makhachev (29-1). Brady believes Morales will give Makhachev a
harder time than Prates will, citing how the Ecuadorian is more of
an unknown and his grappling hasn’t been put to the test in the
UFC.

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Sean Brady explains why Michael Morales poses a tougher test
for Islam Makhachev

While Brady (19-2) acknowledges Prates’ dangerous knockout power,
he believes Makhachev will have his way against the Brazilian on
the ground. Brady notes that we’re yet to see Morales get
challenged on the ground, hence making him more of a puzzle for the
UFC welterweight champ.

“I think Prates can knock anybody out, for sure,” Brady told Ariel
Helwani. “Out of Prates and Morales, everyone’s gonna say I’m
biased because I lost to Morales, but I think Morales will give
Islam a harder time. I was asking for the Carlos Prates fight, so
I’ve gone back and done the tape study on him, where I’ve seen guys
in One FC take him down and beat him on the ground. I think Islam
will be able to do the same thing, whereas with Morales, we still
don’t know how good he is. We still don’t know how good his ground
game is. We don’t know how good his cardio is. We don’t know all
these things, and I think that’s gonna play a lot more of a
factor.”

Morales hasn’t fought since finishing Brady last November and the
latter believes the unbeaten 170-pounder needs to beat either
Ian
Garry or Shavkat
Rakhmonov before fighting for the title. Moreover, Makhachev
has already set his sights on Prates for his second title defense
at welterweight.

Meanwhile, Brady rebounded from the loss to Morales with a dominant
decision win over Joaquin
Buckley. He is now scheduled to fight Gabriel
Bonfim (20-1) on Nov. 7 at Meta Apex in Las Vegas.

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