Carlos Prates gained’t have interaction in a web-based confrontation with Ian Machado Garry going into their UFC Kansas Metropolis principal occasion bout on April 26, however he gained’t go away Garry’s pictures unanswered both.
Garry took on social media to poke enjoyable of Prates for a previous MMA loss in China, when he stop mid-fight, saying the Brazilian confirmed the “true preventing spirit“ of a “quitter.”
“We already anticipated that to occur,” Prates stated of Garry’s verbal assaults. “It’s regular for him to do it. He most likely has a variety of free time. I don’t, brother. On a regular basis I’m coaching, I’m doing my stuff, I’m doing interviews, I’m targeted on the battle. However that’s a part of the sport. He needs to promote the battle, to be extra recognized, to be hyped. I believe that’s additionally vital, it’s a part of the sport, like I stated in my video [response]. I believe it’s attention-grabbing.”
Prates pocketed $50,000 bonuses for each single one in all his 4 UFC knockouts over Trevin Giles, Charles Radtke, Jingliang Li and Neil Magny in 2024, and stated that Garry will finally thank him after their principal occasion conflict.
“Let’s see after the battle,” Prates stated. “We now have [nine] days left earlier than the battle, [nine] days for the cage door to be closed and nobody says something anymore. And we’ll get it executed the way in which it’s presupposed to. And I assure you he’ll be thanking me. Deep in there, he is aware of I picked this battle. I gave him the primary occasion.”
“He’s within the UFC for 4 years, if I’m not mistaken, and by no means headlined a card,” Prates continued. “He solely gained one bonus, poor man. And now he has the chance to be the primary occasion, a possibility to make more cash. First, as a result of he took this battle on brief discover solely as a result of they provided him some huge cash. And second, he’s the primary occasion. After this battle, regardless that he’ll get a beating, he’ll thank me for the chance I gave him to make good cash.”
Prates is all the time trying to knock individuals unconscious contained in the cage, however gained’t take Garry’s phrase to coronary heart and use it as some form of additional motivation for a beating.
“I don’t need to beat him [more], it doesn’t hassle me,” Prates stated. “I need to go there and win the way in which I all the time do, you understand? I’m not a man that’s like, ‘Oh, I’ve to harm the man.’ No, brother. He has to do his stuff the following day. This can be a enterprise, it’s cash, you understand? I’m being paid to go there and win the battle, however I need to win the way in which I like, a approach that brings more cash, a approach that brings me a bonus, and that’s it.”
As for the MMA bout talked about by Garry, the Combating Nerds welterweight stated he wasn’t in superb situations on account of lack of coaching.
“I used to be in actually unhealthy form,” Prates stated. “I used to be in China for a month and had two kickboxing fights after which went to battle MMA. And I had already been poked exhausting within the eye. I couldn’t battle, brother. [I was] in China for a month, not coaching for a very long time, freaking chilly, reducing weight and never consuming as a result of I couldn’t practice. However that’s it. It’s a part of the work. It occurs. On the twenty sixth, it’s going to be approach completely different than what he noticed in that video.”
