Carlos Prates may have a giant battle on the horizon.
Prates earned his third-straight Efficiency of the Night time bonus when he knocked out Li Jingliang within the second spherical at UFC 305 in August. He initially referred to as out Khaos Williams, however is hinting {that a} larger battle is probably within the works.
Prates (20-6 MMA, 3-0 UFC) says the UFC is excited about reserving him in opposition to high 15 ranked welterweight Michael Web page (22-3 MMA, 1-1 UFC).
“I heard that the corporate needs to offer me @michaelvenompage, however he doesn’t reply the cellphone. You should be having nightmares by now!”
Web page break up his first two octagon appearances – a win over Kevin Holland at UFC 299, adopted by a razor-thin choice loss to Ian Machado Garry at UFC 303.
In a current interview with Sherdog, Prates defined he as soon as mimicked Web page in coaching, so is aware of what to anticipate from his model. He helped former Bellator champion Douglas Lima, the lone fighter to knock out “MVP” in MMA.
“Michael Web page could be a very good battle,” Prates mentioned. “I wish to battle him. It will be an excellent bonus once more. You recognize the primary time he misplaced to Douglas Lima? I used to be a sparring accomplice of Douglas. I used to be doing like ‘MVP’ and Douglas was doing his recreation. Douglas and his coach got here to Thailand and we skilled all collectively. So it’s sort of I understand how to knock the man out.”
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