Ian Machado Garry warns Carlos Prates: 'I whooped his ass for 24 minutes'

PHILADELPHIA – Ian Machado Garry sees a rematch as his first title defense with a win at UFC 330. Machado Garry (17-1 MMA, 10-1 UFC) challenges welterweight champion Islam Makhachev (28-1 MMA, 17-1 UFC) in Saturday's UFC 330 main event (Paramount+) at Xfinity Mobile Arena in Philadelphia. If Machado Garry can come up big as an underdog and dethrone Makhachev, he sees Carlos Prates (24-7 MMA, 7-1 UFC) as the most deserving No. 1 contender. Machado Garry fended off a late surge from Prates to beat him by unanimous decision at UFC on ESPN 66 in April 2025. "Carlos Prates has earned it," Machado Garry told MMA Junkie and other reporters at a pre-fight news conference Wednesday. "Nobody else in the entire division has earned it. They all need to fight at least one more fight. Prates is coming off two fights against two guys that have never been finished, and he did it in insane fashion, and I whooped his ass for 24 minutes, and I did it on three weeks' notice. So, if he wants to give me three, four months, he knows what's going to happen. He'll be able to sleep well after the next one." Since losing to Machado Garry, Prates has rebounded with three-straight stoppages of Geoff Neal, Leon Edwards, and most recently former champion Jack Della Maddalena at UFC Fight Night 275 in May. This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: Ian Machado Garry warns Carlos Prates: 'I whooped his ass for 24 minutes'