{"id":638779,"date":"2026-04-29T16:36:20","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T16:36:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/638779\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T16:36:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T16:36:20","slug":"carlos-prates-believes-he-will-earn-ufc-title-shot-with-win-over-jack-della-maddalena","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/638779\/","title":{"rendered":"Carlos Prates believes he will earn UFC title shot with win over Jack Della Maddalena"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UFC welterweight star Carlos Prates believes he can earn a world title opportunity with a win over Jack Della Maddalena.<\/p>\n<p>At UFC Perth in just a few days, Carlos Prates will attempt to pick up one of the biggest wins of his career thus far <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bjpenn.com\/mma-news\/jack-della-maddalena\/pro-fighters-make-their-picks-for-jack-della-maddalena-vs-carlos-prates\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">when he faces off<\/a> against Jack Della Maddalena. Many believe that if he wins, the Brazilian sensation should receive a crack at the UFC welterweight champion, whether it be Islam Makhachev or Ian Machado Garry following their heavily rumored showdown.<\/p>\n<p>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bjpenn.com\/mma-news\/carlos-prates\/ufc-perth-headliner-carlos-prates-explains-why-he-will-never-get-married\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">UFC Perth headliner Carlos Prates explains why he will never get married<\/a><\/p>\n<p>At this point in time, Prates is carrying a lot of confidence into his next outing \u2013 and rightfully so. He is fighting with the kind of intensity and freedom that you would want from someone in his position, and it\u2019s easy to understand why fans are so interested in seeing him at the world championship level.<\/p>\n<p>In a recent interview, Prates had the following to say about potentially getting a shot at the gold with a win over Della Maddalena.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Prates looks ahead to possible title shot<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah, it\u2019s gonna be cool, you know? I have good memories in that arena,\u201d Prates told MMA Junkie. \u201cI have a bonus already there, and I hope to get another one.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think the fight\u2019s gonna go five rounds, but if it\u2019s there, I\u2019m gonna be ready,\u201d Prates said. \u201cI\u2019m ready for everything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNobody gonna beat two former champs in a row, and for sure I will be the next,\u201d Prates said. \u201c\u2026 I mean, I will be the next after August. Islam gonna fight Ian, and then after that, I\u2019m gonna get the winner.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Quotes via <a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie-eu.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/ufc\/2026\/04\/29\/carlos-prates-eyes-ufc-title-shot-islam-makhachev-vs-ian-machado-garry-winner\/89849360007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">MMA Junkie<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s certainly not a guarantee that he will defeat JDM, but you can bet Carlos will come with everything he\u2019s got when he fights down under this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Do you believe that Carlos Prates would have earned a shot at the UFC welterweight championship if he can defeat Jack Della Maddalena? Let us know your thoughts on this in the comments below, BJPENN Nation!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"UFC welterweight star Carlos Prates believes he can earn a world title opportunity with a win over Jack&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":638780,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,785,85],"class_list":["post-638779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-fighting","tag-mma","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638779","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=638779"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638779\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/638780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=638779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=638779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=638779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}