UFC Perth main event<\/a> this weekend (Sat., May 2, 2026) inside RAC Arena in Perth, Western Australia \u2014 and the stakes couldn\u2019t be higher.<\/p>\nFor Prates, it\u2019s simple: win, and he believes a title shot is next.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s a really good striker, a dangerous guy and a good boxer,\u201d Prates said during UFC Perth media day. \u201cHe\u2019s a former champ \u2014 all respect to him, but I think it\u2019s my time. He already knows how it is to hold the belt \u2014 he lost, so now it\u2019s going to be my time\u2026Of course, this makes me next for the title. Islam Makhachev and Ian Garry are fighting in August, and I\u2019ll get the winner.\u201d<\/p>\n
With a crowded Welterweight title picture, nothing is guaranteed \u2014 but Prates believes his resume separates him from the pack.<\/p>\n
\u201cAfter I beat two former champions in a row and no one else did that, I\u2019m going to be next,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
And don\u2019t expect him to leave it in the judges\u2019 hands.<\/p>\n
To checkout the latest and greatest UFC Perth: \u201cDella Maddalena vs. Prates\u201d news and notes be sure to hit up our comprehensive event archive right here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cThe Nightmare\u201d wants gold. No. 5-ranked Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Welterweight Carlos Prates meets former champion Jack Della…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":640350,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,40762,785,85,1396,179146,14855],"class_list":["post-640349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-fighting","tag-latest-ufc-mma-news","tag-mma","tag-sports","tag-ufc-news","tag-ufc-on-paramount","tag-videos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/640349","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=640349"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/640349\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/640350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=640349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=640349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=640349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}