Jack Della Maddalena and Carlos Prates are set to headline this weekend\u2019s UFC Perth Fight Night event, and both men clearly understand what a pivotal point in their lives this is.<\/p>\n
Following a press conference<\/a> for the event, the UFC lined up a few of the main card fighters including the main eventers. When Della Maddalena and Prates got together, things got very serious. Della Maddalena started to crack a small smile, but Prates\u2019 hit him with the dead eyes and all of a sudden we had a real staredown going with both men refusing to break their gaze.<\/p>\n It took security stepping in and prying them apart before they\u2019d disengage.<\/p>\n During the press conference, Prates vowed he\u2019d finish the legendarily durable Della Maddalena early on Saturday night and secure the right to compete for a belt.<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cThat fight\u2019s gonna bring me the title shot,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s gonna bring me close to the UFC belt. So I think it\u2019s the most important fight of my career.\u201d<\/p>\n Della Maddalena made no predictions on anything but a gutsy war.<\/p>\n \u201c[A finish] is gonna be his goal and I\u2019m gonna try and get him out of there,\u201d he said. \u201cBut I\u2019m expecting it to go 25 minutes.\u201d<\/p>\n Also hitting the stage for a faceoff: Beneil Dariush and Quillan Salkilld, plus Tim Elliott and Steve Erceg.<\/p>\n