Carlos Prates is aware that some fans have linked him to a showdown with Conor McGregor, and he has given a response.<\/p>\n
McGregor had the combat sports world buzzing when he claimed to have accepted a fight<\/a> with an unnamed UFC star in a deleted X post.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s a no name up next for me possibly, folks,\u201d McGregor wrote. \u201cAnd as you know, idgaf. I ACCEPT. Send the contract, lads. CONOR MCGREGORS DEAL.\u201d<\/p>\n Early speculation on social media was that the \u201cNotorious\u201d one was possibly referring to Mauricio Ruffy, who claimed he heard rumblings of a possible clash with McGregor. Soon, the rumor mill shifted to Prates.<\/p>\n Appearing on the \u201cMMA HOJE\u201d podcast<\/a>, Prates poured cold water on the idea that he\u2019s been approached to fight McGregor (via MMAMania<\/a>).<\/p>\n \u201cPeople are just speculating,\u201d Prates said. \u201cBut officially nothing has reached us yet. I just want to fight, man. Obviously, my main goal is a fight against Jack Della Maddalena, a guy that takes me to the belt. But we\u2019re open to possibilities.\u201d<\/p>\n Prates\u2019 momentum has been surging as of late. He\u2019s 6-1 in seven fights under the UFC banner. The lone defeat was to Ian Machado Garry, who could end up being next in line for Islam Makhachev\u2019s welterweight gold. \u201cThe Nightmare\u201d last fought back in Nov. 2025 when he scored a scintillating knockout win over former 170-pound champion Leon Edwards.<\/p>\n As for McGregor, he continues to tease a comeback fight despite being out of action since 2021. The former lightweight and featherweight king has insisted he\u2019s accepted fight offers, but UFC CEO Dana White told reporters that there would be an announcement if anything was set in stone.<\/p>\n Would a showdown between Conor McGregor and Carlos Prates be intriguing to you? Share your opinion and join in on the discussion in the comments below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Carlos Prates is aware that some fans have linked him to a showdown with Conor McGregor, and he…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":496977,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[49,48,641,638,82],"class_list":["post-496976","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-fighting","tag-mma","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/496976","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=496976"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/496976\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/496977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=496976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=496976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=496976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}