October 13, 2026<\/a><\/p>\nMMA journalist Ariel Helwani also added fuel to the speculation in his latest Oct. 13 YouTube video.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIslam Makhachev vs. Carlos Prates in January,” Helwani noted, per Pro London MMA HQ on Instagram.<\/p>\n
Another Instagram account (@violentrounds) revealed that Las Vegas remained a potential venue for the clash, even though the location was still under speculation. Moreover, the announcement is expected to come at UFC 333 in Abu Dhabi later this October or in November.<\/p>\n
Islam Makhachev vs. Carlos Prates: A Stylistic Comparison<\/p>\n
With the Khabib Nurmagomedov protege’s stacked resume, it doesn’t come as a surprise that Islam Makhachev is already a massive favourite against Carlos Prates, per early betting reports. The Brazilian, however, also brings a lethal arsenal to the showdown.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Prates is known for his one-punch KO power, having carded all his UFC victories via KO\/TKO. Moreover, ‘The Nightmare’ is also currently riding a 3-fight winning streak after his sole loss to Ian Garry via unanimous decision.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Defeating former champion Jack Della Maddalena, who lost his crown to the Dagestani earlier this year, surely adds star power to his resume. Beyond JDM, knockouts over Leon Edwards and Geoff Neal further solidify his stature as a striking powerhouse.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Islam Makhachev, however, has built a reputation for dragging his opponents under the water to deliver a decisive victory. Usually chasing ground control and submissions, the Dagestani has also upped his kickboxing recently, notably knocking down Ian Garry at UFC 330 with a left high kick.<\/p>\n
Still, the welterweight kingpin is treading the waters carefully, especially after his coach cautioned against the “young lion” Carlos Prates. And now, with the matchup potentially locked in, it remains to be seen who goes the distance in January and who crumbles under pressure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A welterweight title fight between Islam Makhachev and Carlos Prates may be under discussion, new reports reveal. MMA…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":932247,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[49,48,39552,641,23591,638,82,640],"class_list":["post-932246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-carlos-prates","tag-fighting","tag-islam-makhachev","tag-mma","tag-sports","tag-ufc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/932246","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=932246"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/932246\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/932247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=932246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=932246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=932246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}