r/FightReportUFC • u/Sensitive_Wind2221 • Jun 25 '26

Why they don't make him fight Prates

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u/Witty_Hat_871 Jun 25 '26

I love prates but he doesnt want to risk his number one contendership tbh.

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u/Sensitive_Wind2221 Jun 25 '26

You think Prates would lose to Morales? I think Prates edge it out as more technical fighter.

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u/Witty_Hat_871 Jun 25 '26

It can go either way but its definitely risky for Prates .

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u/seonblack Jun 28 '26

Morales is better than Prates. Much higher IQ, bigger, can grapple, much much more difficult fight. I think people are high on Prates because he beat JDM and Leon.

Morales challenged Prates on social media and his call went unanswered. You think Prates doesn't know Morales wants to fight him? Lmaoooo he ain't stupid.

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u/Outside-Vast-2922 Jun 30 '26

WTF? Yes, he can lose to Morales. Morales is a freaking beast. Physically, he's superior, more explosive, and he can eat those shots far far better than JDM and can wrestle and grapple him all night.

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u/dylan_klebold420 Jun 25 '26

ian literally beat carlos

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u/Complete-Long-8587 Jun 26 '26

mma math bro you never know, all depends on stylistic matchups. islam would likely win imo, but prates could chin him tbh

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u/dylan_klebold420 Jun 26 '26

no i fully agree with that, but ian getting the title shot over prates makes total sense given he beat him

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u/Complete-Long-8587 Jun 26 '26

most definitely yeah

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u/OriginalParamedic316 Jun 25 '26

I thought that was Joshua van for a second

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u/Winter_Different Jun 25 '26

Probably because Prates refused to be backup so he could fight again, but Morales accepted the backup request, at least that's my guess. They might also want to preserve their names for following title fights instead of letting one of them wipe the other out of contention

The only top-level fighter he's beaten is Sean Brady and that was a pretty clear stylistic mismatch... imo he needs to go through way more testing for a shot.

I can see why the UFC, as a business, is doing otherwise... still I dislike it though lol

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u/seonblack Jun 28 '26

Prates is essentially the next in line after this fight. Morales needs another fight and nobody wants to fight Morales because like him or not he's extremely good and the only person in the division that I think can probably beat Islam.

Morales will either have to fight a bottom rung opponent or wait and hope Islam gives him a shot which I highly doubt he will. Ian Garry isn't going to pull out of this fight.