Carlos Pleetz won’t engage in the war of words online with Ian Machado Gully entering the main event match for UFC Kansas City on April 26th, but he also hasn’t answered Garry’s shot.
Gully has taken on social media and has begun to plunge into star fun due to past MMA losses in China.
“We had already expected that to happen,” Prato said of Garry’s oral attack. “It’s normal for him to do that. He probably has free time. I’m not a brother. I don’t have any brothers. I’m training. I’m doing my own. I’m doing interviews. But it’s part of the game. He wants to sell the fight, do hype.
Plets pocketed a $50,000 bonus in his pocket for all four UFC knockouts in 2024, Trevin Giles, Charles Radke, Ginli Ann Lee and Neil Manny, and eventually after a main event clash, Garry said he would ultimately thank him.
“Let’s look after the battle,” Prates said. “We’re still there before the fight (9 days). The cage doors close (9 days), no one says anything anymore, and I assure him that he is grateful to me.
“He’s been at the UFC for four years. If I’m not wrong, I’ve never given a card headline,” Prates continued. “He got only one bonus, a poor guy. And now he has the opportunity to become the main event and earn more money. First of all, he has given him a lot of money.
Plates is always trying to knock unconscious people in the cage, but he doesn’t take Garry’s words to heart and use it as some kind of motivation for be-striking.
“I don’t want to beat him (more), that doesn’t bother me,” Prates said. “I want to go there and win as usual. Do you know? I’m not like, ‘Oh, I have to hurt a guy.’ No, he has to do his thing the next day.
Regarding the MMA match Garry mentioned, Fighting Nerds Welterweight said it was not ideal due to lack of training.
“I was in a really bad state,” Prates said. “I was in China for a month and then went to fight MMA after two kickboxing fights. And I had already thrust my eyes hard. I couldn’t fight my brother.