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Rising MMA star Carlos Prates believes that UFC welterweight champion Islam Makhachev is looking past him as a potentially tough opponent.
Prates is coming off an insane KO win over Jack Della Maddalena earlier this month that put him right in the thick of things in the talented welterweight title picture. While Makhachev will likely face Ian Machado Garry at UFC 330 in August, Prates is still hoping he gets the call instead.
If that happens, it could be because Makhachev views Prates as the easier fight, according to the Brazilian in a new interview.
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