Ian Machado Garry Vs. Carlos Prates Full Fight Card

The UFC heads to Kansas Metropolis, Missouri, for the primary time since April 2023 for this weekend’s UFC Kansas Metropolis struggle card. The UFC Combat Night time occasion, which takes place on Saturday, April 26, from T-Cellular Heart, sees top-15 UFC welterweights Ian Machado Garry, and Carlos Prates meet in the primary occasion. In the meantime, within the co-main occasion, former UFC gentle heavyweight title challenger Anthony Smith faces Zhang Mingyang in what Smith says is his farewell struggle. Under, we take a look at the complete UFC Kansas Metropolis struggle card.

UFC Kansas Metropolis Combat Card

UFC Kansas Metropolis Foremost Card

Ian Machado Garry vs. Carlos Prates

Anthony Smith vs. Zhang Mingyang

Giga Chikadze vs. David Onama

Michel Pereira vs. Abusupiyan Magomedov

Randy Brown vs. Nicolas Dalby

Ikram Aliskerov vs. André Muniz

UFC Kansas Metropolis Preliminary Card

Matt Schnell vs. Jimmy Flick

Evan Elder vs. Gauge Younger

Chris Gutiérrez vs. John Castañeda

Da’Mon Blackshear vs. Alatengheili

Malcolm Wellmaker vs. Cameron Saaiman

Jaqueline Amorim vs. Polyana Viana

Timothy Cuamba vs. Roberto Romero

Chelsea Chandler vs. Joselyne Edwards

UFC Kansas Metropolis Combat Card Date:

Saturday, April 21

UFC Kansas Metropolis Combat Card Time:

Prelims: 6:00 p.m. ET

Foremost Card: 9:00 p.m. ET

UFC Kansas Metropolis Combat Card Location:

T-Cellular Heart in Kansas Metropolis, MO

UFC Kansas Metropolis Combat Card How To Watch Or Stream:

Prelims: ESPN+

Foremost Card: ESPN2

UFC Kansas Metropolis: Ian Machado Garry

Machado Garry (15-1) has an 8-1 file below the UFC banner. The 27-year-old has 5 choices and three knockouts. In June 2024, Machado Garry defeated Michael “Venom” Web page at UFC 303 to earn his eighth straight win below the UFC banner. Nevertheless, he tasted defeat in his subsequent outing, dropping a decision to Shavkat Rakhmonov at UFC 310.

Machado Garry initially got here throughout as a Conor McGregor clone, however the assured Irish fighter has discovered his personal persona as a competitor who’s greater than prepared to tackle the hardest the opponents the UFC can e-book him towards, one thing he did once more in accepting this struggle on quick discover.

Machado Garry is the No. 7 ranked UFC welterweight.

UFC Kansas Metropolis: Carlos Prates

Carlos Prates (21-6) joined the UFC in 2023 with a knockout win on a Dana White’s Contender Collection card. Since then, the 31-year-old has gone 4-0 with the UFC, profitable every of these fights by knockout. Prates additionally earned efficiency bonuses for every of his 4 knockouts. In his most up-to-date outings, Prates scored an August 2024 stoppage of Li Jingliang earlier than shifting on to defeat Neal Magny through TKO on a UFC Combat Night time Card in November.

Prates is on an 11-fight profitable streak general.

The UFC had Prates booked to face Geoff Neal at UFC 314, however that struggle fell aside when Neal withdrew from the competition in late March. With that, Prates was moved to the highest of this struggle card when Garry agreed to face him on quick discover.

Prates is the No. 13 fighter within the UFC’s official 170-pound rankings.

UFC Kansas Metropolis Foremost Occasion Betting Odds

The opening betting odds for the Machado Garry vs. Prates principal occasion noticed Machado Garry open as a -125 betting favourite over the +105 Prates. At this time, these odds are the identical.

We can have extra on the UFC Kansas Metropolis struggle card as struggle night time approaches, together with odds, updates, and struggle night time outcomes and reactions.