Pereira picks Prates as the Brazilian he most likes to watch
Alex Pereira named Carlos Prates as the Brazilian he most enjoys watching and highlighted his next fight, against the unbeaten 19-0 Michael Morales for the interim welterweight belt at UFC 336 in Toronto. Prates is 24-7 and all seven of his UFC wins have come inside the distance.
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Alex Pereira tem um favorito claro entre os lutadores brasileiros que gosta de assistir: Carlos Prates.
Questionado a dar nomes, o ex-campeão de duas divisões escolheu Prates, Mauricio Ruffy, Charles Oliveira e Jean Silva. Ele também disse que Prates ganha mais que qualquer outro brasileiro do elenco, tirando ele mesmo.
Prates tem cartel de 24-7 e todas as sete vitórias no UFC vieram antes do limite. O próximo desafio é o cinturão interino dos meio-médios: Michael Morales, invicto com 19-0, no UFC 336 em Toronto, em 30 de janeiro de 2027, na Scotiabank Arena.
“Eu gosto do Prates, do Ruffy, do Charles e do Jean Silva — todos esses caras”, disse Pereira no podcast Connect Cast. “Eu gosto de nocaute, sabe? O Prates, principalmente — ele é o cara! Não assisto a muitas lutas, mas se o Prates está lutando, a única forma de eu não assistir é se eu estiver ocupado com outra coisa.”
Pereira espera que o sucesso deles empurre jovens promessas brasileiras a mirar mais alto.
Pereira tem 13-4, depois de ficar sem o cinturão interino dos pesados ao perder para Ciryl Gane no UFC Freedom 250. Ele volta em 12 de dezembro no UFC 335, contra Sergei Pavlovich (21-3), na T-Mobile Arena, em Las Vegas.
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