The Ultimate Fighting Championship’s latest date at the UFC Apex provides a decent undercard led by two recent Dana White’s Contender Series standouts.
’s latest date at the UFC Apex provides a decent undercard on Saturday in Las Vegas, led by two recenthave been consistent knockout threats in the past and now look to keep that trend going in their respective promotional debuts. Meanwhile,Giles is still young enough to turn things around, but his UFC career has mostly been an exercise in frustration thus far.
This attempted rebound against UFC newcomerlooks to be a risky fight, since the Brazilian seems poised to take advantage of Giles’ defensive issues. A pro for over a decade, Prates is a stalking striker with a long frame and enough knockout power to blow through most of his recent opponents. Add in that “The Nightmare” looks to have solid enough grappling to get by, and he figures to be an entertaining divisional stalwart at worst with the potential to make a rise through the ranks.
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