Carlos Prates knocked so loudly on the door to the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s welterweight elite that he made it impossible to ignore him.
The Fighting Nerds standout will do battle with Ian Garry in the UFC on ESPN 66 headliner this Saturday at T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri, where he could break through to title contention at 170 pounds. Prates has rattled off 11 straight victories, 10 of them finishes. He last saw action at UFC Fight Night 247, where he punched out Neil Magny in the first round of their Nov. 9 encounter. Garry, meanwhile, enters the cage with an exceptional 15-1 record. He finds himself on the rebound following his first setback as a pro—a five-round…
