{"id":39994,"date":"2026-08-19T06:48:51","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T06:48:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Carlos-Prates-fires-back-at-Michael-Morales-Id-knock-you-out-202430"},"modified":"2026-08-19T06:48:51","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T06:48:51","slug":"carlos-prates-fires-back-at-michael-morales-id-knock-you-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/carlos-prates-fires-back-at-michael-morales-id-knock-you-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Carlos Prates fires back at Michael Morales: ‘I’d knock you out’"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Carlos
\nPrates<\/a> has clapped back at claims that he is scared of a fellow
\n170-pound contender.<\/p>\n

The
\nUltimate Fighting Championship<\/a> welterweight responded to
\nMichael
\nMorales<\/a> after the Ecuadorian allegedly suggested that Prates
\nwas avoiding a fight with him. The Brazilian insists he has no
\nissue facing Morales but believes his position as the higher-ranked
\ncontender warrants a title shot next.<\/p>\n

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Carlos Prates denies ducking Michael Morales and predicts a
\nfirst-round knockout<\/h2>\n

Shortly after Morales allegedly claimed that Prates was afraid to
\nfight him, \u201cThe Nightmare\u201d responded in a video posted online.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf the guy has two arms and two legs like me, bro, I can fight
\nhim,\u201d Prates said.<\/p>\n

Prates then addressed Morales directly, making it clear that he
\nwould welcome the matchup if the UFC offered it.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou say I am scared to fight you. I am not scared of a fight with
\nyou\u2026 I am the No. 1 contender, so I want to fight for the belt,\u201d
\nPrates said. \u201cThe UFC never offered me a fight against you. If they
\noffered me the fight, of course I would knock you out really fast,
\nin the first round.\u201d<\/p>\n

Prates also made his preferred route clear: challenge Islam
\nMakhachev<\/a> for the welterweight title first, then revisit the
\nMorales matchup. Notably, Makhachev has also welcomed the matchup
\nfor his next title defense.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut you will have to wait until I get my belt and then we can
\nfight,\u201d Prates added.<\/p>\n

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\n

Carlos
\nPrates<\/a> tells Michael
\nMorales<\/a> he\u2019ll knock him out if they ever fight \ud83d\ude33<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not scared to fight you, I\u2019m #1 contender so I wanna fight for
\nthe belt. UFC never offered the fight against you.<\/p>\n

If they offered me, of course I\u2019d knock you out really fast.\u201d<\/p>\n

(via\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/uuatw1oBFo<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Championship Rounds (@ChampRDS)
\nAugust 18, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Carlos Prates has clapped back at claims that he is scared of a fellow 170-pound contender. The Ultimate Fighting Championship welterweight responded to Michael Morales after the Ecuadorian allegedly suggested that Prates was avoiding a fight with him. The Brazilian insists he has no issue facing Morales but believes his position as the higher-ranked contender […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39995,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-martial-arts-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39994","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39994"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39994\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}