{"id":41095,"date":"2026-10-16T05:13:53","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T05:13:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Charles-Oliveira-Ian-Garry-showed-Carlos-Prates-how-to-beat-Islam-Makhachev-203245"},"modified":"2026-10-16T05:13:53","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T05:13:53","slug":"charles-oliveira-ian-garry-showed-carlos-prates-how-to-beat-islam-makhachev","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/charles-oliveira-ian-garry-showed-carlos-prates-how-to-beat-islam-makhachev\/","title":{"rendered":"Charles Oliveira: Ian Garry showed Carlos Prates how to beat Islam Makhachev"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/charles-oliveira-ian-garry-showed-carlos-prates-how-to-beat-islam-makhachev.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"\/><\/div>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Charles-Oliveira-30300\">Charles<br \/>\nOliveira<\/a> believes <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Carlos-Prates-95593\">Carlos<br \/>\nPrates<\/a> has the tools to dethrone <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/organizations\/Ultimate-Fighting-Championship-2\"><br \/>\nUltimate Fighting Championship<\/a> welterweight titleholder<br \/>\n<a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Islam-Makhachev-76836\">Islam<br \/>\nMakhachev<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Prates is expected to challenge for the 170-pound championship next<br \/>\nyear. Oliveira, who has fought Makhachev, believes Prates\u2019 knockout<br \/>\npower and openings exposed by <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Ian-Garry-268923\">Ian Garry<\/a><br \/>\nbode well for \u201cThe Nightmare.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Charles Oliveira believes Carlos Prates can exploit Islam<br \/>\nMakhachev&#8217;s openings with kicks and knockout power<\/h2>\n<p>Makhachev went the distance against Garry in his first welterweight<br \/>\ntitle defense, with the Irishman enjoying moments of success<br \/>\nagainst the Russian. Oliveira, who trains alongside Garry, believes<br \/>\nPrates can capitalize on vulnerabilities revealed during the<br \/>\nchampion\u2019s last fight.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think Garry showed Prates the blueprint,\u201d Oliveira told Sherdog.<br \/>\n\u201cI usually say these matchups will be close, but this time, I<br \/>\nbelieve Prates has a real chance to win. Beyond being a sniper, he<br \/>\npossesses knockout power and is a black belt in jiu-jitsu. If he<br \/>\nlands those kicks to the ribs and calves, just like Garry did, he<br \/>\ncould catch the champion off guard. If Islam doesn\u2019t secure a<br \/>\nfinish in the first or second round and Prates maintains the<br \/>\ncomposure he\u2019s shown in his recent fights, he has everything he<br \/>\nneeds to win.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Prates (24-7) has finished all seven of his UFC victories.<br \/>\nMeanwhile, Makhachev (29-1) has defended his welterweight<br \/>\nchampionship once since moving up from lightweight. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Charles Oliveira believes Carlos Prates has the tools to dethrone Ultimate Fighting Championship welterweight titleholder Islam Makhachev. Prates is expected to challenge for the 170-pound championship next year. Oliveira, who has fought Makhachev, believes Prates\u2019 knockout power and openings exposed by Ian Garry bode well for \u201cThe Nightmare.\u201d Charles Oliveira believes Carlos Prates can exploit [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41096,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41095","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\/41095","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=41095"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41095\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}