And now, with Prates' first loss in the UFC, what is his situation?

[Morris88]

Wonderboy was hanging well with Buckley and touching him up until he got Ko'd. I was about to say Wonderboy is ranked, but he isn't anymore.

Geoff Neal is probably a better choice.

WB still fighting? He booked? He must be 42 by now

 

[Doctor Grudge]

WB still fighting? He booked? He must be 42 by now

Hes not booked yet, but hes still fighting. I reckon he only got a year left in him though.

 

[MigitAs]

he’s a scrub now, obviously

 

[SamuraiBro]

Re-book Geoff Neal fight and go from there

 

[Cartiac]

The guy bombed a main event, but of course loses no ranking, so if my math is correct he is probably one fight away from a title shot.

 

[burningspear]

Was disappointed in his contentment to lose, no scrambles, no attacks from the back, dabbing up every 2 minutes, destined for a mediocre career.

 

[BangBang]

Be tactically more astute. He faced a fighter who was better prepared to neutralise his threat.

 

[svmr_db]

Feed Leon Edwards to him.
Maybe we'll finally get to see Edwards get knocked out.

Prates is #13 and just lost, he doesn't deserve to fight Edwards. Garry fighting Edwards makes way more sense, depends on if the UFC wants him to win 1 or 2 more fights to get a title shot.

 

[Shadey1]

I don't think he really lost anything with this loss. Short notice fight against a top ten guy. Rebook the Neal fight

 

[Hotora86]

I think he'll hover around the top 10, but won't take a real step up until he stops smoking.

What if he starts drinking instead?

 

[Human Bass]

I think he'll hover around the top 10, but won't take a real step up until he stops smoking.

Funny thing he was way better in the 5th round lol

 

[Goatenstein]

He was overrated in the first place but he couldn't do anything against slightly above average Garry to make me think he'll ever defeat a good fighter.

 

[Tweak896]

Prates was 10 seconds of last minute cardio or heart to beat Garry. He lost for sure, but I don't think anyone thinks he can never beat Garry ever. That was a huge jump up in competition and he'll just have to slowly climb up now. He could still even be champ one day cigarettes or not

 

[Blastbeat]

If he's serious about being a contender he should probably quit smoking. It's ridiculous.

not everyone can be Niccolino Loche
it would probably be better for Prates' long term cardio

 

[Westbrick]

Probably 1-2 lower ranked fights and a rematch against Garry.

 

[usernamee]

Hes not booked yet, but hes still fighting. I reckon he only got a year left in him though.

a year left in him.......before his Karate Combat career starts off

 

[Blastbeat]

a year left in him.......before his Karate Combat career starts off

i would LOVE to see Wonderboy in Karate Combat
i get the feeling he'd do really well. shame it wasnt around 10 years ago; he would've run over everybody

 

[Necrocrawler]

Page (if he returns to the division)
Thompson
Neal (the original fight)
Luque
Covington

Those are all good matches for him.

 

[Harlekin]

- 1st time going 5 rounds, 1st big main event (not counting fight night)
- Age: 31 means 3-4 more years of prime at his weightclass -> will get better
- If he stops smoking, he can go to a pace, that would've lead to a win against Garry.
- Everybody would celebrate him now

Not a fan of him, but he could be a solid top5 guy, maybe title contender

 

[Oscar Madison]

Based on Prates' performance -- 3.5 Rounds at idle, and 1.5 Round on-the-throttle gas tank where he has Divisional KO/TKO power and form.

Disappointment: Prates was too gassed to lay on Ian Machado and throw fight ending strikes to close out the fight -- so his tank was empty.

So, where does the nerd put those 1.5 Rounds of effort?