UFC Fight Night headliner Carlos Prates throws out first pitch at Kansas City Royals game

Carlos Prates Throws Out First Pitch At Royals vs. Rockies

Ahead of what will be his second UFC main event, Prates had the opportunity to take the mound during Tuesday’s Kansas City Royals game and throw out the ceremonial first pitch before the Royals played the Colorado Rockies.

The left-handed Prates didn’t bring an incredible amount of heat, but he did throw with the kind of confidence that’s to be expected from a fighter that’s currently undefeated in the UFC.

UFC Kansas City Main Event vs. Ian Machado Garry

Prates certainly won’t have an easy task in front of him when he enters the cage on Saturday night, as Garry is coming off a competitive loss to #2-ranked welterweight contender Shavkat Rakhmonov.

“The Future” was originally slated to meet Joaquin Buckley in a UFC Fight Night main event to close out the promotion’s 2024 calendar, but when Belal Muhammad withdrew from his UFC 310 title defense against Rakhmonov the Irishman jumped on the short-notice opportunity.

Both welterweights entered the fight with undefeated records, and although Garry came up short he provided the biggest challenge that Rakhmonov had yet faced and took “Nomad” to the judges’ scorecards for the first time in his career.

With the welterweight title on the line next month at UFC 315 when Muhammad squares off with Jack Della Maddalena, both Garry and Prates will be looking to score big wins this weekend in Kansas City in order to move closer towards their respective first cracks at UFC gold.

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