"Guys, this is crazy," Prates wrote Monday on Instagram in Portuguese. "Six years without losing, I had forgotten how much it hurts, how it hurts the heart, the soul, more than an

Machado Garry was coming off a close loss to Shavkat Rakhmonov while Prates had gone 4-0 inside the octagon with four knockouts. Both men had a lot to prove in this one and they were both looking to make a statement. For the first three rounds, that statement was made by Machado Garry.

Ian Machado Garry survived a late scare to edge out Carlos Prates at UFC Kansas City and seize the backup role for the division's next title fight.