After a spectacular first-round knockout at UFC 322, welterweight Michael Morales finds himself knocking on the door of a title fight. The 26-year-old fighter from Ecuador claims that he is willing to clear any last barriers before pursuing hold, even if that calls for defeating Carlos Prates.
Michael Morales
The fighter did not hide the possibility of an interim fight during a recent appearance on the Death Row MMA
Could Morales vs. Prates be the next breakout fight? Among the hopefuls now looking for a position is Carlos Prates
For his part, Morales views Prates as a plausible barrier, but nothing risky enough to bring his plans off track. He praised Prates’s tenacity but underlined that he was ready for anybody in his path. A fight between the two would probably serve as a high-stakes eliminator, an actual trial before a title shot.
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Considering the stacked welterweight top 5 (which also features fighters like Shavkat Rakhmonov, Ian Machado Garry ,
