Irish welterweight contender, Ian Garry is set for his first outing of this year, booking an impromptu main event fight against the surging Brazilian finisher, Carlos Prates in a new headliner at UFC Kansas City on April 26. from the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri.
Garry, the current number seven ranked welterweight contender, was handed his first professional loss back in December, when he took on the fellow undefeated, Shavkat Rakhmonov in a short-notice title eliminator at UFC 310.
And coming unstuck over the course of five rounds in a competitive back-and-forth with the Kazakh striker, Garry saw his 15-fight unbeaten run in combat sports come to an end.