Ian Garry had just enough in the tank to avoid disaster in the Ultimate Fighting Championship welterweight division.
The former Cage Warriors Fighting Championship titleholder quelled a late rally and held on for a unanimous decision over Carlos Prates in the UFC on ESPN 66 main event on Saturday at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri. Garry (16-1, 9-1 UFC) swept the scorecards with 48-47, 48-47 and 49-46 marks from the judges.
Prates (21-7, 4-1 UFC), who entered the cage on an 11-fight winning streak, was slow out of the gate.