The UFC will as soon as once more attempt to have Carlos Prates face off with Geoff Neal, this time on the upcoming pay-per-view occasion in Chicago on Aug. 16.
Each fighters have agreed to the rebooking at UFC 319, a number of individuals with data of the scenario confirmed to MMA Combating. Laerte Viana first reported the information.
UFC 319 will happen on the United Middle in Chicago. Dricus du Plessis defends his middleweight belt in the principle occasion in opposition to Khamzat Chimaev.
Prates (21-7) and Neal (16-6) had been initially scheduled to struggle in April however “Handz of Metal” was pressured off the UFC 314 lineup. Prates was then pushed again to the principle occasion of UFC Kansas Metropolis two weeks later, when he misplaced a choice to Ian Machado Garry.
The loss snapped Prates’ six-year unbeaten streak, which included 4 knockouts in a row over the likes of Jingliang Li and Neil Magny since becoming a member of the UFC a 12 months earlier than.
Neal hasn’t entered the octagon since October 2024, when he beat former champion Rafael dos Anjos to get again on observe following defeats to Garry and Shavkat Rakhmonov.
Mike Heck and Damon Martin contributed tot his report.
