UFC Fight Night 186: Machado Garry vs Prates

Top welterweights angling for a shot at the championship, Ian Machado Garry has a tough test ahead of him when he meets The Fighting Nerds’ stellar knockout artist Carlos “The Nightmare” Prates.

Making his final walk to the Octagon, Anthony Smith leaves a legacy as one of the best light heavyweights of his era, but the perennial contender and former world title challenger has some unfinished business to tend to, and he intends on leaving with a win over China’s Zhang Mingyang.

Since making his short notice Octagon debut in 2021, Uganda’s Onama has become one of the 145-pound division’s most reliable action heroes, and after three consecutive wins over Gabriel Santos, Jonathan Pearce and Roberto Romero, he may be one win away from cracking the rankings.

Steadily moving up the middleweight ladder, Germany’s Abus Magomedov has no plans on slowing down when he faces off with always exciting Brazilian finisher Michel Pereira in a pivotal match at 185 pounds.

It’s not a stretch to say that the welterweight division is as exciting as it’s been in years, and with so many moving parts at 170 pounds, veterans Randy Brown and Nicolas Dalby are in position to make some career-altering moves, starting tonight.

Eager to resume his march to the top of the middleweight division, Ikram Aliskerov will first have to get by Brazilian veteran Andre Muniz here in Kansas City.

A gifted groundfighter who has produced memorable finishes of Cody Durden and Malcolm Gordon under the UFC banner, Jimmy Flick enters 2025 on a mission to shake up the flyweight division and pick up his 16th submission win when he meets Matt Schnell.

Short notice was no issue for Dana White’s Contender Series alum Gauge Young, and now he’s got three rounds or less to pin a loss on Evan Elder in a clash of Missouri natives looking to show out in the show me state.

A nightmare matchup for anyone on fight night, Chris Gutierrez has the ability to defeat anyone in the world on any given night. The man with some of the deadliest leg kicks in MMA plans on adding another win to his slate when he meets John Castaneda.

Currently in the best form of his nine-year pro career, Da’Mon Blackshear has been taking fights out of the hands of the judges as of late, and he’s got similar plans for Alatengheili when they meet.

Graduates of Dana White’s Contender Series, Malcolm Wellmaker and Cameron Saaiman are two of the top talents in the UFC’s bantamweight division, and they have a chance to make a statement tonight.

Jaqueline Amorim has been taking no prisoners in the octagon, and with three straight finishes, The Brazilian is perilously close to moving from prospect to contender should she defeat Polyana Viana.

Searching for his first UFC victory, Timmy Cuamba plans on bringing the fight to Roberto Romero immediately, but Mexico’s El Charro Negro is equally fired up to get into the UFC win column himself.

Entering her fifth fight in the UFC, Chelsea Chandler has shown flashes of world-class potential in victories over Julija Stoliarenko and Josiane Nunes, and as she begins her 2025 campaign, her only intention is to make a statement at the expense of Joselyne Edwards.