Carlos Prates has been popped for efficiency de-hancing medicine.
The newly-ranked welterweight contender not too long ago admitted to smoking practically a dozen cigarettes per day, which can seem to be small potatoes for these of us who grew up within the 70s and 80s, however for an elite athlete on the high of his sport, his habit comes as a stunning revelation.
I suppose if it ain’t broke…
“Bro, perhaps eight per day, 10, 11,” Prates instructed Ariel Helwani. “Earlier than [my coaches] inform me loads [to stop], however now [they don’t]. I attempted to cease one time. I used to be one week with out smoking. Then I gained 5 kilos in six days as a result of I eat loads and didn’t come to the fitness center to coach. The final cigarette I smoke earlier than I come to APEX. You can not smoke something there, you can not drink something there — simply water, what they offer to you.”
Referee Keith Peterson would be proud.
“I feel I began to smoke after I was 12 or 13,” Prates beforehand instructed Renato Moicano. “Not like right now, after all. However after the pandemic, you recognize, every part stopped, the coaching stopped, the fights stopped, and I used to be smoking weed loads, and that might convey dangerous emotions. After which I began solely smoking cigarettes. I keep in mind like I used to be on the road all day. My mother goes out for work, and my household is just me and my mother. Right here in Brazil, if you happen to’re dwelling on the road with your folks, you’re gonna be taught lots of dangerous issues.”
Prates insists he’s a fighter, not an athlete.
The 31 year-old “Nightmare” improved to 21-6 after Neil Magny got his ash kicked (har har) atop the UFC Vegas 100 fight card final weekend in Las Vegas. Together with his finish on Dana White’s “Contender Series” again in summer time 2023, Prates is now 5-0 contained in the Octagon with 5 straight knockouts.
No ifs, ands, or butts (I’ll see myself out).
