Carlos Prates is now positioned to call out Islam Makhachev by pointing out that he finished Jack Della Maddalena early, something Makhachev couldn't do. The post suggests this gives Prates ammunition for media confrontations and that Makhachev now has multiple potential opponents creating storylines, with Ian Garry and Shavkat Rakhmonov also in the mix. The dynamic creates multiple potential fight narratives in the lightweight division.
