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Carlos Prates argued in a recent interview that Brazilian fighters are shaped by a harder street upbringing that instills a code of respect absent in many of their rivals. He specifically cited Khamzat Chimaev's trash talk toward Sean Strickland about his father as crossing a line, and referenced Colby Covington's comments about Ian Garry's wife as another example of behavior that would have severe real-world consequences in Brazil. Prates said fighters like Chimaev and Strickland simply have not experienced the kind of life that teaches those boundaries.
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