Carlos Prates most likely will get numerous messages on social media, however one specifically stood out to him as he was getting ready to make the journey to UFC Kansas City for his showdown towards Ian Machado Garry.
The message got here from a fan named Randy, who has been battling esophageal most cancers. As a result of remedies he’s receiving, he’s been dropping his hair, so he requested the Brazilian star to shave his head after arriving in his hometown. It was a request Prates was more than pleased to meet as soon as he landed in Missouri this week.
“He’s educating me so much this week,” Prates stated after assembly Randy on Wednesday. “Generally we’ve got to be taught. We often complain so much about any little factor that occurs in our lives and [this] man is right here after a terminal most cancers prognosis, he texted me to shave his head as a result of I’m his favourite fighter and man, we are able to see that our issues are nothing and this man is right here, he’s standing, he got here right here and stated he gained’t hand over and I feel that’s what we’ve got to maintain as a life lesson to by no means hand over identical to he’s doing combating towards this illness that’s a really robust one.
“However I’m certain he’ll be wonderful. He’ll get higher and I hope in a few months I can come again right here and see him.”
Prates adopted by way of on his promise to shave Randy’s head and even offered him with an genuine pair of Combating Nerds glasses afterwards.
Your entire expertise appeared to make Randy’s day as he acquired to spend a while with Prates earlier than the welterweight contender goes to struggle Saturday within the UFC Kansas Metropolis primary occasion.
