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The UFC is in Kansas City, Missouri for this week’s UFC Kansas City fight card. The UFC Fight Night event marks the promotion’s first trip to the city since April 2023. UFC Kansas City takes place on Saturday, April 26, from T-Mobile Center. In the main event, top-15 ranked UFC welterweights Ian Machado Garry and Carlos Prates meet in an important matchup. Meanwhile, in the co-main event, former UFC light heavyweight title challenger Anthony Smith faces Zhang Mingyang in what Smith says is his final career fight. Below, we look at the early betting odds for the UFC Kansas City fight card.
UFC Kansas City Fight Card Betting Odds
UFC Kansas City Main Card Betting Odds
Ian Machado Garry (-121) vs. Carlos Prates (+101)
Anthony Smith (+375) vs. Zhang Mingyang (-500)
Giga Chikadze (+142) vs. David Onama (-162)
Michel Pereira (-132) vs. Abusupiyan Magomedov (+112)
Randy Brown (-250) vs. Nicolas Dalby (+210)
Ikram Aliskerov (-500) vs. André Muniz (+375)
UFC Kansas City Preliminary Card Betting Odds
Matt Schnell (-251) vs. Jimmy Flick (+211)
Evan Elder (-190) vs. Gauge Young (+165)
Chris Gutiérrez (-140) vs. John Castañeda (+120)
Da’Mon Blackshear (-450) vs. Alatengheili (+350)
Malcolm Wellmaker (-115) vs. Cameron Saaiman (-105)
Jaqueline Amorim (-800) vs. Polyana Viana (+550)
Timothy Cuamba (-102) vs. Roberto Romero (-118)
Chelsea Chandler (+240) vs. Joselyne Edwards (-280)
UFC Kansas City Fight Card Date:
Saturday, April 26
UFC Kansas City Fight Card Time:
Prelims: 6:00 p.m. ET
Main Card: 9:00 p.m. ET
UFC Kansas City Fight Card Location:
T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, MO
UFC Kansas City Fight Card How To Watch Or Stream:
Prelims: ESPN+
Main Card: ESPN2
UFC Kansas City: Ian Machado Garry
Machado Garry (15-1) has an 8-1 record under the UFC banner. The 27-year-old has five decisions and three knockouts. In June 2024, Machado Garry defeated Michael “Venom” Page at UFC 303 to earn his eighth straight win under the UFC banner. However, he tasted defeat in his next outing, dropping a decision to Shavkat Rakhmonov at UFC 310.
Machado Garry initially came across as a Conor McGregor clone, but the confident Irish fighter has found his own personality as a competitor who is more than willing to take on the toughest the competitors the UFC can book him against, something he did again in accepting this fight on short notice.
Machado Garry is the No. 7 ranked UFC welterweight.
UFC Kansas City: Carlos Prates
Carlos Prates (21-6) joined the UFC in 2023 with a knockout win on a Dana White’s Contender Series card. Since then, the 31-year-old has gone 4-0 with the UFC, winning each of those fights by knockout. Prates also earned performance bonuses for each of his four knockouts. In his most recent outings, Prates scored an August 2024 stoppage of Li Jingliang before moving on to defeat Neal Magny via TKO on a UFC Fight Night Card in November.
Prates is on an 11-fight winning streak overall.
The UFC had Prates booked to face Geoff Neal at UFC 314, but that fight fell apart when Neal withdrew from the contest in late March. With that, Prates was moved to the top of this fight card when Garry agreed to face him on short notice.
Prates is the No. 13 fighter in the UFC’s official 170-pound rankings.
We will have more on the UFC Kansas City fight card as fight night approaches, including updated odds and line movement, picks, predictions and fight night results and reactions.
