With the injury of the Afghan Siyar Bahadurzada, the "Brazilian North-American" Carlo Prater was scheduled to fight at UFC 142, which takes place on January 14 in the Marvelous City, to face Erick Silva in the second fight of the main card event. The fighter from Brasilia was fighting in 72 kg category, but to fight in the Ultimate accepted the 77 kg weight division. In an interview to PVT he said he felt relieved by the fact of not having to lose so much weight.

"It helped, man. It has two years I do not fight in 77 (kg), was willing to return to this weight division because we sacrifice too much to down the weight. I usually weight 83 (kg), and I go down to 70 ( kg), and it's a big suffering, but I do it, because the sport requires, but enjoyed the opportunity to fight again in 77 (kg). I am more relaxed and it can help", said Prater.

His opponent, the Brazilian from Espirito Santo Erick Silva fight for the second straight time in Rio by the UFC, and seeks his second consecutive victory. At first, knocked out Luis Beição at 40 seconds of the first round. On that occasion, Beição was called a few days in advance so as Carlo Prater, to replace an injured fighter. About this match, Prater was clear. "I do not use that fight as a reference due to the circumstances of that combat, because Beição was called last minute, a few days in advance, and probably should not have had time to prepare properly. And it was a quick fight, so does not have much to take ".

Prater took the opportunity to analyze the characteristics of Erick Silva, who is black belt in Jiu-Jitsu and Judo. "Erick has a very loose game, has a heavy hand and has knockout power, and outside this is a man like any other. I think he also has plenty holes in his game", said Prater, who is not worrying much about what his opponent can do.

"I see holes in his stand-up striking, but I also see many of his strengths. Fighting on the ground I also see gaps, but I see he is a skilled fighter there too. He is complete, he is top 10 in Brazil and finally He is good fighter, great fighter, I have much respect for him, but do not have to worry about what he can do, must come to do. I have to worry about going prepared as best as possible and get well physically, technically and psychologically in the ring. "analyzed Carlo Prater.

The fighter who was born in Brazil but was also raised in the United States and therefore consideres himself as Brazilian North-American, is fixing the last details of his physical preparation for the combat in january 14th. He told that even called in the nick of time, did not have to change many things in his training. "I was training for another fight that would be January 20th, and I changed only a few specific spots, some tactics we will use."

Talking again about the weight, category for up to 77 kg, the fighter felt more relieved not to have to cut so much weight to get in action. "I could eat my fill because I did not need to weight down for 72 (kg), so I'm eating all the time. All this has changed, other than that, nothing else."

Carlo Prater, 30, has four wins in a row, the last in September, when submitted Gleirstone Santos with an arm triangle in Capital Fight 4. In total, the fighter has a record of 29 wins in 40 fights and has defeated tough guys like Melvin Guillard, Carlos Condit, Claudionor Fontinelle, Toninho Fúria, among others.