Carlos Prates of Brazil leads all UFC welterweights with six finishes since 2022, the year that marks Mike Malott's UFC debut. Five fighters are tied for second place with five finishes each: Jack Della Maddalena of Australia, Mike Malott of Canada, Kevin Holland of the United States, Uros Medic of the United States, and Michael Morales of Ecuador. The statistic tracks only finishes achieved since 2022 to provide a contemporary measure of finishing ability. This ranking highlights which welterweights have been most effective at ending fights before the final bell in recent years.
Brazilian welterweight Carlos Prates stands alone at the top of a key finishing metric, leading all UFC 170-pounders with six stoppages since 2022 — the year that also marked the UFC debut of Canadian fighter Mike Malott. Five welterweights share second place with five finishes each over that same span: Australia's Jack Della Maddalena, Canada's Mike Malott, Kevin Holland and Uros Medic of the United States, and Ecuador's Michael Morales.
The statistic is designed as a contemporary measure, tracking only finishes accumulated from 2022 onward rather than across entire UFC careers, offering a sharper picture of who has been putting opponents away in recent years.
Among the group tied for second, Jack Della Maddalena has built one of the division's more compelling profiles. The 29-year-old Australian, ranked fourth at welterweight and 13th pound-for-pound, carries an 18-4 record and lands 5.57 significant strikes per minute at 51 percent accuracy. He trains out of Scrappy MMA and fights out of a switch stance.
Kevin Holland, the 33-year-old Texan known as "Trailblazer," brings a 29-15 record and a 81-inch reach into the mix, landing 4.26 significant strikes per minute with 49 percent accuracy out of an orthodox stance.
Uros Medic, also 33 and training at Kings MMA, presents a different profile. The southpaw "Doctor" posts a 13-3 record and connects at 5.59 significant strikes per minute — the highest rate among the verified fighters in this group — at an impressive 60 percent accuracy.
Why it matters
- Prates sits in a class of his own for finishing activity at 170 pounds since 2022, separating himself from a deep cluster of dangerous stoppage artists.
- The five-way tie for second underscores how competitive the welterweight division has become in terms of finishing ability across multiple fighting styles and nationalities.
- Finishing rate is increasingly used by matchmakers and rankings analysts as a measure of divisional relevance beyond win-loss record alone.
