Jack Maddalena faces Carlos Prates in a high-stakes welterweight bout between a volume boxer and a devastating knockout artist. The analysis suggests Maddalena's best path to victory is constant forward pressure, similar to Ian Garry's approach, but notes that Maddalena lacks Garry's leg kick and footwork skills. Prates has proven dangerous throughout five rounds, nearly finishing Garry after losing four rounds. The preview questions whether Maddalena can maintain perfect defensive discipline for 25 minutes while pressuring forward, noting that even Belal Muhammad landed clean on him. Prates has dropped 11 opponents in the UFC and only needs one clean shot. The analyst picks Prates to win, citing the difficulty of executing a perfect five-round game plan against such a dangerous finisher.
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