Carlos Prates has achieved the fastest accumulation of seven knockout victories in UFC history, reaching the milestone in just eight fights. The previous record was held by heavyweights like Cain Velasquez and Junior dos Santos, who took nine fights. Prates also recorded the fastest 14 knockdowns in UFC history, achieving them in just 17 incomplete rounds, the highest average knockdown rate per 15 minutes of fight time. Additionally, he earned seven Performance of the Night bonuses faster than any fighter in UFC history, requiring only eight fights compared to the average of 15. The post emphasizes that only 2.29% of all UFC fighters (62 out of 2,710) have ever accumulated seven knockouts. Prates recently knocked out two former UFC champions who had never been knocked out before, including one via leg kicks. The post concludes by suggesting that if Islam Makhachev defeats Garry and Prates, he would equal Jon Jones's legacy, and potentially surpass him with a win over Rakhmonov.
Carlos Prates has etched his name into the UFC record books by becoming the fastest fighter in promotional history to accumulate seven knockout victories, reaching that milestone in just eight appearances.
Prates cleared the previous benchmark set by heavyweights Cain Velasquez and Junior dos Santos, both of whom needed nine fights to reach seven stoppages. Velasquez, a 43-year-old former heavyweight champion from the United States who compiled a 14-3 professional record fighting out of American Kickboxing Academy, was among the prior holders of that distinction. Prates has now made it his own, and the numbers surrounding the feat are striking: he recorded 14 knockdowns across just 17 incomplete rounds, giving him the highest average knockdown rate per 15 minutes in UFC history. He has also collected seven Performance of the Night bonuses in eight fights, a pace that more than doubles the UFC-wide average of 15 fights to reach the same total. Only 62 of the 2,710 fighters ever to compete in the UFC — roughly 2.29 percent — have managed seven knockouts inside the organisation. Prates has done it faster than all of them, and recently added two former UFC champions to his finish list, neither of whom had ever been stopped before, with one falling to leg kicks.
Why it matters
- Prates has rewritten the UFC record books across knockout pace, knockdown rate, and bonus accumulation simultaneously.
- The feat is historically rare, placing him among fewer than three percent of all UFC fighters to reach seven promotional knockouts at all.
- The summary also references a broader narrative involving Islam Makhachev, Jon Jones — who holds a 28-1 record at 38 years old with a 84-inch reach — and the undefeated Shavkat Rakhmonov, the third-ranked welterweight from Kazakhstan with a perfect 19-0 record, suggesting Prates remains a central figure in discussions about the sport's pound-for-pound landscape.
