Carlos Prates has reached seven UFC knockout victories faster than anyone in history, achieving it in just eight fights. The previous fastest were heavyweights Junior dos Santos and Cain Velasquez at nine fights. Prates also recorded 14 knockdowns faster than anyone in UFC history, accomplishing this in just 17 incomplete rounds for the highest knockdown rate per 15 minutes. He earned seven Performance of the Night bonuses faster than anyone, needing only eight fights compared to the average 15 fights for other fighters. The post notes Prates has consecutively knocked out two former UFC champions who had never been knocked out before, including finishing one with leg kicks. The analysis suggests that if Islam Makhachev defeats Ian Garry and Prates, he would equal Jon Jones's legacy.
Carlos Prates has rewritten the UFC record books, becoming the fastest fighter in promotional history to reach seven knockout victories, accomplishing the feat in just eight fights.
The Brazilian welterweight surpassed the previous benchmark set by two heavyweight legends. Junior dos Santos, the six-foot-four Brazilian known as Cigano who holds a professional record of 21-9-0, and Cain Velasquez, the six-foot-one American wrestler out of American Kickboxing Academy who finished his career 14-3-0, had each reached seven UFC knockouts in nine fights. Prates beat that mark by a full fight.
The records do not stop there. Prates also accumulated 14 UFC knockdowns faster than any fighter in history, doing so across just 17 incomplete rounds. That pace translates to the highest knockdown rate per 15 minutes in UFC history. He has also collected seven Performance of the Night bonuses in those same eight fights, a total that has taken other fighters an average of 15 appearances to reach.
Among his most striking achievements, Prates has consecutively knocked out two former UFC champions who had never previously been stopped by strikes, with one of those finishes coming via leg kicks.
Why it matters
- Prates is establishing himself as one of the most dangerous finishers in welterweight history at a historically unprecedented pace
- His back-to-back stoppages of former champions who had never been knocked out underscores elite finishing power across multiple techniques
- The analysis in the summary raises the possibility that current pound-for-pound number one Islam Makhachev, who holds a 28-1-0 record and reigns as welterweight champion, could match Jon Jones's legacy if he defeats both Ian Garry and Prates, framing Prates as a fighter now considered in that tier of divisional conversation
