Carlos Prates has achieved multiple historic milestones in the UFC with unprecedented speed. He has reached 7 knockout victories faster than anyone in UFC history, accomplishing this in just 8 fights, beating heavyweights like Junior Dos Santos and Cain Velasquez who needed 9 fights. Only 2.29% of all UFC fighters (62 out of 2,710) have ever reached 7 knockouts in the organization. Prates also set the record for fastest to 14 knockdowns, achieving this in just 17 incomplete rounds, giving him the highest average knockdown rate per 15 minutes of fight time in UFC history. Additionally, he earned 7 Performance of the Night bonuses faster than anyone, needing only 8 fights compared to the average of 15 fights. The post notes that Prates knocked out two former UFC champions who had never been knocked out before, and specifically mentions defeating Leon Edwards with leg kicks.
Carlos Prates has carved his name into UFC record books at a pace that has no historical parallel, cementing his status as one of the most devastating finishers the promotion has ever seen.
The Brazilian welterweight reached seven knockout victories in just eight UFC fights, a milestone that no fighter in the organization's history had ever achieved so quickly. For context, former heavyweight champions Junior Dos Santos and Cain Velasquez — Velasquez carrying a career record of 14-3 — each needed nine fights to reach the same mark. Prates accomplished it in fewer. That puts him among an extraordinarily rare group: only 62 of the 2,710 fighters ever to compete in the UFC, roughly 2.29 percent, have reached seven knockouts inside the organization at all.
The records do not stop there. Prates also set the mark for the fastest accumulation of 14 knockdowns in UFC history, doing so across just 17 incomplete rounds. That output translates to the highest average knockdown rate per 15 minutes of fight time in UFC history. His finishing power has been consistently rewarded by the promotion: he earned seven Performance of the Night bonuses in those same eight fights, a pace that dwarfs the UFC-wide average of 15 fights to reach the same bonus total.
Why it matters
- Prates knocked out two former UFC champions who had never previously been stopped inside the Octagon, underscoring the exceptional quality of his victims.
- His victory over Leon Edwards, achieved via leg kicks, removed a former welterweight champion from the win column and raised his divisional profile significantly.
- The combination of finishing rate, knockdown volume, and bonus count places Prates in a statistical tier that has no clear modern comparison at 170 pounds.
