Carlos Prates sets multiple UFC speed records with seven-fight knockout streak

Carlos Prates has achieved the fastest accumulation of seven knockout victories in UFC history, requiring only eight fights. The previous record holders were Junior Dos Santos and Cain Velasquez, both heavyweights who needed nine fights. Only 62 fighters out of 2,710 in UFC's 33-year history (2.29%) have ever reached seven knockouts. Prates also holds the record for fastest 14 knockdowns in UFC history, achieving them in just 17 incomplete rounds, giving him the highest average knockdown rate per 15 minutes of fight time. Additionally, he earned seven Performance of the Night bonuses faster than anyone, needing only 8 fights while others averaged 15 fights. Prates has consecutively knocked out two UFC champions who had never been knocked out before. The analysis suggests that if Islam Makhachev defeats Ian Garry, Prates, and Shavkat Rakhmonov, he would equal or surpass Jon Jones' legacy.