Carlos Prates has achieved multiple unprecedented milestones in UFC history. He reached seven knockout victories faster than anyone in UFC history, accomplishing it in just eight fights—besting heavyweights Dos Santos and Velasquez who needed nine. He recorded 14 knockdowns in just 17 incomplete rounds, the highest rate per 15 minutes in UFC history. Additionally, he earned seven Performance of the Night bonuses faster than any fighter, needing only eight fights compared to the average of 15. Prates knocked out two former UFC champions consecutively, both of whom had never been finished before, with one falling to leg kicks. The post describes this as one of the top three greatest eight-fight runs in UFC history and suggests that victories over Prates, along with Ian Garry and Shavkat Rakhmonov, would place Islam Makhachev alongside or above Jon Jones in all-time rankings.
