Carlos Prates has achieved unprecedented knockout efficiency in UFC history across multiple statistical categories through just eight fights. He reached seven UFC knockout victories faster than any fighter in history, surpassing heavyweights like Junior dos Santos and Cain Velasquez who needed nine fights, and outpacing legends like Francis Ngannou, Conor McGregor, Anderson Silva, Alex Pereira, and Ilia Topuria. Only 2.29% of all 2,710 UFC fighters across 33 years have recorded seven knockouts at all. Prates also accumulated 14 knockdowns in just 17 incomplete rounds, the fastest in UFC history and the highest average knockdown rate per 15 minutes of cage time. He earned seven Performance of the Night bonuses in record time, requiring only eight fights compared to the average 15 fights needed by other fighters. The post emphasizes Prates has consecutively knocked out two former UFC champions who had never been finished before, with one stopped by leg kicks while still in peak form. The analysis concludes this represents one of the three brightest 8-fight stretches in UFC history, and that defeating Prates would represent a historic scalp for Islam Makhachev, potentially elevating Makhachev to Jon Jones' level or beyond if he also defeats Ian Garry and Shavkat Rakhmonov.
