Carlos Prates has achieved several unprecedented milestones in UFC history through just eight fights. He reached seven knockout victories faster than anyone in UFC history, accomplishing in eight bouts what even heavyweight champions like Cain Velasquez and Junior dos Santos needed nine fights to achieve. Only 2.29% of all UFC fighters have ever accumulated seven knockouts. Prates also recorded 14 knockdowns in under 17 total rounds, the highest rate per 15 minutes in UFC history, and earned seven Performance of the Night bonuses faster than any fighter ever—typically requiring 15 fights but taking Prates only eight. He has consecutively knocked out two former UFC champions who had never been finished before. The post suggests that if Islam Makhachev defeats Ian Garry, Prates, and Shavkat Rakhmonov, he would equal or surpass Jon Jones' legacy, potentially elevating Russian MMA above American MMA as Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov envisioned.
