Caio Machado Prates sets multiple UFC speed records with historic eight-fight run

Caio Machado Prates has achieved multiple historic UFC milestones in record time. He reached 7 knockout victories faster than anyone in UFC history, accomplishing this in just 8 fights—faster than heavyweights like Junior dos Santos and Cain Velasquez who needed 9 fights, and faster than all-time greats including Ngannou, McGregor, Silva, Pereira and Topuria. Of 2,710 fighters who have competed in UFC's 33-year history, only 62 (2.29%) have ever reached 7 knockouts. Prates also recorded 14 knockdowns in just 17 incomplete rounds, the highest average 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 typical 15-fight average. The analysis describes Prates' eight-fight run as one of the top three most spectacular stretches in UFC history, having finished two former UFC champions who had never been knocked out before. The post suggests that defeating Prates would represent a career-defining scalp for Islam Makhachev.