Carlos Prates added one more spotlight reel knockout to his resume, however this time he took out a 30-plus struggle UFC veteran in Neil Magny.
In his first fundamental occasion at UFC Vegas 100, Prates staved off some early takedown makes an attempt, after which delivered a brutal left hook that bounced off the highest of Magny’s head and despatched him crashing face first all the way down to the canvas. The referee rushed in to cease the struggle with the tip coming a 4:50 within the opening spherical.
The win moved Prates to 4-0 within the UFC with all 4 fights occurring in 2024 and all 4 ending by knockout.
“Feeling superior,” Prates stated afterwards. “This yr was to this point the most effective yr of my life, of my profession. It’s a whole lot of exhausting work. I can’t clarify how blissful I’m proper now.”
The sky seems to be the restrict for Prates, who confirmed persistence coping with a real veteran of the sport in Magny earlier than establishing his devastating end.
When the motion obtained began, it took nearly no time for Magny to search for a takedown however Prates resisted after which he really scored a reversal because the welterweights fell to the ground. Quite than taking part in too lengthy on the bottom, Prates backed out to get the struggle again to the ft however Magny was fast to shut the gap once more in an try to make use of his grappling.
When Prates lastly shrugged him off, the Brazilian uncorked a lightning fast proper hand that put Magny down on the canvas in a flash and that was basically the start of the tip.
With Magny on wobbly legs, Prates was charging ahead and searching for the punches that will stop this struggle from seeing a second spherical. Magny did his greatest to outlive as he desperately tried to seize onto a leg however he was backing up towards the cage with out anyplace to flee Prates’ wrath.
Prates measured up his pictures and commenced unloading however simply as Magny tried to duck out of the way in which, he obtained clipped with the left hook that bounced off his head. A cut up second later, Magny was unconscious on the bottom with the referee waving off the struggle.
It was one other spectacular exhibiting for Prates, who solely has 4 fights within the UFC, however he’s already incomes fairly a status to date. With this win, Prates has nearly assured himself one other marquee matchup and he undoubtedly has some concepts in thoughts for what comes subsequent.
“To be sincere, I believe the right struggle could be in Australia as a result of I’ve a daughter there,” Prates revealed. “Combat there in Australia towards Jack Della Maddalena. All respect to this man.
“I don’t know if it’s too far-off as a result of now we have the rankings and issues like that however towards Jack Della Maddalena it will be superb but additionally I believe it will be a extremely good struggle towards Geoff Neal.”
