Carlos Prates continues to shine
The Final Combating Championship returned to us tonight, November 9, 2024, for UFC Vegas 100, happening stay from the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Headlining the occasion is a welterweight bout between no. 15 ranked Neil Magny (29-13), the winningest fighter in UFC welterweight historical past, and the surging former Muay Thai champion Carlos Prates (21-6).
Magny boasts many notable wins in his UFC profession, together with however not restricted to victories over the likes of former middleweight title challenger Kelvin Gastelum (SD), former Bellator middleweight champion Hector Lombard (TKO), former UFC welterweight champion Johny Hendricks (UD), former WEC and interim UFC welterweight champion Carlos Condit (UD), Li Jingliang (UD), former UFC welterweight champion Robbie Lawler (UD), present no. 10 ranked welterweight contender Geoff Neal (UD), and most lately Mike Malott (TKO) earlier this yr at UFC 297.
Prates then again had gone an ideal 3-0 to this point into his promotional tenure, 4-0 in the event you embody his Contender Sequence look, showcasing victories over Mitch Ramirez (TKO), Trevin Giles (KO), Charles Radtke (KO), and most lately Li Jingliang (KO) at UFC 305. Moreover, Prates entered tonight’s most important occasion using a 10-fight win streak, his final 9 straight wins all coming by way of knockout.
Proceed studying to see how our UFC Vegas 100 most important occasion of the night went down:
Official Outcome: Carlos Prates def. Neil Magny by way of KO (punch) at 4:50 of spherical one
It didn’t take lengthy for Magny to shoot in on his first takedown try of the combat. Although Prates stuffed it impressively, he was pressed into the fence for a great portion of the primary. Prates nonetheless ended up separating and dropped Magny with a proper hook earlier than permitting him again to his toes.
Prates stalked Magny from right here, finally touchdown a glancing overhand left that face planted him because the opening spherical was coming to its shut.
Carlos Prates is now on an 11-fight win streak with 10 straight knockouts, together with a 4-0 run within the UFC this yr. How may anybody however this man obtain the 2024 Newcomer of the 12 months award?
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