Khamzat Chimaev, Lerone Murphy and Carlos Prates drop jaws
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Carlos Prates is back in a big way. After a disappointing loss in his last outing against Ian Machado Garry, the Fighting Nerds welterweight sent quite a message to the rest of the division at UFC 319 after the flattened Geoff Neal with a brutal spinning back elbow knockout at the close of the first
The UFC handed out four bonuses after Saturday's card in the “Windy City,” and all four went to fighters on the main card. After UFC 319, four fighters picked up an extra $50,000 for their performances at United Center in Chicago. Check out the winners below.
Jason Herzog was the referee for the welterweight bout and he stopped the contest right at the final bell of round 1, after Neal had been dropped by the elbow in the final two seconds. A former UFC fighter wonders if the stoppage was premature.
Khamzat Chimaev put himself in the record books in multiple ways at UFC 319, which was the first event with two spinning elbow KOs.
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Carlos Prates authored one of two spinning back elbow KOs at UFC 319. | Getty/UFC Carlos Prates’ post-fight honors were decided before he even exited the Octagon. The Fighting Nerds representative received a $50,
In back-to-back main card fights, Carlos Prates and Michael ‘Venom’ Page both proved why they are so exciting to watch every time they step inside the Octagon. Prates knocked out Geoff Neal in the first round to bounce back from the first defeat of his UFC career and get his welterweight momentum back on track.
UFC welterweight Carlos Prates made good on his pre-fight press conference conference promise that he would only need one round to beat Geoff Neal.
Geoff Neal isn't getting caught up in what Carlos Prates is saying about a more calculated strategy for UFC 319.
Carlos Prates celebrated his win at UFC 319 the only way he knows how to: by smoking a cigarette. The Brazilian MMA star goes through 10 cigarettes a day, and despite several attempts to kick the