Carlos Prates punishes Jack Della Maddalena at UFC Fight Night Australia
Key takeaways
- Brazil’s Prates crushes hometown hero Maddalena in the Perth fight; challenges the winner of Makhachev vs Garry.
- Prates called for a match against the winner of the still-unconfirmed upcoming welterweight title fight between champion Islam Makhachev and Ian Machado Makhachev.
- “I can punch, I can knee, I can kick … so I’m better, and now I feel like I’m the number one contender,” Prates said after his win. “I can’t wait to see Makhachev and Ian, and then I’m going to fight the winner.”
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Brazil’s Prates crushes hometown hero Maddalena in the Perth fight; challenges the winner of Makhachev vs Garry.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Carlos Prates won his third straight fight with a dominant performance against Jack Della Maddalena [File: Ed Mulholland/Imagn Images via Reuters]By Reuters Published On 3 May 20263 May 2026Brazilian welterweight Carlos Prates dominated hometown fighter Jack Della Maddalena to win their main event clash at UFC Fight Night in Perth, Australia.
Prates dropped the Aussie to the canvas with a chopping calf kick late in the second round and knocked him down three more times in the third – with a big knee, a head kick and a leg kick – before the referee stopped the fight on Saturday.