Brazil’s Prates crushes hometown hero Maddalena within the Perth struggle; challenges the winner of Makhachev vs Garry.
Printed On 3 Could 2026
Brazilian welterweight Carlos Prates dominated hometown fighter Jack Della Maddalena to win their important occasion conflict at UFC Battle Night time in Perth, Australia.
Prates dropped the Aussie to the canvas with a chopping calf kick late within the second spherical and knocked him down three extra occasions within the third – with an enormous knee, a head kick and a leg kick – earlier than the referee stopped the struggle on Saturday.
Prates known as for a match in opposition to the winner of the still-unconfirmed upcoming welterweight title struggle between champion Islam Makhachev and Ian Machado Makhachev.
“I can punch, I can knee, I can kick … so I’m higher, and now I really feel like I’m the primary contender,” Prates stated after his win. “I can’t wait to see Makhachev and Ian, after which I’m going to struggle the winner.”
Prates, 32, gained his third straight struggle and improved to 24-7 with 19 wins by knockout (KO). Della Maddalena, 29, misplaced his second straight struggle to fall to 18-4 with 12 wins by KO.
Australia’s Quillan Salkilld, 26, gained the co-main occasion and improved to 12-1 with a first-round technical knockout (TKO) victory in opposition to light-weight Beneil Dariush, 36.
Additionally on the primary card, flyweight Steve Erceg defeated Tim Elliott by unanimous determination; featherweight Marwan Rahiki gained by TKO in opposition to Ollie Schmid; heavyweight Brando Pericic knocked out Shamil Gaziev within the second spherical; and heavyweight Louie Sutherland beat Tai Tuivasa by unanimous determination.
