Carlos Prate’s KO’s Neil Magny ends 2024 with a 4-0 record

By 2024, very few fight fans were familiar with Carlos Prates. That will not be the case in 2025.

Prates (21-6) put what will likely be the icing on the cake for his 2024 campaign Saturday when he knocked out veteran Neil Magny (29-13) with a straight left hand in the main event of UFC Fight Night in Las Vegas . The win was Prates’ first in a UFC main event and moved him to 4-0 in the Octagon this year, with all four wins coming by knockout. It will also likely move Prates into the UFC’s top-15 welterweight rankings.

“I feel great,” Prates said. “This has been the best year of my life, of my career. In 10 months, three (fight night) bonuses. It’s been a lot of hard work from me and my team.”

The 31-year-old Brazilian, who trains out of the buzzing Fight Nerds camp in Sao Paulo, called for his next bout to come against Australian Jack Della Maddalena in February in Sydney.

The knockout, which came in the final 10 seconds of the opening round, was probably the best yet of Prates’ young UFC career. Magny, 37, got off to a good enough start as he looked to rush Prates into the fence, take him down and simply wear him out in any way possible. He landed some respectable strikes on the feet and held Prates up against the fence in the clinch.

But Prates’ accuracy and power quickly turned the match in his favor. He hurt Magny with a very short counter elbow during an exchange and calmly stalked him around the Octagon as Magny tried to recover. Finally, he landed a straight left to Magny’s temple, resulting in a highlight-reel, walk-off knockout. The punch didn’t even land cleanly as it partially grazed Magny’s glove.

Prates received a UFC contract as a participant in Dana White’s Contender Series in August 2023. He has now knocked out his last 10 opponents.