CHICAGO – To many, the idea of fighting dangerous striker Carlos Prates in his home country of Brazil might not be too appealing. However, it is for Michael Page.

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

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

UFC 319 promised fireworks, and Brazilian welterweight Carlos Prates delivered exactly that. He secured a sensational knockout win against Geoff The post Carlos Prates and Lerone Murphy Lands Historic Back-to-Back Spinning Elbow Knockouts at UFC 319 to Earn $50K Bonus appeared first on FirstSportz.

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.

The spinning elbow is one of the most devastating and cinematic techniques in combat sports, a strike immortalized in Muay Thai by legends like Samson Isaan

Geoff Neal isn't getting caught up in what Carlos Prates is saying about a more calculated strategy for UFC 319.

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.

Aaron Pico's long-awaited UFC debut came with the possibility of an immediate title shot with a win. Instead, the former uber prospect and Bellator MMA star was knocked out cold in spectacular and violent fashion at UFC 319 in Chicago .