Carlos Prates faceplants Neil Mangy with brutal one-punch knockout in UFC Vegas 100 main event

Carlos Prates added yet another highlight reel knockout to his resume, but this time he took out a 30-plus fight UFC veteran in Neil Magny.

In his first main event at UFC Vegas 100, Prates staved off some early takedown attempts, and then delivered a brutal left hook that bounced off the top of Magny’s head and sent him crashing face first down to the canvas. The referee rushed in to stop the fight with the end coming a 4:50 in the opening round.

The win moved Prates to 4-0 in the UFC with all four fights happening in 2024 and all four ending by knockout.

“Feeling awesome,” Prates said afterwards. “This year was so far the best year of my life, of my career. It’s a lot of hard work. I can’t explain how happy I am right now.”

The sky appears to be the limit for Prates, who showed patience dealing with a true veteran of the game in Magny before setting up his devastating finish.

When the action got started, it took almost no time for Magny to look for a takedown but Prates resisted and then he actually scored a reversal as the welterweights fell to the floor. Rather than playing too long on the ground, Prates backed out to get the fight back to the feet but Magny was quick to close the distance again in an attempt to employ his grappling.

When Prates finally shrugged him off, the Brazilian uncorked a lightning quick right hand that put Magny down on the canvas in a flash and that was essentially the beginning of the end.

With Magny on wobbly legs, Prates was charging forward and looking for the punches that would prevent this fight from seeing a second round. Magny did his best to survive as he desperately tried to grab onto a leg but he was backing up against the cage without anywhere to escape Prates’ wrath.

Prates measured up his shots and began unloading but just as Magny attempted to duck out of the way, he got clipped with the left hook that bounced off his head. A split second later, Magny was unconscious on the ground with the referee waving off the fight.

It was another impressive showing for Prates, who only has four fights in the UFC, but he’s already earning quite a reputation thus far. With this win, Prates has almost guaranteed himself another marquee matchup and he definitely has some ideas in mind for what comes next.

“To be honest, I think the perfect fight would be in Australia because I have a daughter there,” Prates revealed. “Fight there in Australia against Jack Della Maddalena. All respect to this guy.

“I don’t know if it’s too far away because we have the rankings and things like that but against Jack Della Maddalena it would be amazing but also I think it would be a really good fight against Geoff Neal.”