Carlos Prates made a thunderous impression in his big-stage launching.
The 30- year-old welterweight headlined a night of 3 agreement winners with his excellent second-round walkoff knockout of Mitch Ramirez at Tuesday’s Contender Series occasion, which occurred at the UFC APEX in Las Vegas.
Prates (17 -6) was an outright sniper versus Ramirez (7-1), taking charge from the opening bell with a range of accurate striking methods. The Brazilian used down Ramirez and landed at will with whatever he tossed, linking on straight lefts, kicks to the head and body, and slick knees up the middle. Smelling blood, Prates required simply 74 seconds into Round 2 to fall Ramirez with one last left by far the pipeline, notching a highlight-reel walkoff knockout and drawing contrasts to UFC legend Anderson Silva from Dana White
” I informed Dana after my battle, I’m here to be the brand-new welterweight star,” Prates stated. “I can talk, I can win, I can knock individuals out. And think what? I’m going to do whatever.”
Among the night’s other agreement winners was previous JUCO nationwide champ wrestler Thomas Peterson(8-1), who bulldozed through TUF 30 heavyweight Chandler Cole(10 -4) en path to a second-round submission success.
Peterson managed the opening verse with a constant diet plan of elbows and punches from half guard following a set of simple takedowns. The 28- year-old wrestler then developed on that success in the 2nd frame, protecting an instant takedown into side control, then wrenching on a ruthless kimura to coax a tapout from Cole at the 1: 08 mark of the round and make his area in the UFC heavyweight department.
In the opening bout of the night, Belgian light-weight Bolaji Oki (8-1) started the card with a bang, steamrolling over Dylan Salvador(5-2) with a scintillating first-round knockout to protect the night’s last UFC agreement.
Despite dealing with a veteran striker who owned kickboxing and Muay Thai wins over Giga Chikadze and Sitthichai Sitsongpeenong, Oki was undaunted. The 27- year-old possibility terribly harmed Salvador with a left hand to the body, then rounded off his workmanship with a callous barrage of punches along the fence, topped off by another left hand to the body.
The main time of the surface came at 2: 46 of the opening round.
In the co-main occasion, 28- year-old Brazilian middleweight Marco Tulio (10 -1) might not have had the striking experience of Yousri Belgaroui (5-3), however it didn’t matter.
An imposing 6-foot-5 middleweight, Belgaroui dealt with Israel Adesanya and Alex Pereira a combined 5 times over a prolonged kickboxing profession, and even beat Pereira through choice in 2017 prior to ending up being training partners with the previous UFC middleweight champ. Tulio, nevertheless, revealed unexpected craft on the feet, blasting the Dutchman with tough looping punches and consistently knocking out the mouth piece of Belgaroui.
A colleague of previous UFC light-weight champ Charles Oliveira, Tulio then sealed the handle the 3rd round, dragging Belgaroui down on the flooring and smothering him from leading control to make a consentaneous choice by means of ratings of 30-27, 29-28, and 29-28
Despite winning, his efficiency was not encouraging enough to make a UFC offer from White.
Rounding out the night was the youngest fighter on the card, 24- year-old featherweight Timothy Cuamba(7-1), who made a hard-fought choice over Mateo Vogel(8-3) in a competitive contest that eventually boiled down to the 2nd round.
Cuamba lead the dance in Round 1 with his striking, consisting of a nasty left hand to the body followed by a right-hand man over the top that captured Vogel tidy; nevertheless Vogel turned the tables in Round 3, protecting a slick takedown that led to almost 3 minutes of control time on Cuamba’s back, much of which was invested fishing for a rear-naked choke. In the end, all 3 judges provided Cuamba the success with consentaneous 29-28 ratings, preferring Cuamba’s striking in a tight 2nd round, all of which was invested in the feet.
White applauded Cuamba’s possible following the bout, however stated he did not think the American was all set for the UFC.
Check out total DWCS Season 7, Week 4 results listed below.
- Carlos Prates def. Mitch Ramirez by means of KO (punch) at 1: 14 of Round 2
- Marco Tulio def. Yousri Belgaroui through consentaneous choice (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)
- Timothy Cuamba def. Mateo Vogel through consentaneous choice (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
- Thomas Peterson def. Chandler Cole through submission (kimura) at 1: 08 of Round 2
- Bolaji Oki def. Dylan Salvador by means of TKO (strikes) at 2: 46 of Round 1
