This past Saturday night at UFC 319 in the featured matchup on the main card, we saw a really fun matchup in the welterweight division. Dangerous strikers clashed as Carlos Prates (22-7) took on Geoff Neal (16-7).

Throughout fight week, Geoff Neal told the media that this fight would end in the first round. He said that he would come straight at Carlos Prates and one of them would go down. It turns out, Neal was right in his prediction.

That said, I’m sure he thought there’d be a different winner. Neal had moments in the first round, but it was Carlos Prates who was pulling away with a very diverse striking attack. Prates was mixing up his levels and his attacks beautifully.

Just before the end of the round, Prates landed a nice body shot and then he spun. His elbow cracked Neal on the

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