"It's the first time I've listened to my coaches is probably about six fights. And that's the result. Against Brando, I lost my composure, didn't listen to the corner. My corner's like, 'Look, we know you can brawl, you're an MMA fighter, in the gym day in day out.' I can do it all. It's just taken me 16 pro fights to show it."
Carlos Prates took home a well-deserved extra $100,000 for his TKO stoppage win over Jack Della Maddalena. The finish capped off a total one-sided beatdown of the former UFC champion, as Prates' leg kicks left the Aussie heavily damaged.
Todd Allen, SVP of Marketing for Bud Light at Anheuser-Busch, stated, 'It's going to be a summer unlike any other for UFC fans, and we're pumped to collaborate with our partners at UFC to create the new 'Bud Light UFC Summer Series' that will help make five summer UFC Fights even more memorable for fans and their crew.'
Murtazali Magomedov enters the promotion with all ten of his victories coming by finish. Fighting out of Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, the undefeated 26-year-old previously held the Octagon League featherweight title before earning his opportunity to fight in front of the UFC brass.
It started to get noisy. Tables getting flipped over, guys running in with guns. They were telling me to get down, I didn't get down. It was f--king awesome. I literally took every minute of it in. And it was pretty crazy, unique experience.