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Welterweight

Carlos Prates

“The Nightmare”

24-7

Age
33
Height
6'1"
Reach
6'6"
Stance
Switch
Camp
Fighting Nerds
Out of
Brazil
Style
striker
Fight IQ
C · 59
Finish rate
63%
Win rate
77%

Career methods

KO/TKO
12
Sub
3
Dec
9

FightMetric

SLpM

4.41

SApM

3.06

Str Acc

55%

Str Def

59%

TD Avg

0.18

TD Acc

100%

TD Def

84%

Sub Avg

0.00

Tape read

Power striker

Fight IQ

59C

Thin sample — 0 loaded UFC rows, 31 career fights for Carlos Prates. Reaction and agility are wider intervals.

IQ

C

Ground

D

Defense

C+

Counter

C+

Reaction

proxy

B

Agility

proxy

C+

TD react

C

Chin

B

What they do well

  • Durability

    Standard UFC durability. Can be hurt, usually recovers if the shot is not clean.

Where they leak

  • Ground game

    Thin offensive ground game. Wins come standing; once taken down this fighter is hunting a stand-up, not a sweep chain.

  • Takedown reaction

    Hips arrive late. A committed wrestler will get them down; the question is what happens next.

Scouting report

Carlos Prates “The Nightmare” is a 33-year-old Switch welterweight out of Brazil, camped at Fighting Nerds. The tape read: power striker. Career mark 24-7-0 — 12 by KO/TKO, 3 by submission, 9 by decision. Fight IQ grades C (59).

What works. Durability is the standout at 74 (B). Standard UFC durability. Can be hurt, usually recovers if the shot is not clean. Ground game D on 0.18 TD/15 and 0.00 sub attempts. Striking defense C+ at 59% / 3.06 SApM. Counter punching C+; punching agility C+ (output × accuracy × age curve). Takedown reaction C on 84% TD defense. These are tape proxies — not lab reaction times — built from FightMetric rates, finish shares, and 0 loaded UFC rows.

Where it breaks. Ground game is the soft spot (28, D). Thin offensive ground game. Wins come standing; once taken down this fighter is hunting a stand-up, not a sweep chain. Opponents who force wrestling and keep the fight on the fence have historically been the ones who make this résumé leak. Losses lean decision more often than a highlight — the issue is usually control of minutes, not a glass jaw.

The book has no per-fight UFC rows for Prates yet. This scouting card is carried by career FightMetric rates and the win-method split — treat the reaction and agility marks as wider intervals.

Ground game

28 D

Thin offensive ground game. Wins come standing; once taken down this fighter is hunting a stand-up, not a sweep chain.

  • 0.18 takedowns / 15 at 100% accuracy
  • 0.00 submission attempts / 15 · 3 career sub wins

Striking defense

66 C+

Serviceable pocket defense. Can be found, but rarely walks into the same shot twice.

  • 59% striking defense · 3.06 SApM
  • 0 KO/TKO losses in 7 defeats

Counter punching

67 C+

Can punish a reaching opponent. Not a pure counter artist, but the return shot is live.

  • 55% accuracy on 4.41 SLpM
  • 0.72 knockdowns / 15 · 12 KO/TKO wins

Timing & reaction

72 B

Average-plus reactions. Gets touched, but rarely frozen in place when the shot or the shot-to-takedown comes.

  • Str def 59% · TD def 84% — the two read-and-react rates
  • 3.06 shots absorbed / min (lower = sees it earlier)

Punching agility

64 C+

Heavy or economical. Combinations are chosen, not sprayed — opponents can time the entries.

  • 4.41 SLpM at 55% — output with cleanliness
  • Throws without paying full retail: 3.06 SApM

Takedown reaction

56 C

Hips arrive late. A committed wrestler will get them down; the question is what happens next.

  • 84% takedown defense — the live reaction to level changes
  • 3 submission losses (once the fight hits the mat)

Durability

74 B

Standard UFC durability. Can be hurt, usually recovers if the shot is not clean.

  • 0 times finished by strikes in 7 losses
  • 9 decision wins — proof they last and still score

Fight history

DateOpponentResMethodRndSig
No UFC tape loaded for this fighter yet.