Carlos Prates is back in a big way. After a disappointing loss in his last outing against Ian Machado Garry, the Fighting Nerds welterweight sent quite a message to the rest of the division at UFC 319 after the flattened Geoff Neal with a brutal spinning back elbow knockout at the close of the first

UFC 319 winner Carlos Prates spoke to MMA Junkie and reporters post-fight after his spinning back elbow knockout of Geoff Neal on Saturday in Chicago.

The spinning elbow is one of the most devastating and cinematic techniques in combat sports, a strike immortalized in Muay Thai by legends like Samson Isaan

Carlos Prates authored one of two spinning back elbow KOs at UFC 319. | Getty/UFC Carlos Prates’ post-fight honors were decided before he even exited the Octagon. The Fighting Nerds representative received a $50,

UFC welterweight Carlos Prates made good on his pre-fight press conference conference promise that he would only need one round to beat Geoff Neal.

UFC 319 star Carlos Prates landed one of the nastiest knockouts in recent promotional history over Geoff Neal on Saturday night in Chicago. With one second remaining in Round 1, Prates caught Neal with a spinning back elbow to the head that immediately flattened his adversary.

At UFC 319, Prates (21-7 MMA, 4-1 UFC) aims to bounce back from a loss to Ian Machado Garry when he battles Geoff Neal (16-6 MMA, 8-4 UFC) in a three-round welterweight bout at United Center.

Aaron Pico's long-awaited UFC debut came with the possibility of an immediate title shot with a win. Instead, the former uber prospect and Bellator MMA star was knocked out cold in spectacular and violent fashion at UFC 319 in Chicago .