UFC Perth Results: Bonus Winners, Highlights And Reactions
Carlos Prates demolished Jack Della Maddalena via third-round TKO at UFC Perth, earning a $100K bonus and a likely title shot. Full results and bonus winners inside.
PERTH, AUSTRALIA - MAY 02: (L-R) Carlos Prates of Brazil elbows Jack Della Maddalena of Australia in a welterweight fight during the UFC Fight Night event at RAC Arena on May 02, 2026 in Perth, Australia. (Photo by Ed Mulholland/Zuffa LLC) Zuffa LLC Carlos Prates left no doubt, his next fight should be for the UFC welterweight championship. On Saturday in Perth, Australia, Prates delivered a beating of epic proportions to Jack Della Maddalena, sending the crowd home unhappy as they watched their former champion pounded out via third-round TKO.
Prates' masterful and savage victory should make him the No. 1 contender, and it should also put him in line to fight the winner of the Islam Makhachev vs. Ian Machado Garry fight.
Prates' victory earned him one of the performance bonuses capping an event that featured seven wins by finish. What Happened in the UFC Perth Main Event? Maddalena had brief success in the first after he secured a takedown.
However, Prates' systematically broke JDM down attacking him on all levels. The Brazilian battered the former champion's nose, legs and mid-section en route to the decisive win. Carlos Prates (24-7, 7-1 UFC ) closed the show in Round 3 at the 3:17 mark with a finishing sequence that included a step-knee, a head kick, and a final flurry of leg kicks and ground strikes that forced referee Mike Beltran to wave it off.