By The Numbers: Ian Garry vs. Carlos Prates

Carlos Prates knocked so loudly on the door to the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s welterweight elite that he made it impossible to ignore him.

The Fighting Nerds standout will do battle with Ian Garry in the UFC on ESPN 66 headliner this Saturday at T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri, where he could break through to title contention at 170 pounds. Prates has rattled off 11 straight victories, 10 of them finishes. He last saw action at UFC Fight Night 247, where he punched out Neil Magny in the first round of their Nov. 9 encounter. Garry, meanwhile, enters the cage with an exceptional 15-1 record. He finds himself on the rebound following his first setback as a pro—a five-round unanimous decision defeat to Shavkat Rakhmonov at UFC 310 in December.

As Prates and Garry make final preparations for their looming showdown, a look at some of the numbers that have accompanied them to this point:

27: Years of age for Garry, who was born in Dublin on Nov. 17, 1997.

7: Garry wins by knockout or technical knockout, accounting for 47% of his career total (15). His list of UFC victims: Daniel Rodriguez, Kenan Song and Jordan Williams. Garry holds one other win by submission (6%) and seven more by decision (47%).

127: Significant strikes landed by Garry in his third-round technical knockout of Song at UFC 285 on March 4, 2023. It established a personal high-water mark that still stands.

14: Men other than Garry who have held the undisputed Cage Warriors Fighting Championship welterweight title. Andrian Degorski, Abdul Mohamed, Dan Hardy, Pascal Krauss, Gael Grimaud, Cathal Pendred, Nicolas Dalby, Karl Amoussou, Stefano Paterno, Ross Houston, Mason Jones, Rhys McKee, Giannis Bachar and James Sheehan comprise the list.

137: Combined victories between the eight opponents—Rodriguez, Song, Williams, Magny, Michael Page, Geoff Neal, Gabriel Green and Darian Weeks—Garry has beaten as a member of the UFC roster. They sport a cumulative .729 winning percentage at 137-51.

31: Years of age for Prates, who was born on Aug. 17, 1993 in Taubate, Brazil.

16: Prates wins by knockout or technical knockout, accounting for 76% of his career total (21). His list of UFC victims: Neil Magny, Jingliang Li, Charlie Radtke and Trevin Giles. Prates owns three other wins by submission (14%) and two more by decision (10%).

28: Seconds needed for Prates to put away Tuluosibake Kuerbanjiang with punches at a Wu Lin Feng show on Dec. 14, 2018. More than six years later, it remains his fastest finish to date.

6: Countries in which Prates has suited up as a mixed martial artist. In addition to his native Brazil, he has fought in Thailand, China, Singapore, the United States and Australia.

.633: Cumulative winning percentage between the six opponents—Gadzhimurad Abdullaev, Mikhail Romanchuk, Ary Santos, Claudiere Freitas, Diogo Cavalcanti and Rafael Nunes—who have defeated Prates. They boast a combined record of 69-40.