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 promised fireworks, and Brazilian welterweight Carlos Prates delivered exactly that. He secured a sensational knockout win against Geoff The post Carlos Prates and Lerone Murphy Lands Historic Back-to-Back Spinning Elbow Knockouts at UFC 319 to Earn $50K Bonus appeared first on FirstSportz.

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

The UFC handed out four bonuses after Saturday's card in the “Windy City,” and all four went to fighters on the main card. After UFC 319, four fighters picked up an extra $50,000 for their performances at United Center in Chicago. Check out the winners below.

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.

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.

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 .

Geoff Neal isn't getting caught up in what Carlos Prates is saying about a more calculated strategy for UFC 319.