Carlo Ricardo Prater was born on June 25,1981 and is a Brazilian professional mixed martial artist previously competing in the Welterweight division.
18 Facts About Carlo Prater
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Carlo Prater's father took a pulpit job in Connecticut, resulting in the family to move to the United States.
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Carlo Prater was enrolled in Tang Soon Do upon moving to the US in 1987, which he continued training in for three years.
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Still in high school, Carlo Prater began training in Luta Livre as well as boxing and kickboxing.
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In 2000, Carlo Prater went to Thailand where he began competing in Muay Thai before later transitioning to competing in professional mixed martial arts, moving to Texas to train with Yves Edwards.
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Carlo Prater would make his debut as an amateur on March 28,1998, when he faced David Hargrove at USWF 8.
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Carlo Prater experienced his first professional loss to Drew Fickett in April 2004.
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In early 2008, Prater again faced Carlos Condit at WEC 32, when Condit was the WEC welterweight champion.
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Carlo Prater then faced fellow former title challenger Brock Larson at WEC 35.
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Carlo Prater lost the fight via first-round TKO, and was released from the promotion.
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Carlo Prater made his Strikeforce debut against Bryan Travers at Strikeforce Challengers: Beerbohm vs Healy.
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Carlo Prater won the fight via technical submission in the first round.
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Carlo Prater made his debut for the Ultimate Fighting Championship at UFC 142.
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Carlo Prater stepped in as a replacement for Siyar Bahadurzada against fellow Brazilian Erick Silva.
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Carlo Prater looked to have originally lost the bout via TKO due to punches at 0:29 seconds in first round.
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Carlo Prater lost to Marcus LeVesseur on October 5,2012, at UFC on FX 5 via split decision.
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Carlo Prater made his LFC debut on July 22,2011, when he faced Cameron Dollar at LFC 7.
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Carlo Prater made his promotional debut at Titan FC 32 on December 19,2014, against Rick Hawn and lost the fight by unanimous decision.