A welterweight banger is among the recent batch of additions to UFC 314.
The Miami pay-per-view April 12 at Kaseya Center will feature Geoff Neal vs. Carlos Prates, the promotion officially announced Wednesday. The bout was first announced by Super Lutas.
A staple of the upper echelon of the welterweight division, Fortis MMA’s Neal (16-6 MMA, 8-4 UFC) looks to turn a standalone win over Rafael dos Anjos into a winning streak. Though that victory in October came by knee injury, it snapped a two-fight skid.
Prates (21-6 MMA, 4-0 UFC) was the 2024 MMA Junkie Newcomer of the Year for his impressive start to his UFC tenure. In four fights, Prates has registered four knockouts against Trevin Giles, Charles Radtke, Li Jingliang, and Neil Magny.
With the addition, the UFC 314 lineup includes:
- Alexander Volkanovski vs. Diego Lopes – for vacant featherweight title
- Michael Chandler vs. Paddy Pimblett
- Patricio Freire vs. Yair Rodriguez
- Geoff Neal vs. Carlos Prates
- Nikita Krylov vs. Dominick Reyes
- Dan Ige vs. Sean Woodson
- Virna Jandiroba vs. Yan Xiaonan
- Chase Hooper vs. Jim Miller
- Alberto Montes vs. Roberto Romero
- Su Mudaerji vs. Mitch Raposo
- Darren Elkins vs. Julian Erosa
- Sedriques Dumas vs. Michal Oleksiejczuk
For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC 314.
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