Welterweight Carlos Prates can smoke another post-fight victory cigarette after his biggest career victory at Saturday night's UFC 322 . Prates survived a rough first round against former welterweight champion Leon Edwards before scoring a knockout in the second round and throwing his hat in the ring as a future title challenger at 170 pounds.

Edwards found good success in the opening frame by using wrestling and grappling to neutralize the explosive striking of Prates. After scoring a takedown, Edwards was able to threaten by fishing for a rear-naked choke before the round came to a close.

Prates, who is the rare high-level fighter with an admitted smoking habit, was able to survive the danger in the first round, and back on the feet, he was able to make Edwards pay.

A hard straight

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