UFC Fight Night: Della Maddalena vs. Prates Live Winners and Losers, Results

Lyle FitzsimmonsMay 2, 2026

Five months after a brief reign as king of the welterweights came to a one-sided end, Australian hero Jack Della Maddalena is getting back to work.

The 29-year-old won and lost the UFC's 170-pound crown in 2025, beating Belal Muhammad in May before dropping the strap to Islam Makhachev in November.

He's still ranked as Makhachev's No. 1 challenger and will risk that status when he faces No. 5 Carlos Prates in a scheduled five-rounder atop a 13-bout show on home turf at the RAC Arena in Perth.

Prates arrives Down Under on a pretty significant roll of his own, having won six of seven fights—all by finishes—since a successful Contender Series debut in 2023.

He handled another former champ, Leon Edwards, in his most recent appearance, stopping him in two rounds on the Della Maddalena-Makhachev undercard at Madison Square Garden.

B/R's combat team is in position to take in the event and compile a real-time list of its definitive winners and losers. Take a look at what we come up with and drop a thought of your own in the app comments.

Winner: Staying Stubborn

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Wes Schultz works for a submission against Ben Johnston

If at first you don't succeed, try again.

Even if your corner team suggests otherwise.

Middleweight Wes Schultz was behind on the scorecards and facing a second straight UFC defeat after spending two rounds vainly chasing finishes against Ben Johnston.

But, even after his training team insisted he stay on the feet and go after a final-round KO, the American stayed stubborn, went to the ground and locked in the guillotine choke that ended matters at 1:50 of the third.

It was the sixth submission in nine career wins for Schultz.

"I'm not really good at listening. That's why I'm doing this and I'm not still in school," he said. "The neck didn't work the first few times but I'm a tough guy and I kept with it."

Loser: "Rock" Rolled

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Jonathan Micallef punches Themba Gorimbo

"The Rock" will not be happy about this.

Zimbabwe-reared welterweight Themba Gorimbo reached the MMA radar thanks to a friendship with Dwayne Johnson via which the wrestler-turned-Hollywood star bought him a house.

But once "The Answer" became a household name, he lost the keys.

The 35-year-old dropped his third straight fight since a 4-1 octagonal start, ending on the wrong end of a split decision against Jonathan Micallef in which all three judges had it two rounds to one—but only one in his favor.

Now a winner of three straight after a Contender Series debut, Micallef struggled to find leverage on the mat in the first two rounds before dominating on the feet in Round 3 as Gorimbo's gas tank emptied.

Micallef had an 83-74 edge in overall strikes, a 55-39 gap in significant strikes and managed 3:25 of control time after converting one of four takedown tries.

Loser: Home Opener

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The Perth crowd was ready to welcome Dom Mar Fan.

And the Brisbane-based lightweight was happy to soak in their approval in search of a second straight UFC win in his 12th professional fight.

But Kody Steele wasn't having it.

Instead, the 31-year-old from Las Vegas had some objectives of his own and they were accomplished via first-round heel hook submission in the show opener.

Steele took his man down just 45 seconds in and worked his way through some mat scrambles before seizing Mar Fan's right leg and locking in the finishing maneuver than ended matters at 3:56.

"That's some high level sh-t right there," he said. "I can do that all day to anyone in this division."