{"id":511357,"date":"2026-03-01T07:58:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T07:58:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/511357\/"},"modified":"2026-03-01T07:58:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T07:58:17","slug":"fight-night-jack-della-maddalena-v-carlos-prates-perth-announcement-date-prime-time-latest-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/511357\/","title":{"rendered":"Fight Night Jack Della Maddalena v Carlos Prates, Perth, announcement, date, prime time, latest news"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Current No.1 ranked UFC welterweight Jack Della Maddalena will fight Brazilian Carlos Prates in his home city of Perth on Saturday 2 May.<\/p>\n<p>The UFC announced the bout on Sunday morning with the Australian to headline \u2018UFC Fight Night: Della Maddalena v Prates\u2019 at RAC Arena.<\/p>\n<p>\ufeffUFC 326 Holloway vs Oliveira 2 | SUN 8 MARCH 1PM AEDT | After 11 years removed from their first encounter, Max Holloway will face the former lightweight champ Charles Oliveira for the BMF Championship, in Las Vegas. | <a href=\"https:\/\/mainevent.kayosports.com.au\/ufc\/ufc-326?pg=default&amp;extcamp=fsaeditoriallinkmma-edt-fsp-lnk-awr-grc-mma-kyo&amp;channel=fsa&amp;campaign=fsacontra&amp;voucher=\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Order Now with Main Event on Kayo Sports.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img class=\"i-amphtml-fill-content i-amphtml-replaced-content\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/poster-fallback.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The fight night will also be a first of its kind in Australia with the event to be held in prime-time for Australian audiences.<\/p>\n<p>The prelims will begin at 4pm local time (6pm AEST) before the main card kicks off at 7pm local times (9pm AEST).<\/p>\n<p>Former champion Della Maddalena will wrap up the event with his five round bout against the fighter they call \u2018The Nightmare\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>NEW YORK, NEW YORK &#8211; NOVEMBER 15: Jack Della Maddalena of Australia looks on prior to a welterweight title bout against Islam Makhachev during UFC 322 at Madison Square Garden on November 15, 2025 in New York City. Ishika Samant\/Getty Images\/AFP (Photo by Ishika Samant \/ GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA \/ Getty Images via AFP)Source: AFP<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPerth, we are taking it to the next level with UFC Fight Night Perth in 2026\u201d Peter Kloczko, Senior Vice President of UFC Australia and New Zealand, said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis event will mark another step forward for UFC in Australia, continuing to build broader local interest and demand for our sport. We expect a huge demand for tickets and our largest UFC Fight Night viewership across the country. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to thank the WA Government and Tourism Western Australia for the special partnership we have built over many years that allow for positive developments such as these\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>It will be the Della Maddalena\u2019s first fight since he was beaten Islam Makhachev at New York\u2019s Madison Square Garden in November.<\/p>\n<p>The Australian was undefeated in the UFC until that meeting, having gone on an 18-win streak before losing to the current welterweight champion.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Prates is no stranger to Perth, having fought in the Western Australian capital during UFC 305: du Plessis vs. Adesanya in 2024.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Current No.1 ranked UFC welterweight Jack Della Maddalena will fight Brazilian Carlos Prates in his home city of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":511358,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[2620,2095,64,63,689,256232,256231,17500,9216,256229,2105,136013,24575,2623,145094,20516,1395,2627,1025,44,2041,2067,677,46,256233,2614,9211,256230,3439],"class_list":{"0":"post-511357","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-australia","8":"tag-agence-france-presse","9":"tag-america","10":"tag-au","11":"tag-australia","12":"tag-australia-and-new-zealand","13":"tag-brazilian-carlos-prates","14":"tag-card-kicks","15":"tag-charles-oliveira","16":"tag-fight-night","17":"tag-fight-night-jack-della-maddalena","18":"tag-getty-images-inc","19":"tag-home-city","20":"tag-home-crowd","21":"tag-las-vegas","22":"tag-lightweight-champ","23":"tag-madison-square-garden-lp","24":"tag-max-holloway","25":"tag-nevada","26":"tag-new-york","27":"tag-news","28":"tag-north-america","29":"tag-northern-america","30":"tag-oceania","31":"tag-perth","32":"tag-peter-kloczko","33":"tag-united-states-of-america","34":"tag-welterweight-champion","35":"tag-welterweight-title-bout","36":"tag-western-australia"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511357","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=511357"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511357\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/511358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=511357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=511357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=511357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}