Carlos Prates recently channeled his inner Alex Pereira after securing an incredible knockout victory over Leon Edwards at UFC 322. The mercurial Brazilian welterweight emulated Pereira's signature 'shooting arrow' celebration after leaving Edwards cleaned out on the canvas.While many expected the former welterweight champion to push Prates to his limits, the Brazilian ultimately secured an impressive second-round knockout. Prates notably resorted to trash-talking the Englishman in the octagon and seemingly took advantage of his opponent's reaction.In the immediate aftermath, Prates took note of Pereira watching the fights as an audience member and pulled out the reigning light heavyweight champ's signature celebration move, one that 'Poatan' immortalized during his walk-ins.Edwards is now on a three-fight skid, having lost to Sean Brady and Belal Muhammad before his latest outing. While Muhammad beat Edwards via unanimous decision at UFC 304 last July to win the 170-pound title, Brady managed to secure a fourth-round submission win over the Englishman at UFC London in March. He's now 22-6-1NC as a professional fighter.Meanwhile, Prates last beat Geoff Neal via first-round knockout at UFC 319 in August following a unanimous decision loss against Ian Machado Garry at UFC Kansas City in April. He's now 23-7 as a professional fighter.UFC veteran reacts to Carlos Prates knocking out Leon EdwardsUFC icon Matt Brown recently shared his reaction to Carlos Prates knocking out Leon Edwards out cold and expressed his joy at seeing the Brazilian live up to his hype.In an X post, Brown wrote:"Been giving praise to Prates for a long time and he’s living up to the hype! Hope he reaches his peak before the cigs and booze catch up to him, lol."