It's been a tough and unlucky few years for former UFC title challenger Alex Perez, but Saturday night may have turned that around. For the first time since 2020, Perez (25-8 MMA, 7-4 UFC) picked ...
Alex Perez is progressively making his way to the flyweight top tier; he secured a spectacular second-round TKO win against Matheus Nicolau. The recent win has sealed his position in the top 5 ...
Main Event - Flyweight Bout: Alex Perez def. Matheus Nicolau via KO: R2, 2.16 Co-Main Event - Light Heavyweight Bout: Bogdan Guskov def. Ryan Spann via KO: R2, 3.16 Women’s Flyweight Bout ...
After a very close first round, Perez caught Nicolau with a right hook that knocked him out. In 7:16 of action, Nicolau landed 22 significant strikes. With the loss, Nicolau is now 1-2 in his last ...
Nicolau was 125.5 pounds, while Perez came back at 126 pounds. Check out the video from their trips to the scale above. For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie's event hub for UFC on ESPN 55 .
The flyweight fight was added back to the upcoming card at UFC Apex in Las Vegas just three days after Perez knocked out Matheus Nicolau on short notice on Saturday. It will be the third fight of ...
It's safe to say Alex Perez is making up for lost time. Just days after knocking out Matheus Nicolau on short notice in Saturday's UFC on ESPN 55 headliner, Perez's originally scheduled bout vs.
He lost a unanimous decision to unbeaten Muhammad Mokaev in March before returning to knock out Nicolau in the main event of UFC Vegas 91. Ulanbekov (15-2, 4-1) has won his past two fights by ...