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.

This is the UFC Vegas 91 live blog for Matheus Nicolau vs. Alex Perez, the main event Saturday night in Las Vegas. Nicolau originally joined the UFC in 2015 after losing in the semifinals of The ...

MMA Fighting has UFC Vegas 91 results for the Nicolau vs. Perez fight card, a live blog for the main event, and more from the UFC APEX in Las Vegas on Saturday night. In the main event, UFC ...

Tim Elliott At UFC Fight Night 194, Nicolau endured Elliott's patent unorthodox offensive onslaught before finding his mark.The American stifled Nicolau with his awkward in-and-out movements ...