UFC Fight Night: A. Perez, who replaced an injured fighter three weeks ago, snapped a three-fight losing streak with one punch

The former bantamweight title contender, who had little time to prepare for the fight after replacing a fighter injured 24 days ago, scored an impressive victory at UFC Fight Night at the APEX facilities in Las Vegas on Saturday. Alex Perez (25-8 MMA, 7-4 UFC), who knocked him out with a single right hand in the second round Matheus Nicolau (19-5-1 MMA, 7-3 UFC).

M. Nicolau was supposed to fight with Manei Kape, but the latter fighter suffered an injury.

Although A. Perez came into this fight on a three-fight losing streak, he fought as usual, chasing his opponent and constantly pressing him, which finally paid off when M. Nicolau was pinned against the cage, A. Perez unleashed a barrage of punches and one one of them was so accurate that M. Nicolau just fell to the ground.

“It’s a wonderful feeling,” A. Perez said about the knockout. “Everyone wrote me off after three consecutive losses. My last training camp was a mess, but three weeks before the fight, no problem. I can do that any day. I tell people I don’t get paid to sit on the couch, I’m in the gym everyday. I’m always working.”

A. Perez’s losing streak began in 2020. in November, when he fell to Deiveson Figueiredo in a painful first-round fight for the UFC title. A. Perez returned to the cage in 2022. in July, but again in the first round he lost to Alexandre Pantoja in a painful action. The third defeat was suffered by the decision of the judges, when in 2024 In March, he lost to Muhammad Mokayev.