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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A flyweight bout between Matheus Nicolau and Alex Perez headlined Saturday's UFC Vegas 91 event in which Perez defeated Nicolau via second-round knockout. After a very close first round, Perez ...

When Nicolau didn’t do much to earn Perez’s respect, Perez responded by throwing several high-strike combinations. During the second round, the No. 8 ranked Perez put one of the sequences to ...

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 .

LAS VEGAS -- Alex Perez scored a scintillating second-round knockout of Matheus Nicolau in a battle of flyweights jockeying for title contention Saturday in the main event of UFC Fight Night at ...