ANDIt is evident that the UFC flyweight is going through a period without a defined direction. Yes, there are young people like Steve Erceg or Muhammad Mokaevbut at the top of the table Alex Pantoja He has established himself as a solid champion. He beat Brandon Moreno – now on indefinite leave – and Brandon Royval too. And Amir Albazi has disappeared due to injury. Therefore, any surprising victory can be worthy, overnight, of a new contender for everything.. It happened to Alexander ‘Alex’ Perez (25-8), who is one of those warriors who deserves admiration and respect. For never giving up.
Perez has experienced all kinds of episodes within the UFC. At the Fight Night at the Apex in Las Vegas he appeared, in a certain way, ‘back of everything’. He could not lift his head, he had not won for four years and had agreed to fight on short notice with Matheus Nicolau (19-5-1) (ranked 5 on the lists) with everything to lose. But he changed history, he imitated, with a right hand, someone familiar to us, Ilia Topuria.
Wearing red like Topuria’s, Pérez took the fight on his feet against Nicolau. And when the Brazilian was weak on his feetthe California fighter threw a right hand that hit Nicolau with everything. Fulminated, victory by chloroform in the second round. And he kept that promise before starting. “I can only be the one to get myself out of this situation.“, he said. Said and done.
Because the normal thing was to give up. Perez was a star and in 2020 he fought for the title with Deiveson ‘Deus Da Guerra’ Figueiredo. A guillotine cut his streak of three wins that left him just shy of the belt. And, curiously, he changed his sports career. From that moment on: four years of hell. Three defeats and injuries that canceled… up to nine dates of possible fights!
Had fallen. And about eight of the lists in Mosca and a short notice decided to change the story. His right hand fell like a hammer on Nicolau’s face and the story had changed. Victory after years of hell. It’s the magic of the UFC. One we all thought missing has returned.
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