UFC Vegas 91 came about on Saturday on the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The occasion was headlined by a flyweight bout between fifth-ranked Matheus Nicolau former title challenger and eighth-ranked Alex Perez.
Nicolau had a six-fight successful streak snapped in his final outing dropping to Brandon Royval by knockout a 12 months in the past. Perez had misplaced his final three fights heading into Saturday’s showdown and was in determined want of a win.
Perez inched ahead behind his jab early within the opening spherical. Perez related with a proper hand. Each fighters had been cautious early till Perez pressed ahead with a flurry of punches to the physique. Perez continued to focus on the physique of Nicolau. Perez moved within the pocket with a mix. Nicolau related with a counter mixture displaying his hand velocity. They exchanged leg kicks late within the spherical. MMAWeekly scored the spherical 10-9 for Perez on account of the next output.
Perez’ nook was proud of the primary spherical. The 2 exchanged leg kicks to start out the second body. Perez pressed ahead with a flurry of punches that had been largely blocked. The tempo within the second spherical picked up from the primary. Perez continued to land to the physique of Nicolau. Perez shocked Nicolau with a proper hand. He stored the stress on. Nicolau tried to maneuver laterally to flee however Perez related with a proper hand the crumbled Nicolau forcing the referee to cease the combat.
The official time of the knockout got here at 2:16 of the second spherical. With the win, Perez will probably debut contained in the High 5 rankings.
