Tatsuro Taira derrotou Alex Perez No. UFC Las Vegas 93 (Photo: Twitter/UFC News)
It wasn't ideal, but the top 5 flyweights (up to 56,7 kg) have a new member. Japanese promise, Tatsuro Taira derrotou Alex Perez after the North American suffered a knee injury in the main fight of UFC Las Vegas 93, in the early hours of this Sunday (16), at UFC Apex.
As a result, Tatsuro Taira should jump from 13th to fifth place in flyweight (up to 56,7 kg) in the next ranking update, to be promoted this Tuesday (18). Furthermore, the 24-year-old Japanese remains undefeated in professional MMA, with 16 wins in 16 fights, six of them in the UFC octagon.
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Alex Perez, on the other hand, is unable to continue the victory achieved over Matheus Nicolau, in April, and suffers the fourth defeat in the last five fights. Furthermore, the American is once again suffering from an injury after being away from the Octagon for almost two years on two different occasions due to physical problems.
Injury interrupts busy fight between Tatsuro Taira and Alex Perez
Tatsuro Taira I start the fight by controlling the center of the octagon and kicking the base of Alex Perez who responded in kind. The Japanese quickly closed the distance and stuck with Perez, who took the fight to the cage. Taira remained trapped and threw a good knee, but gave Perez an opening to free himself from the grip. The North American connected a good combination of four blows moving forward. Taira landed a counter uppercut. With one minute remaining in the round, the fight was briefly stopped due to Taira punching Perez in the eye. Back in action, the Japanese tried a flying knee, but Perez took advantage to land a nice takedown before the end of the round.
Alex Perez started the second round aggressively, marching forward. Tatsuro Taira he landed a good low kick and made his rival spin. Afterwards, the fight was stopped again after Perez punched him in the eye again. Once the action resumed, Taira connected a good sequence of uppercuts and straight shots, but Perez responded with four consecutive blows. Tatsuro Taira went down, took the fight to the ground and quickly grabbed the back of Alex Perez, who stood up. The Japanese continued with his backpack and tried hard to take Perez to the ground and the North American fell screaming in pain due to a knee injury, declaring the end of the fight.
UFC Las Vegas 93 results
MAIN CARD (23 p.m. Brasília time)
Flyweight (up to 56,7kg): Tatsuro Taira derrotou Alex Perez by technical knockout at 2m59s of R2
Bantamweight (up to 61,2kg): Miles Johns defeated Douglas Silva de Andrade in the unanimous decision of the judges (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
Featherweight (up to 65,7kg): Lucas Almeida defeated Timmy Cuamba via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Flyweight (up to 56,7kg): Asu Almabayev defeated Joseph Johnson in the unanimous decision of the judges (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Welterweight (up to 77kg): Adam Fugitt derrotou Josh Quinlan in the judges' split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
Bantamweight (up to 61,2kg): Brady Hiestand submitted Garrett Armfield with a rear naked choke at 1m52s of R3
PRELIMINARY CARD (20 p.m. Brasília time)
Flyweight (up to 56,7kg): Nate Maness derrotou Jimmy Flick in the unanimous decision of the judges (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
Flyweight (up to 56,7kg): Gabriella Fernandes defeated Carli Judice via split decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Featherweight (up to 65,7kg): Westin Wilson defeated Jeka Saragih by submission at 1m49s of R1
Featherweight (up to 65,7kg): Melquizael Costa derrotou Shayilan Nuerdanbieke by submission at 1m50s of R3
Straw weight (up to 52,1kg): Josephine Knutsson derrotou Julia Polastri in the unanimous decision of the judges (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
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