Alex Perez is hoping for one of the best after struggling an unpleasant harm at UFC Vegas 93.
This previous Saturday’s most important occasion at UFC APEX in Las Vegas led to disappointment for the longtime flyweight contender as he misplaced through TKO when he fell to the mat with opponent Tatsuro Taira hanging on his again. Perez instantly reacted in ache when he went down, prompting referee Herb Dean to name a cease to the competition within the second spherical.
The extent of the leg harm remains to be to be decided. On Monday, Perez posted a message on social media, writing that he’s present process an MRI and hopes to return to motion quickly.
“Properly it’s what it’s on to the following one,” Perez wrote. “Congrats to my opponent and his crew. I’m going in right this moment to get a MRI and begin the restoration course of. Unsure how lengthy it is going to be however I shall be again for positive. Robust occasions don’t final however powerful individuals do. I’ll see you guys quickly.”
Previous to Perez’s submit, his representatives instructed MMA Preventing’s Damon Martin that an MRI would happen someday this week after swelling subsided within the fighter’s knee.
Perez, 32, is a one-time UFC flyweight title challenger. He misplaced to then-champion Deiveson Figueiredo at UFC 255 in November 2020, a setback that’s a part of his present 1-4 stretch contained in the octagon. Heading into his combat with Taira, Perez was coming off of a second-round knockout of Matheus Nicolau that snapped a three-fight shedding streak.
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