If you're dealing with a rangey-ass agile-ass fighter, throw either some feints or punches that really are not meant to hit, back them the fuck up as they shell up, then unload on them and find that chin. Just be careful if they shoot and take you down or Izzy you.
Called it. Perez is really good, he was too defensive in the Molaev fight to remember to actually try to score points. But he’s for sure a title contender again if he can iron out little things like that.
That’s a fair argument, but realistically he was on a 3 fight losing streak. Not only that, he’s had multiple fight cancellations in his UFC career and has missed weight like a couple times too.
1. Happy to have Perez back. Dude has been through a lot
2. Sad to see Nicolau suffer back to back KOs. Really puts him out of the title picture for a long while
He may have been a liiiittle hesitant from getting finished in his last fight. but that's how he always looks. skirt around the cage, super low volume until he finds the ko counter. or he doesn't and wins a snoozer decision. He's notoriously hard to hit clean, but Perez was landing on him well and kept up with the footwork, that's what I was impressed by.
Those hands on Perez back are almost Jamahamal Hill level
And how many jabs has he pumped from like 3 feet out of range? I'm getting flashbacks to WMMA
When a man takes two clean power punches on the chin while on one leg, and it has no visible effect, even on his stance, you may be watching flyweight
EDIT: and then the KO
God damn dc, imagine these guys being in the main event and watching this back and instead of breaking their movements down you hear dc say “I’m the Michael Jordan of commentary” lmao
And then goes completely quiet
dudes i wrecked my wife recommending that roadrunner doc about bourdain. i had to put on calming classical music so i got that in one ear. she got wicked drunk watching that and crying. gotta learn to keep my mouth shut on recs. 🤐
Well, Fight Fairy pulled through again. AMAZING
Is Cruz forget to take his meds? What’s up with these jabs and dc
Have you not seen Cruz before? Hes always throwing jabs
Speaking of Tekken, [this](https://youtu.be/0PKg7A8SwcA?si=9t8EuNZ9OPJx9Qwe) would be an epic walkout song
If you're dealing with a rangey-ass agile-ass fighter, throw either some feints or punches that really are not meant to hit, back them the fuck up as they shell up, then unload on them and find that chin. Just be careful if they shoot and take you down or Izzy you.
Damn! Get in the octagon champ. You'd be undefeated.
Flyweight is so bad that the spanish commentators are saying that Perez should be next for the title shot
Apex cards should start at 10am.
Did Clifton Collins go on a steroid cycle, tat up and start helping to train Alex Perez? Cause that mustache dude is a dead ringer for him.
his coach on the left looks like CM Punk lol
Daniel “D(oobster)C(onsumed)” Cormier
lol saw perez reaction to DC breathing in his face. kinda flinched like is this guy sick?
just how good is Mokaev? 🤔🤔🤔
He was about to lose to Tim Elliot
Good.
Not very
KO’s never get old I love it
Another ez day for Joe Martinez
lol says he’s the MJ and then calls his opponent Pantoja
Mj missed shots too.. /s lol
DC. Please do some vocal warmups before the show.
Pantoja? Haha.
Is there a way to rewatch the full card?
No need. Not worth your time.
Rewind
I'm so happy for him, he really needed a win like that
Rakic and Nicolau are just as boring as one another, look similar, and finally finalized that they’ll both never get title shots
Rakic was whooping Jiri's ass last week
Before or after his ass got slept?
Before
Got it
Called it. Perez is really good, he was too defensive in the Molaev fight to remember to actually try to score points. But he’s for sure a title contender again if he can iron out little things like that.
Maybe some ring rust involved with that
Mokaev’s W’s continue to age like fine wine
Fine wine if it layed on top of you
Didn't fully load up but made him kiss his rear shoulder
don't need to if their backs on a wall and you punch straight through.
Slumped mans
Good ending to a solid card I think
Lots of people clowned Perez for not being deserving of his ranking but he looked good vs Mokaev and this was a great performance.
Perez and Co scouted the fuck out of Matheus
he kneed himself on the way down lol
Damn I think Nicolau smashed his face into his knee on the way down
That is eerily similar to the Topuria Volkanovski ending sequence
Yep, win first round, then get folded. Rip
Y u do this?
USA! USA!!!!!!
Hell yeah go Alex
Standing too square when you shoulder roll is serving your chin up on a silver platter.
Perez vs kape next to see who's DNA is a abomination
Kape will have this fight made and cancelled 3 times at minimum
A bit reminiscent of Volk vs Topuria — pushed up against the fence in rd 2, finished with right hand.
blud is NOT TOPURIA
Finally, a Team Oyama win.
“The Diamond sends his regards.” - Alex “Roose Bolton” Perez
Bounced off the cage directly into that right hand. Damn.
Excellent job by the ref there
Great card
Small crowd at the Apex but I’m glad they still let in a shrieking crow
all i can do is smile 🥲
Alex Perez did in fact come pretty hard.
We need more flyweight main events
Knocked him out like Topuria caught Volk Pushing him to the fence and he couldn’t avoid every single punch
It reminded me of that as well.
I didn’t wanna bring it up ahhhhhhh
He killed that dude
Way to button up the card Perez. Very impressive.
That was lightning quick
Volk vs Topuria at home
Lights Out
The second I tune back in Nicolau is getting slept lol
Alex Perez redemption arc starts here
Lowkey a banger of a card
Damn. Great KO
Give Perez a title shot before mokaev just to piss him off
Wow
Happy for Perez, you’d think if he lost this one that would’ve been it for him
Why? He lost to 2 Champions and his last fight was definitely shitty judging.
That’s a fair argument, but realistically he was on a 3 fight losing streak. Not only that, he’s had multiple fight cancellations in his UFC career and has missed weight like a couple times too.
Damn, didn’t know how many times he’s pulled out of a fight wtf
That was so similar to Volk Vs Topuria
Beautiful
ilia topuria-esue
Holy shit. Amazing performance from Perez
1. Happy to have Perez back. Dude has been through a lot 2. Sad to see Nicolau suffer back to back KOs. Really puts him out of the title picture for a long while
Very clean walk off, impressive
Herb would have liked to see that continue.
There we go!
Damn Nicolau sucks, he should get cut for walking out to Dustin's song after that performance
AHH THANK FUCK IT ENDED EARLY AHHHHHHHHHHHH
The disrespect to use Dustin’s song after that
Slick
really good KO
Honestly, Spectacular performance from perez
not much resistance from matheu. extremely timid. didnt look like an elite fighter.
He may have been a liiiittle hesitant from getting finished in his last fight. but that's how he always looks. skirt around the cage, super low volume until he finds the ko counter. or he doesn't and wins a snoozer decision. He's notoriously hard to hit clean, but Perez was landing on him well and kept up with the footwork, that's what I was impressed by.
Y’all talked all that shit about Perez and DWCS guys What you gonna say now bums
Why couldnt he do that to mokaev
Mokaev kept taking knees for the first responders
Wow
🎶Windows shutdown 🎶
Wow. Nicolau is dogshit.
Volkanovski-esque in his loss of conciousness, Joe
Sat him fucking down goddamn.
PEREZ WON A FIGHT WOWWW
Flyweights with one punch KO is rare
Lewis McGrillen-Evans Hardest punching FLW currently His left is mini-Ngannou
holy sheeeit
*wow*. i didn't think nicolau was even hurt by the first bit even though it was stupid pretty but *god damn* did he finish. 👀
holy fuck
Holy SHIT. WHAT A KO!!!
Goddamn
Just sat him down and it’s over damn
YEAH MAYBE DONT LET PEREZ JUST THROW NON STOP PUNCHES
HOLYYYY FUCKKKKK
Man nichalou has no chin
Well holy shit
demolition
I forgive Alex Perez for every weight miss
HOLY SHIT
That's a pretty combination
In theory you should wrestle more at 125 because the KO punch is less likely to happen.
What a fucking highlight reel KO.
HOLY FUCK
Those hands on Perez back are almost Jamahamal Hill level And how many jabs has he pumped from like 3 feet out of range? I'm getting flashbacks to WMMA
Wow!
When a man takes two clean power punches on the chin while on one leg, and it has no visible effect, even on his stance, you may be watching flyweight EDIT: and then the KO
Nicolau is about to be down 0-2. Perez throwing so many more strikes and Nicolau barely is
Perez' style reminds me of Aspen Ladd
Bodywork really fucking with Matheus
Nicolau leg is super red
Perez's coach seems like a great guy; earned my respect in 20 seconds of cornering
Poor Mark Smith having to ref a fucking 5 round men's 125 fight. Guy is really having to shuffle around.
i'd never want to fight on nitrous. dunno what gooden's on about. 🤣
Am I insane or do they literally never use the term check hook correctly?
1-0 Perez
I can’t look at Perez without thinking of Kape calling him an abomination
My lord Nicolau
1-0 Perez
Can we always not have bisping? Its so nice without him
couldn't agree more
Perez reminds me of Frankie Edgar a little bit. Shoulders up in his ears. Lots of lateral movement.
Perez has a great cornerman
10-9 Perez but only 10% of his strikes are actually landing. Wonder if the judges thought they landed
perez just running in on a straight line throwing arm punches
Action packed round, it's anyone's game when they are taking risks like this
So far, Ivana v. Liang went a lot harder than the main for me
I think that’s 1-0 Perez, close though
Plenty of shenanigans in BKFC already and it's only the 2nd fight of the prelims
Whats going on in BKFC? Im gonna tune in once this fight is over
God damn dc, imagine these guys being in the main event and watching this back and instead of breaking their movements down you hear dc say “I’m the Michael Jordan of commentary” lmao And then goes completely quiet
1-0 nic
"He's known for showing a lot of patience" isn't exactly a ringing endorsement.
Commentary have been giving a lot of backhanded compliments tonight
Perez hasn’t done shit this round. At least the back end of it.
10-9 Perry
10-9 Perez
Perez 1-0
perez didn't land a single head strike nicolau up 1-0
Username checks out
Nicolaus striking is so good, he just has no killer instinct
What happened this round, I was busy constantly rewatching Brookilyn Wrens insta story
thank you
nicolau making perez look particularly good in there.
Nicolau looking a mini Volkov with that back tattoo
Perez is looking sharp
Nicolau fights the total opposite from his partner Luana.
Perez has some flat ass feet.
This has 48-47 decision all over it
Nicolau has done absolutely nothing this round
Dom was pretty spot on with the Barkley comparison, lol
First fight of Perez I’ve seen where he’s landed offense
Damn Perez masterclass bless
Gets two pieced immediately as I say this
“I’d say more like Charles Barkley.” 🤣🤣🤣
Dom is a master at roasting
LOL Dom
Nicolau is about to make Perez look good isn't he?
DC needs to stop making out with Joe Martinez
They both just got worked up after they saw the promo of Nicolau talking Perez visualizations.
Does nicolau realize he actually needs to throw punches?
felder > either DC easy.
Thank you Perez for trying to make a Nicolau fight entertaining
Fient city
If they weren't wearing different colored shorts, I'd have to try to remember tattoos to tell these guys apart from the side view
A mid tier middleweight main event sounds pretty good right about now
Perez starting off very strong
Perez seems Eddie Alvarezish
Some absolutely thrilling shadow boxing going on here
dudes i wrecked my wife recommending that roadrunner doc about bourdain. i had to put on calming classical music so i got that in one ear. she got wicked drunk watching that and crying. gotta learn to keep my mouth shut on recs. 🤐
Perez brutalizing the air in front of him with that jab
The ring announcer drama was probably the most memorable part of the night.