The brand new fundamental occasion bout has been set for UFC Vegas 91 that includes Matheus Nicolau up towards Alex Perez. The latter changed Manel Kape, who withdrew as a result of an unknown purpose. The combat card airs reside from UFC Apex in Las Vegas on Saturday, April 27.
No. 5-ranked flyweight contender Matheus Nicolau (19-3-1) seems to be to get again within the win column. Brazil’s 31-year-old was stopped by Brandon Royval within the first spherical final April, and obtained his six-fight successful streak snapped.
Former UFC flyweight title challenger Alex Perez (24-8) misplaced three fights in a row. In his earlier outing in March, the 32-year-old native of Hanford, California dropped a unanimous determination towards Muhammad Mokaev.
Perez, who’s at the moment No. 8 ranked within the flyweight division, was reportedly scheduled to combat Tagir Ulanbekov at UFC Struggle Evening on June 15. The promotion, nevertheless, by no means formally introduced the matchup.
The promotion introduced Nicolau vs Perez by way of submit on X.
Within the co-main occasion, Ryan Spann and Bogdan Guskov go face to face at gentle heavyweight. With the change, the present UFC Vegas 91 lineup seems to be as the next:
Matheus Nicolau vs. Alex Perez, flyweight
Ryan Spann vs. Bogdan Guskov, gentle heavyweight
Joel Alvarez vs. Mateusz Rebecki, light-weight
Tim Means vs. Uros Medic, welterweight
Rani Yahya vs. Victor Henry, bantamweight
Don’Story Mayes vs. Caio Machado, heavyweight
Gabriel Benitez vs. Maheshate Hayisaer, light-weight
Marnic Mann vs. Ketlen Souza, girls’s strawweight
Ivana Petrovic vs. Liang Na, girls’s flyweight
Gabriel Inexperienced vs. James Llontop, light-weight
Austen Lane vs. Jhonata Diniz, heavyweight
Ariane Lipski vs. Karine Silva, girls’s flyweight
Austin Hubbard vs. Michal Figlak, light-weight
Jonathan Pearce vs. David Onama, featherweight
