Rewatch the full fight between Alex Perez and Matheus Nicolau ahead of Perez’s main matchup against Tatsuro Taira at UFC …
for sure they touch him up to get going watch out for the patience of Nicola early but that is not the mo for Perez he is number one in the division for the shortest average fight time he gets going early Nicola has a crafty habit of pulling you he gets you chasing him and then he pulls you back into that right hand and when he leads he’s good with that jab and then he changes it to that left hook those are the weapons you’re going to want to watch from Nicola and Perez I mean he’s got to close the distance mix in the boxing and look for the wrestling all together he was very poetic this week as well he said I have to play my music I can’t let Perez get in his Groove then he spoke about his last fight and he said how he he got countered with the using the same Rhythm so he’s got to be more complicated with his movement pattern tonight n looking to snake charm Perez he’s got I believe he’s got six knockdowns in the flyweight division Nicola gets that jab going things start working for him he’s going to want to get that firing and that sets up his hook in his right hand just like boxing 101 Perez said that he didn’t pull the trigger as much as as he could have done in his last fights very close after being out for a long time in the training room with a lot of great people in California at teama and here in Las Vegas Cody garbrandt one of them Nicola representing the famed Nova unal Jim brought us the likes of Jose Aldo who we’ll see next week king of Rio returns home [Applause] oh that’s a beautiful go into the well for Perez because those body shots again it hides the takedown attempt when you throw to the body it looks like you’re going to the body and you can shoot and it opens up the head as the fight moves on looking to set up that body shot we have not seen a lot of body work out of anybody in any of these fights tonight and you’re seeing Perez go to the body right off the bat early long combination too by Perez drink some water DC get yourself a drink big guy yeah come on man you’re profession yeah I need one I need one I’m not just a profession Prof I’m the Michael Jordan of commentary some I’d say Charles I said it’s like the flu game oh my goodness yeah yeah it is the flu game Lappy I’m the Michael Jordan at commentary oh nice that’s a step there by oh here comes Perez finished up nice to the body with the right that’s beautiful by Perez he does that constantly he always mixes up the target starting to go to the Head now started to the body and then the end of that combination he went to an uppercut to the head that’s all setting it up he went to the body early on purpose smart game plan by Perez yeah he wants to challenge Nicola in all areas as well including when they get into ground fighting because he believes that Nicola is more of a Jiu-Jitsu guy rather than an MMA Grappler but we’ll see if we get there oh he got caught there great counter by Nicola boy he’s fast he’s always looking for that left hook that’s his shot and one of the things he mentioned is don’t get caught up looking for the one big shot right now he kind of is doing that Perez is okay with kind of touching Nicolas looking for that hook you can see it the way he landed that last one so fast n did say he’s got 25 minutes to work tonight and he is someone that’s known for exerting some patience on Fight Night he’s very hard to clip he’s the best in the division when it comes to significant strike defense keeps his hands is guard high and always on the Move last few seconds in this opening [Music] stanza eight franked Perez Perez Corner happy when he returned I believe they’re surprising their opponent with movement [Applause] guys wanted to wait a little bit to get going you can see they’re awake now even the speeds pick up a little after that first round they felt each other’s power they felt the timing here they go gu’s on nitrous oxide down that’s some good leg kicks from Perez nice body shot now the Nicolas going to the body to that left hook that’s going to set up his left hook to the head that’s what he’s looking for right [Music] now beautiful pz really attacking the Armory of Nicola everywhere body Head n so good at regaining his his defenses in his guard yeah he does and Perez does a good job of starting his combinations from different ways he’s never throwing anything repetitive sometimes it’s the straight right to the body that starts the combination the left hook up top but then even though he puts Nicola on the defense he runs him off of his line Nicola does a good job of getting back to his base position and stay safe [Laughter] can’s been sharing his knowledge around California with his partner Luana Pinero fellow UFC F out oh he gets caught there beautiful timing for Perez he waited for the overhand and nickel out went underneath it connected with his [Applause] own he’s got that Target going now has Perez oh him out got the to do wow was unbelievable that’s all he needed this is what Perez was talking about I’m close to a title shot and that’s how you get close to it you knock out a number one a contender that’s in the top five Alex Perez cracked the code and he knocks out Matas Nicola he sees the opportunity for this fight he grabbed it with both hands Perez looks so sharp tonight his plan his fundamentals his hands were up the way he went to the body early and then set up The Knockout in the second round everything was a game plan you could see it great to see Nicol on the stool see how it what it means to the Perez Corner let’s see here he packs him up against the fence and then that keeps him from being able to move and lean and that right overhand just connects so many knockouts happen up against the fence because you can’t move and lean look at this another overhand boom on the butt the second you get the second you get pinned against that that fence it it creates openings let’s see boom right hook from the Southpaw it’s and it switches from an overhand to a right hook when you switch stance and that’s what makes it so sneaky ladies and gentlemen the end comes officially 2 minutes 16 seconds round number two we have your winner by way of knockout Alex Perez I love you no everybody from new 559 is for you guys