The brand new fundamental occasion bout has been set for UFC Vegas 91 that includes Matheus Nicolau up in opposition to Alex Perez. The latter changed Manel Kape, who withdrew because of an unknown purpose. The combat card airs stay 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 bought 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 choice in opposition to Muhammad Mokaev.
Perez, who’s presently No. 8 ranked within the flyweight division, was reportedly scheduled to combat Tagir Ulanbekov at UFC Fight Night on June 15. The promotion, nevertheless, by no means formally introduced the matchup.
The promotion introduced Nicolau vs Perez through post 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
