Alex Perez might not have gone into UFC 250 on the short list of contenders for the vacant flyweight title, but he sure came out of it as a hot fighter at 125 pounds.
And unfortunately for his part, Jussier Formiga isn’t likely to run or ride a bike any time over the next several days.
Perez (24-5 MMA, 6-1 UFC) put his division on notice by taking out one of flyweight’s longstanding contenders in Formiga (23-8 MMA, 9-7 UFC) on Saturday night during the preliminary card in Las Vegas.
Perez did so via TKO, but it was one of the rarest forms of TKO: the calf kick.
Perez clobbered Formiga with calf kicks, connecting with his right leg to the lower portion of Formiga’s right. He dropped him twice with the kicks, and as you can see in the video below, the second time around turned out to be one time too many:
The fight was waved off at the 4:06 mark of the opening round. That gives Perez, who has earned three of his five UFC victories by finish, three straight wins.
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