Perez vs Taira

Who won Perez vs Taira?

Tatsuro Taira beat Alex Perez by knockout in the 2nd round during the main event of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 15th June 2024 at UFC Apex in Las Vegas.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Flyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 125 pounds (8.9 stone or 56.7 KG).

Perez vs Taira stats

Alex Perez stepped into the octagon with a record of 24 wins, 8 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 7 by submission.

Tatsuro Taira made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 15 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by knock out and 7 by submission.

This was Alex Perez's 12th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2017. Tatsuro Taira marked his 7th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2022.

Alex Perez's UFC record stood at 7-5-0, while Tatsuro Taira's came in at 6-1-0.

The stats suggested Taira had a slight advantage in power over Perez, with a 27% knock out percentage over Perez's 21%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Taira had an advantage over Perez, with a 47% submission rate over Perez's 29%.

Alex Perez was the older man by 8 years, at 33 years old.

Taira had a height advantage of 1 inch over Perez.

Perez was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 17 more fights, and made his debut in 2011, 14 years and 1 month later than Taira, whose first professional fight was in . He had fought 35 more professional rounds, 67 to Taira's 32.

Perez vs Taira form

Taira had won all 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 1opponent and going the distance 4 times.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Carlos Hernandez at UFC Fight Night: Song vs. Gutierrez on 9th December 2023 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Edgar Chairez at UFC 290 on 8th July 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Jesus Santos Aguilar at UFC Fight Night on 4th February 2023 by submission in the 1st round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Before that, he was victorious against C.J. Vergara at UFC Fight Night: Grasso vs. Araujo on 15th October 2022 by submission in the 2nd round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

He had won against Carlos Candelario at UFC Fight Night: Błachowicz vs. Rakić on 14th May 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Activity check

Perez's last 3 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 4 months and 21 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 9 months and 18 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 3 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1 rounds on average.

Taira's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 1 month and 1 day, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 13 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

What time did Perez vs Taira start?

The fighters were expected to walk out at around 4:40 AM UTC , which was 12:40 AM EST or 9:40 PM PST on the West Coast of America, or 5:40 AM BST in the UK.

What were the odds on Perez vs Taira?

Alex Perez was a 187/100 (+190) underdog going into the contest, while Tatsuro Taira made his way into the ring at 11/25 (-230) with oddsmakers.