Alex Perez and Steve Erceg are each in want of a win.
The UFC introduced Sunday that the veteran flyweight contenders are set to sq. off at UFC Vegas 109 on Aug. 9. A previously reported middleweight bout between Roman Dolidze and Anthony Hernandez has additionally been confirmed because the occasion’s headliner.
Perez and Erceg each maintain prime 15 spots within the MMA Fighting Global Rankings, with Perez at No. 10 and Erceg at No. 12, however the one-time title challengers are at the moment struggling to seek out their kind.
For Perez (25-9), he has only one win in his previous 5 outings. After snapping a three-fight skid (which included a loss to then-flyweight champion Deiveson Figueiredo at UFC 255) with a knockout of Matheus Nicolau, Perez fell again into the loss column when he injured his knee in a combat with Tatsura Taira in June 2024.
Erceg (12-4) can be on a shedding streak that began with a title combat loss. The Australian standout misplaced a aggressive determination to champion Alexandra Pantoja at UFC 301, then dropped his subsequent two bouts in opposition to Kai Kara-France and Brandon Moreno.
