There are no title fights in the UFC this weekend, but there are some interesting fighters that will battle it out inside the octagon. Alex Perez will take on Tatsuro Taira in the UFC Vegas 93 main event, which will take place at the UFC Apex facility in Nevada, United States. The event will kick off on Saturday, June 15.
Alex Perez and Tatsuro Taira will headline the UFC Vegas 93 Fight Night in a flyweight clash. Perez is the veteran fighter in this bout with 33 MMA fights in his career, including 12 fights inside the octagon, while Taira is the undefeated rising Japanese star, so a win here over someone like Alex would mean a lot to him. The most exciting fighter on this card will be Ikram Aliskerov, who will take on Antonio Trocoli in the middleweight division as the co-main event. Timmy Cuamba will fight Lucas Almeida in another interesting fight in the UFC on ESPN 58.
Here are the odds for the winner of the MMA fight between Perez and Taira:
The latest UFC odds have Alex Perez as the underdog in this fight. The American fighter has a 25-8 MMA record after losing three straight fights to Deiveson Figueiredo, Alexandre Pantoja, and Muhammad Mokaev, but he bounced back with a great KO win over Matheus Nicolau. This will be a risky fight for the #5 ranked flyweight fighter, as he doesn’t have a lot to gain even if he wins. Perez is dangerous on submissions as well as knockouts, so he won’t go down easily.
Tatsuro Taira is still undefeated, with a 15-0 MMA record and a 5-0 UFC record. The 24-year-old Japanese fighter will be playing his biggest fight here, as this is the first time for him to headline a UFC event. Taira has a massive reach advantage over Perez, and he will be playing with less pressure, as he is currently the #13 ranked fighter on the flyweight rankings. Tatsuro has a pretty good ground grappling game, as he has won seven of his 15 bouts via submission.
