Perez vs Martinez

Who won Perez vs Martinez?

Jonathan Martinez beat Alejandro Perez by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the prelims of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 26th February 2022 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Jonathan Martinez.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 135 pounds (9.6 stone or 61.2 KG).

Perez vs Martinez stats

Alejandro Perez stepped into the octagon with a record of 22 wins, 8 losses and 1 draw, 9 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 6 by submission.

Jonathan Martinez made his way to the cage with a record of 14 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

Alejandro Perez's UFC record stood at 8-3-1, while Jonathan Martinez's came in at 10-3-0.

The stats suggested Martinez had a slight advantage in power over Perez, with a 50% knock out percentage over Perez's 41%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Perez had an advantage over Martinez, with a 27% submission rate over Martinez's 14%.

Alejandro Perez was the older man by 4 years, at 34 years old.

Martinez had a height advantage of 2 inches over Perez. That also extended to a 3-inch reach advantage.

Perez was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 13 more fights, and made his debut in 2005, 8 years and 6 months earlier than Martinez, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought 2 more professional rounds, 61 to Martinez's 59.

Perez vs Martinez form

Martinez had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance 3 times.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Cub Swanson at UFC Fight Night: Grasso vs. Araujo on 15th October 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Vince Morales at UFC Fight Night: Holm vs. Vieira on 21st May 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Alejandro Perez at UFC Fight Night on 26th February 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he was victorious against Zviad Lazishvili at UFC Vegas 41 on 23rd October 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had lost to Davey Grant at UFC Vegas 21 on 13th March 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Activity check

Perez's last 2 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 8 months and 23 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 3 years, 4 months and 13 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 5 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.5 rounds on average.

Martinez's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 1 month and 15 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 16 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

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