Pantoja vs Perez

Who won Pantoja vs Perez?

Alexandre Pantoja beat Alex Perez by submission in the 1st round during the main card of UFC 277, on Saturday 30th July 2022 at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Alexandre Pantoja.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Flyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 125 pounds (8.9 stone or 56.7 KG).

Pantoja vs Perez stats

Alexandre Pantoja stepped into the octagon with a record of 24 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 9 by submission.

Alex Perez made his way to the cage with a record of 24 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by knock out and 7 by submission.

Alexandre Pantoja's UFC record stood at 11-3-0, while Alex Perez's came in at 6-4-0.

The stats suggested Pantoja had an advantage in power over Perez, with a 33% knock out percentage over Perez's 21%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Pantoja had a slight advantage over Perez, with a 38% submission rate over Perez's 29%.

Alexandre Pantoja was the older man by 2 years, at 34 years old.

Perez had a height advantage of 1 inch over Pantoja. Despite this, he had 3-inch reach advantage.

Pantoja was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 1 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2007, 3 years and 9 months earlier than Perez, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 12 more professional rounds, 75 to Perez's 63.

Pantoja vs Perez form

Alexandre Pantoja had beaten 5 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Brandon Royval at UFC 296 on 16th December 2023 by unanimous decision in their UFC Flyweight championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Brandon Moreno at UFC 290 on 8th July 2023 by split decision in their UFC Flyweight championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Alex Perez at UFC 277 on 30th July 2022 by submission in the 1st round at Madison Square Garden, New York City.

Before that, he was victorious against Brandon Royval at UFC Vegas 34 on 21st August 2021 by submission in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Enterprise.

He had won against Manel Kape at UFC Vegas 18 on 6th February 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Activity check

Pantoja's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 2 months and 12 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 21 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 16 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.2 rounds on average.

Perez's last 4 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 2 months and 24 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 21 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.5 rounds on average.

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