The UFC
on ESPN 43 lineup has taken a last-minute hit, as a medical
issue forced Alex Perez to
withdraw from a proposed flyweight booking against Manel
Kape.
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The cancelation was announced during Saturday’s broadcast. Further
details regarding Perez’s exit were not disclosed. It is not clear
if the promotion will book Perez vs. Kape at a later date.
Perez has fought just once since suffering a first-round submission
loss in a flyweight title bout against Deiveson
Figueiredo at UFC 255 in November 2020. In his last outing,
Perez fell to Alexandre
Pantoja at UFC 277 on July 30, 2022. Between those two
appearances, the Team Oyama representative has had nine different
fights fall out for various reasons.
After dropping his first two Octagon appearances, Kape has won
three straight in UFC competition. The AKA Thailand representative
is coming off a unanimous verdict over David
Dvorak at UFC Fight Night 216. It is the third canceled bout
involving Kape since 2022.