Francisco Rivera entered this fight with a professional record of 11-6-0 (73% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission) and he is ranked as the No.40 bantamweight in the world. He won just one out of his last five bouts, against Alex Caceres last year (=Rivera vs Caceres), after this fight he has lost to John Lineker (mma Fight of the Year 2015 candidate, Lineker vs Rivera) and Brad Pickett (=Rivera vs Pickett).
His opponent, Erik Perez, has a mma record of 15-6-0 (73% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.49 in the same weight class. He suffered his last loss in 2014, against Bryan Caraway (=Caraway vs Perez), but then he has fought just once beating Taylor Lapilus in 2015. Rivera vs Perez is on the undercard of Robbie Lawler vs Tyron Woodley – UFC 201. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Erik Perez fight videos
2014 MMA fight – Bryan Caraway vs Erik Perez – full fight Video UFC Ufn 42
Review: 2014-06-07, pretty good fight between Bryan Caraway and Erik Perez: it gets three stars. Bryan Caraway entered this fight with a professional mma record of 18-6-0 (94% finishing rate, mainly submission since he has won only once via ko/tko) and he is ranked as the No.18 bantamweight in the world, he fought twice in 2013 losing to Takeya Mizugaki and winning over Johnny Bedford.
His opponent, Erik Perez, has an official record of 14-5-0 (79% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.32 in the same weight class, he also fought twice last year losing the first bout to Mizugaki (=Mizugaki vs Perez) but then he defeated Edwin Figueroa. Caraway vs Perez is on the undercard of Benson Henderson vs Rustam Khabilov – UFC Ufn 42. Watch the video and rate this fight!
2013 MMA fight – Takeya Mizugaki vs Erik Perez – fight Video UFC Ufn 27
Review: 2013-08-28, pretty good fight between Takeya Mizugaki and Erik Perez: it gets three stars. Takeya Mizugaki (17-7-2, 35% finishing rate) entered as the No.11 bantamweight in the world while Erik Perez (13-4-0, 85% finishing rate) entered as the No.31. Mizugaki vs Perez is on the undercard of Carlos Condit vs Martin Kampmann 2 – UFC Fight Night 27. Watch the video!