He may be known to the masses as the Tachi Palace Fighting champion turned UFC flyweight title challenger, but Perez is a wrestler at heart and by trade. Making the transition to MMA as a way to continue a passion for combat sports introduced to him through wrestling, Perez fully understands the wrestling grind, embraces those who climb to the heights Bravo-Young has and feels that of all the wrestlers in the world, RBY may come with a style that will make for fireworks.
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“I feel like his style and my style kind of just go for it,” Perez explained. “I’m expecting a fun match. I’m not expecting a boring one. Obviously, he’s going to try to take me down, I’m going to try to take him down and test myself.”
Bravo-Young is getting quite a lot of praise for his venture into submission grappling game, which is more than warranted. He’s known to be MMA community adjacent but never competed, but Perez laughs that despite it being his FPI debut, as well, there’s a different precedent set.
