By the time Alex Perez makes the walk to the Octagon in Doha, Qatar, it will be 526 days since he was in a fight. The last time he made the walk was on June 15, 2024, when he faced Japan’s Tatsuro Taira.
Unfortunately, the flyweight tore his ACL, sending him down a long road to recovery.
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“It was hard mentally, probably one of the hardest things I've ever had to do,” Perez said. “Not being able to train, even just walk for a while, you kind of take lot of stuff for granted, so I'm excited to get back in there and show everybody what I've been working on.