Alejandro Perez is off UFC Fight Island 5.
Originally, the bantamweight was set to fight Thomas Almeida at the upcoming fight night event; however, Perez tested positive for COVID-19, thus the fighter had to be pulled from the card. Almeida is expected to remain on the card as officials are currently seeking his replacement; however, it’s unknown which names are being asked to fight the veteran.
Perez hoped to get back into the win column as The Ultimate Fighter: Latin America Tournament Winner is coming off back-to-back losses to Song Yadong (via KO at UFC 239) and Cody Stamann (via unanimous decision at UFC 235).
Almeida is also looking to get his first win in nearly two years as the veteran suffered two consecutive losses to Jimmie Rivera (via unanimous decision at UFC on Fox 25) and Rob Font (via TKO at UFC 220). Almeida’s professional record is 21 wins and 3 losses.
UFC Fight Island 5 takes place this Saturday, October 10 from Fight Island in Yas Island, Abu Dhabi with Marlon Moraes and Cory Sandhagen headlining. Check out the updated line-up below:
Marlon Moraes vs. Cory Sandhagen
Edson Barboza vs. Sodiq Yusuff
Dricus Du Plessis vs. Markus Perez
Seungwoo Choi vs. Youssef Zalal
Ben Rothwell vs. Marcin Tybura
Thomas Almeida vs. ???
Tracy Cortez vs. Bea Malecki
Chris Daukaus vs. Rodrigo Nascimento
Tom Aspinall vs. Serghei Spivac
Ali Alqaisi vs. Tony Kelley
Giga Chikadze vs. Omar Morales
Bruno Silva vs. Tagir Ulanbekov