Former Flyweight Title Challengers to Meet at UFC Fight Night on Aug. 9

A pair of flyweight contenders will square off at an Ultimate Fighting Championship event on Aug. 9.

The Las Vegas-based promotion announced on Monday at Steve Erceg will face Alex Perez in a matchup of former title contenders at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The UFC Fight Night event will be headlined by a middleweight scrap pitting Anthony Hernandez against Roman Dolidze.

Erceg began his promotional tenure with three consecutive triumphs, earning himself a title shot against Alexandre Pantoja at UFC 301 in May 2024. After dropping a unanimous decision to the Brazilian champion, “Astro Boy” has fallen to Kai Kara-France and Brandon Moreno in his last two Octagon appearances.

Perez, meanwhile, was a flyweight title challenger at UFC 255, where he suffered a first-round submission defeat to then champion Deiveson Figueiredo on Nov. 21, 2020. Including that bout, the Team Oyama product has lost four of his last five promotional outings.