56°F
weather icon Clear
Las Vegas, NV
MMA UFC

Rodriguez, Perez earn UFC contracts at Dana White’s Contender Series — VIDEOS

By BRETT STEIDLER LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
August 8, 2017 - 9:58 pm
 

Two more fighters earned their way into the UFC when they scored finishes at Dana White’s Tuesday Night Contender Series.

Light heavyweight competitor Michael Rodriguez headlined the event at The Ultimate Fighter gym in Las Vegas and finished Jamelle Jones with a flying knee and follow up punches in the first round of their bout.

Alex Perez, a flyweight competitor fighting out of Lemoore, California, technically submitted Kevin Gray in the first round of their contest with an anaconda choke.

Check out the videos above.

Contact Heidi Fang at hfang@reviewjournal.com. Follow her on Twitter @HeidiFang.

Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook.
MORE STORIES
THE LATEST
The UFC has new owners of two buildings they occupy in the Southwest valley. (Colliers)
UFC-occupied buildings in Las Vegas sell for $23.6M
By Patrick Blennerhassett / RJ

The off-market sale was brokered by Colliers and features two buildings which are 70 percent occupied by the Ultimate Fighting Championship.

Dana White, president of UFC, speaks at a news conference after the UFC 229 mixed martial arts ...
UFC reaches $375M settlement in class-action lawsuit
By Mark Anderson The Associated Press

The UFC reached another settlement with one of the two class-action litigants, agreeing Thursday to pay the former fighters $375 million after a previous agreement was thrown out by a Nevada district judge.