Overview
- The stoppage came at 3:16 of Round 1 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas during UFC 324.
- Perez hurt Johnson repeatedly before a final left hook dropped him for the referee’s TKO.
- The victory snaps Perez’s two-fight skid following losses to Tatsuro Taira and Asu Almabayev.
- Both fighters entered ranked at flyweight, with Perez at No. 11 and Johnson at No. 13, sharpening the ranking impact.
- Perez missed weight by 2.5 pounds at the weigh-ins.