Flashy welterweight Michel Pereira did not get his way in Vancouver, Canada. Paired up against short notice replacement and natural lightweight Tristan Connelly, the Brazilian failed to repeat the same feat he did in his Octagon debut, when he managed to knock Danny Roberts out quickly in the first round.
However, dropping an unanimous decision due to what Pereira claims to be a problematic weight cut, in which he missed the welterweight mark by one pound and had to give 20% of his purse to Connelly, the 25-year-old tells Ag Fight he believes he did enough to win the first two rounds and warrant a win, but feels like his opponent’s was accounted for when the judges scored the fight.