extends far beyond the octagon.
Dumont (13-3) and Perez (13-2) will meet in the near future
Ultimate Fighting Championship weight competition at
UFC Vegas 121 September 26 at Meta Apex in Las Vegas. There is some serious bad blood between Dumont and Perez, leading to a fight.
Dumont explains the personal issues fueling his UFC Vegas 121 fight with Ailin Perez
Perez posted a video last month accusing the UFC middleweight of Dumont’s boyfriend Marcus Tulliusthat checked him out while training at the UFC Performance Institute.
While Dumont understands Perez’s style of mental warfare, he vows not to be swayed. The Brazilian plans to stay distracted by Perez’s tricks and focus on putting in the work on her fists this weekend. Dumont is just happy to have a chance to legally beat up someone he really hates.
“It’s a fight that literally has a personal grudge, a personal issue that the two of us have against each other,” Dumont said.
MMA fight. “It’s a fight we give a lot. I’m excited, I really want it. I think it’s going to be fun.”
Dumont admits he has a personal grudge against Perez. He says that Perez has filmed him several times without permission and also claims that the Argentine has tagged Tulio in so many of his posts that he had to block him.
“He has already secretly filmed me three times,” added Dumont. “He likes to do it. He has mental issues. This girl really has mental issues. And when I saw the video, I watched it and… it’s not the first time he’s done this before. He had already tagged her in his stories, so he blocked her specifically so that he would stop tagging her. He has this little game to try to turn people on. But honestly, it’s completely meaningless. He signed the contract, I’m going to focus on beating him On the 26th, I don’t have to fall for his bait or play along with the little things he likes to do without getting arrested, so it makes absolutely no difference to me what he does outside of a fight.
Dumont loses the decision Joselyne Edwards which snapped a six-game winning streak. Perez, meanwhile, is riding a six-fight win streak after a submission loss in his UFC debut in 2022.