Aylin Perez and Macy Chiasson are scheduled to throw within the first quarter of 2026, with each seeking to transfer additional up the UFC’s 135-pound division.
The bantamweight bout will strengthen UFC Mexico, which might be held in Mexico Metropolis on February twenty eighth. This UFC Battle Evening at Mexico Metropolis’s Area CDMX contains a principal occasion attraction that pits former UFC flyweight champion Brandon Moreno towards rising contender As Almabaev.
UFC Battle Evening 268 will air on Paramount+, and the Perez vs. Chiasson struggle reserving might be formally introduced by the promotion close to the top of the weekend. The struggle between Perez and Chiasson will put the No. 8 and No. 7 spots within the UFC bantamweight rankings at stake, respectively. Chiasson goals to bounce again from consecutive losses in 2025 and make a recent begin within the first quarter of 2026.
Chiasson fell behind Ketlen Vieira and Yana Santos in back-to-back appearances. Macy Chiasson has additionally struggled a bit with the scales, and given her intensive observe file of weigh-ins in her MMA profession, there is a query mark over whether or not she’ll have the ability to hit her contract weight restrict.
Perez, an Argentine fighter, has had a really completely different aggressive trajectory to this point, as he’s on a five-fight successful streak heading into his subsequent task on the finish of February. Perez had wins over Ashley Evans-Smith, Lucy Pudilova, Joselyn Edwards, Karol Rosa and Dariya Zheleznyakova in that phase.
UFC Mexico: Present Card Remaining
Apart from the 2 aforementioned bouts scheduled for UFC Mexico, there are a number of different contests already scheduled for this struggle night time. Trying on the headliners for this UFC FN card, one other fascinating flyweight bout set for this card, Edgar Chaires vs. Felipe Bunes, will happen throughout the preliminary portion of the occasion.
One other fascinating matchup within the 125-pound prelims will see Imanol Rodriguez take a look at his abilities towards Kevin Borjas. Additionally, Jose Medina vs. Ryan Gandola and Wes Schultz vs. Damian Pinas would be the spotlight bouts of the approaching UFC Mexico card, which is scheduled to be canceled within the coming weeks.
