{"id":647932,"date":"2026-05-04T00:27:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T00:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/647932\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T00:27:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T00:27:09","slug":"matches-to-make-after-ufc-perth-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/647932\/","title":{"rendered":"Matches To Make After UFC Perth"},"content":{"rendered":"

UFC Perth<\/a> went down yesterday (Sat., May 2, 2026) inside RAC Arena in Perth, Western Australia, which saw Carlos Prates stop Jack Della Maddalena via technical knockout (TKO) in the third round (video replay here<\/a>). In the co-main event of the evening, Quillan Salkilld defeated Beneil Dariush via first-round TKO (see it again here<\/a>), while Louie Sutherland handed Tai Tuivasa his seventh straight defeat in Heavyweight action.<\/p>\n

Who He Should Face Next: Makhachev vs. Garry winner<\/p>\n

After Prates secured his seventh knockout win inside the Octagon \u2014 third in a row \u2014 with a dominant performance<\/a> over former champion Jack Della, he undoubtedly locked down dibs for the next title shot. At the moment, division king Islam Makhachev is in talks to defend his belt<\/a> against Ian Machado Garry in a few months, though it has yet to be finalized. If that\u2019s the case, then Prates can sit back, heal and start preparing for the winner.<\/p>\n

Who He Should Face Next: Renato Moicano<\/p>\n

Salkilld impressed in his toughest test to date inside the Octagon by stopping Dariush in the very first round with relative ease (see it again here<\/a>). Salkilld is on his way up and a fight against Moicano could be in order. Moicano is ranked No. 9<\/a> at the moment and recently got back on track with a big win over Chris Duncan earlier this month, snapping his two-fight losing streak.<\/p>\n

Who He Should Face Next: Perez vs Madaerji winner<\/p>\n

Erceg secured his second straight win by defeating Tim Elliott via unanimous decision, which could get him closer to the Top 10<\/a>. The former title challenger has found his groove after losing three straight in 2024-2025, so a fight against the winner of the upcoming bout between Alex Perez (No. 10<\/a>) and Su Madaerji at the end of the month could be in order. If Madaerji defeats Perez he will claim the No. 10 spot, so it would be a good bout for Erceg either way.<\/p>\n

Who He Should Face Next: Rizvan Kuniev<\/p>\n

Pericic secured his fifth straight win, and third inside the Octagon via knockout after stopping Shamil Gaziev (No. 14<\/a>) in round two (highlights<\/a>). The Heavyweight division is in need of contenders and stars, and Pericic is on his way up and will be a Top 15 fighter come next week. As far as what could be next, perhaps a fight against Kuniev is in order. Kuniev is currently ranked No. 8 <\/a>in the division and has amassed a record of 1-1 so far in his young UFC career. Nevertheless it\u2019s been good enough to shoot him up to a Top 10 ranking, so giving Pericic this chance to fight him seems fair.<\/p>\n

Who He Should Face Next: Gokhan Saricam<\/p>\n

Sutherland was able to get back on track after accepting a short-notice fight <\/a>against Tuivasa, ultimately handing \u201cBam Bam\u201d his seventh straight loss after 15 minutes of action. It was a much-needed win because it was his first under the UFC banner after losing his first two bouts. I wouldn\u2019t mind seeing him face Saricam next. Saricam made a successful UFC debut just recently by defeating Tanner Boser via knockout just last month (see it here<\/a>).<\/p>\n

For complete UFC Perth results, coverage, and highlights click HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"UFC Perth went down yesterday (Sat., May 2, 2026) inside RAC Arena in Perth, Western Australia, which saw…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":647933,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,40762,785,85,1396,179146,6656],"class_list":["post-647932","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-fighting","tag-latest-ufc-mma-news","tag-mma","tag-sports","tag-ufc-news","tag-ufc-on-paramount","tag-ufc-results"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647932","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=647932"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647932\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/647933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=647932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=647932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=647932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}