{"id":802957,"date":"2026-07-16T01:27:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T01:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/802957\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T01:27:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T01:27:09","slug":"alex-perezs-nuts-are-finally-okay-after-brutal-ufc-low-blow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/802957\/","title":{"rendered":"Alex Perez\u2019s Nuts Are Finally Okay After Brutal UFC Low Blow"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two months ago, former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Flyweight title challenger Alex Perez suffered a nasty low blow during his UFC Macau main card<\/a> opener against Sumudaerji.<\/p>\n

The illegal shot came in the second round (watch it again here<\/a>), rendering Perez unable to continue and resulting in a dreaded \u201cNo Contest.\u201d<\/p>\n

But, the aftermath was brutal.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey are good now \u2014 I don\u2019t have to get surgery,\u201d Perez told MMAmania.com<\/a> recently. \u201cIt was a crazy experience. It was a freak accident, you know what I mean? I got hit, and it went from there. I ended up going to the hospital that night and got painkillers \u2014 my balls were swollen.<\/p>\n

\u201cI ended up having thrombocytosis \u2014 that\u2019s where your veins get cut open, which can cause blood clots,\u201d Perez continued. \u201cMy balls were like a softball and a golf ball for a couple of weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n

Perez revealed that while he has suffered low blows before, this one was completely different.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was an insane experience because \u2014 I don\u2019t wear a cup in training, but now I do,\u201d Perez laughed. \u201cI\u2019ve been hit down there before, and I was able to power through it, but this one was different.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was talking to a urologist, and basically, I got hit in my veins, which is where all the nerves are at \u2014 so he knew the pain was ruthless,\u201d Perez continued. \u201cDude, I had a headache. I was hurting. I was dry heaving. It was bad.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is what it is,\u201d he finished. \u201cIt didn\u2019t look that bad on camera, but I\u2019m not really worried about it.\u201d<\/p>\n

The good news is Perez is healthy enough to run it back.<\/p>\n

The 34-year-old will get a chance to exact some revenge and continue what he started when he rematches Sumudaerji at UFC Shanghai on Aug. 30, 2026<\/a>, back in the same country where his nightmare began.<\/p>\n

Perez will also try to rebuild the momentum he had before UFC Macau. Earlier this year, he violently knocked out Charles Johnson at UFC 324<\/a> (watch highlights<\/a>), which was one of his best performances in years.<\/p>\n

Then came the low blow from hell.<\/p>\n

Hopefully, this time, Perez\u2019s nuts stay out of the line of fire.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two months ago, former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Flyweight title challenger Alex Perez suffered a nasty low blow…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":705063,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,40762,785,85,1396,179146,14855],"class_list":["post-802957","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-videos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/802957","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=802957"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/802957\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/705063"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=802957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=802957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=802957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}