UFC Fighter Assaulted by Colleague Just Days Before Live Event
Fight Fans may have noticed Ailin Perez entering the arena with a black eye before her hard-earned victory at UFC Vegas 82 on November 17.
The black eye stemmed from a brawl at the UFC Performance Institute on November 14, which embroiled Perez, her coach, and fellow UFC fighter Joselyne Edwards.
In her post-fight interview, Perez disclosed that a brawl erupted when she criticized another UFC fighter’s performance online:
“What I did was I stated my opinion online about the [other fighter’s] fight,” Perez didn’t name who she antagonized. “I didn’t disrespect anyone, I didn’t talk bad about anyone. But this irrelevant lady came up to me after I opinionated about one of her fights …And she came to assault me, and she did assault me with the intention to make me pull out of my fight.
“…I won regardless of the assault that took place… I want to thank my coach… because if it wasn’t for him, I would have had much worse injuries because he was able to take her off me…”