Mike Perry dropped Alex Oliveira with punches and nearly pounded him into unconsciousness with ground-and-pound, but in the end he had to settle for a decision. After starting slow in the first and then hurting Oliveira (19-7-1 MMA, 9-5 UFC) in the second, Perry (13-4 MMA, 6-4 UFC) cruised to a unanimous decision with scores of 29-28 across the board. The welterweight bout was part of the main card of today’s UFC on ESPN+ 8 event at BB&T Center in Sunrise, Fla., near Fort Lauderdale. It streamed on ESPN+ following prelims on ESPN and ESPN2. In the early going, it seemed as if Oliveira’s size and power might carry the day in this bout. He pushed Perry around in the clinch and opened a cut under his eye, but as the round wore on Perry began to find his comfort zone
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UFC on ESPN+ 8 results: Mike Perry batters Alex Oliveira for decision win – MMA Junkie