Alex Perez vs. Manel Kape Cancelled Hours Before Fight

The highly anticipated bout between Manel "Starboy" Kape and Alex Perez, set to take place on the main card of UFC Fight Night: Vera vs. Sandhagen, has been canceled due to medical issues on Perez's side.

The main card will continue as planned without the anticipated Flyweight bout. Daniel Pineda vs. Tucker Lutz will now open the main card, with the rest of the bouts proceeding normally. The card now looks like this:

Main Card (START TIME 7:00 PM EST on ESPN +)

Bantamweight: _Marlon Vera vs. Cory Sandhagen_

Women's Bantamweight: _Holly Holm vs. Yana Santos_

Featherweight: _Nate Landwehr vs. Austin Lingo_

Women's Flyweight: _Andrea Lee vs. Maycee Barber_

Middleweight: _Chidi Njokuani vs. Albert Duraev_

Featherweight _Daniel Pineda vs. Tucker Lutz_

PRELIMS

Featherweight: _Lucas Alexander def. Steven Peterson_ via decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27)

Welterweight: _Trevin Giles def. Preston Parsons_ via decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 29–28)

Flyweight: _C.J. Vergara def. Daniel da Silva_ via TKO (punches)

Flyweight: Victor _Altamirano def. Vinicius Salvador_ via decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28)

ALL OTHER FIGHTS WILL PROCEED AS PLANNED.