Twerking has become a signature for Perez, but doing that to an opponent who agreed to go forward with your fight after you missed weight is quite a choice. At least one fighter also enjoyed seeing Perez struggle with her weight, as Tracy Cortez mocked her on X after Perez criticized Cortez for cutting her hair to make weight in July.

Perez (11-2 MMA, 4-1 UFC) submitted Zheleznyakova (9-2 MMA, 1-1 UFC) with an arm-triangle choke at the 3:52 mark of Round 1. The women’s bantamweight bout was part of the UFC Fight Night 243 preliminary card at Accor Arena in Paris.

After dominating her opponent, Darya Zheleznyakova, with a first-round head-and-arm choke submission victory, Perez decided to do her patented twerking following the victory. This time, though, Perez moved her rear end directly on her opponent’s face in celebration.

UFC bantamweight Ailin Perez was visibly struggling as she weighed in ahead of her fight with Darya Zheleznyakova at UFC Paris on Saturday night, leading to concerns for her health

Perez, notorious for shaking her rear end before and after her three consecutive UFC wins, was in tears and shaking uncontrollably Friday morning as she missed weight ahead of her scheduled “UFC Fight Night” bout Saturday with newcomer Darya Zheleznyakova.