Rolando Perez should not be confused with Rolando Antonio Pérez Fernández.
| Rolando Perez | |
| Birth Date: | [1] |
| Birth Place: | San Diego, California, United States |
| Nationality: | American |
| Height: | 5 ft 8 in |
| Weight: | 135.51NaN1 |
| Weight Class: | Bantamweight (135 lb) Featherweight (145 lb) |
| Reach: | 72 in[2] |
| Fighting Out Of: | San Diego, California, United States |
| Team: | Alliance MMA |
| Rank: | Purple belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu[3] |
| Years Active: | 2005–2011, 2014–present |
| Box Win: | 1 |
| Box Kowin: | 1 |
| Box Loss: | 1 |
| Box Koloss: | 1 |
| Mma Kowin: | 1 |
| Mma Subwin: | 3 |
| Mma Decwin: | 3 |
| Mma Koloss: | 1 |
| Mma Subloss: | 1 |
| Mma Decloss: | 3 |
| Mma Draw: | 2 |
| Sherdog: | 13525 |
| Boxrec: | 556204 |
Rolando Perez is an American mixed martial artist who currently competes in Bellator's bantamweight division. He has also formerly competed for World Extreme Cagefighting and Strikeforce.
Perez started his professional career in 2005. He fought mainly for California–based promotion Total Combat.
In 2009, after amassing a record of four victories, one loss and one draw, Perez signed with World Extreme Cagefighting.
Perez made his promotional debut on January 25, 2009, at WEC 38 against future UFC's featherweight champion José Aldo. Perez was knocked out at 4:15 in the first round.[4]
Perez next faced Seth Dikun on June 7, 2009, at WEC 41. He lost via submission due to a triangle choke in the first round.[5]
Perez faced Edgar Cardenas on April 9, 2011, at . He won via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27).[6]
Perez made his promotional debut against Mark Vorgeas on November 15, 2014, at Bellator 131. The bout ended in a split draw (29–27 Perez, 30–26 Vorgeas, 28–28).[7]
Perez faced Shawn Bunch at Bellator 137 on May 15, 2015.[8] He lost the fight by unanimous decision.
|-| Loss| align=center | 7–5–2| Shawn Bunch| Decision (unanimous)| Bellator 137| | align=center | 3| align=center | 5:00| Temecula, California, United States||-| Draw| align=center | 7–4–2| Mark Vorgeas| Draw (split)| Bellator 131| | align=center | 3| align=center | 5:00| San Diego, California, United States||-| Win| align=center | 7–4–1| Tony Reyes| Decision (unanimous)| Pacific Xtreme Combat 24| | align=center | 3| align=center | 5:00| Manila, Philippines||-| Win| align=center | 6–4–1| Edgar Cardenas| Decision (unanimous)| | | align=center | 3| align=center | 5:00| San Diego, California, United States| [9] |-| Win| align=center | 5–4–1| Todd Willingham| Decision (split)| Gladiator Challenge: Bad Behavior| | align=center | 3| align=center | 3:00| San Jacinto, California, United States||-| Loss| align=center | 4–4–1| Adam Lorenz| Decision (unanimous)| AMMA 1: First Blood| | align=center | 3| align=center | 5:00| Edmonton, Alberta, Canada||-| Loss| align=center | 4–3–1| Seth Dikun| Submission (flying triangle choke)| WEC 41: Brown vs. Faber 2| | align=center | 1| align=center | 2:30| Sacramento, California, United States| |-| Loss| align=center | 4–2–1| José Aldo| KO (knee and punches)| WEC 38: Varner vs. Cerrone| | align=center | 1| align=center | 4:15| San Diego, California, United States||-| Win| align=center | 4–1–1| Nick Alvarado| TKO (corner stoppage)| Total Combat 32| | align=center | 1| align=center | 5:00| El Cajon, California, United States||-| Draw| align=center | 3–1–1| Joshric Fenwick| Draw| Total Combat 28| | align=center | 3| align=center | 5:00| San Diego, California, United States||-| Win| align=center | 3–1| Kenneth Mendoza| Submission (verbal)| Total Combat 27| | align=center | 1| align=center | N/A| Yuma, Arizona, United States||-| Win| align=center | 2–1| Jamie Fisher| Submission (rear-naked choke)| Total Combat 17: Proving Ground| | align=center | 1| align=center | N/A| Yuma, Arizona, United States||-| Loss| align=center | 1–1| Angelo Catsouras| Decision (unanimous)| Total Combat 13: Anarchy| | align=center | 3| align=center | 3:00| Del Mar, California, United States||-| Win| align=center | 1–0| Raymond Gomez| Submission (rear-naked choke)| Total Combat 9| | align=center | 1| align=center | N/A| Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico|
| 1 Win (1 knockout), 1 Loss (1 knockout) | |||||||||||||||
| align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3" | Res. | align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3" | Record | align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3" | Opponent | align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3" | Type | align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3" | Rd., Time | align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3" | Date | align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3" | Location | align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3" | Notes |
| Loss | align=center | 1–1 | align=left |  Julio Nario | TKO | 2 (4), 2:13 | 2013-03-29 | align=left | Auditorio Municipal, Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico | align=left | |||||
| Win | align=center | 1–0 | align=left | Federico Martinez | TKO | 2 (4) | 2010-12-17 | align=left |  Four Points Sheraton Hotel, San Diego, California, United States | align=left | |||||