Perez represented the Philippines with Lourence Ilagan in the 2012 PDC World Cup of Darts and together they were beaten 5–3 by the United States in the first round. In December he lost in the final of the Soft Tip World Championship to Takehiro Suzuki of Japan. He was due to play with Ilagan once more in the 2013 World Cup of Darts but they were forced to withdraw due to travel problems. In October, he won the third Soft Tip Dartslive event in Hong King by seeing off Ilagan in the final. Perez progressed to the final of the Grand Final for the second year in a row where Ilagan exacted revenge by defeating him 4–1.