Alex Pereira

🇧🇷

(1987-07-07)

Statistics

UFC Record: 10-3

By Method:

KO/TKO: 8-2
Submission: 0-0
Decision: 2-1

By Elo:

As Favorite: 3-2
As Underdog: 7-1

By Weight Class:

Middleweight: 4-1
Light Heavyweight: 6-1
Heavyweight: 0-1

By Round:

Round 1: 3-0
Round 2: 3-2
Round 3: 2-0
Round 4: 1-0
Round 5: 1-1

By Type:

Main Event: 6-2
Title Fight: 6-2
Interim Title Fight: 0-1
Ranked Opponent: 8-3

UFC Roster Status: Active

Last 5: WWLWL

Elo: 3385 (#29)

Peak Elo: 3526 (2025-10-04) (#23)

Avg Opponent Elo: 3283 (#3)

Bonuses: 7 (1 FOTN, 6 Performance)

Avg Fight Time: 10m 42s

Total Fight Time: 2h 19m 10s (#393)

Avg Time Between Fights: 130 days

Avg Card Slot: 2.1 (#27)

Avg Age: 36.4 years

Avg Opp Age: 33.6 years

Current Rankings:

#8 Men's Pound-for-Pound

#2 Light Heavyweight

Peak Rankings:

#2 Men's Pound-for-Pound

🏅 Middleweight Champion

🏅 Light Heavyweight Champion

Elo Rating

UFC Rankings

Bout History

2026-06-14
UFC Freedom 250

⭐ Ciryl Gane (36)

🇫🇷

WLWWN • 10-2 (1 NC)
UFC rank: #1 • Elo: 3372 (29%)

HEAVYWEIGHT Interim Title Fight

TKO
R2
1:27

🇧🇷

Alex Pereira (38)
10-2 • WLWWW
Elo: 3526 (71%) • UFC rank: #2

White House
Washington, D.C.
United States🇺🇸

2025-10-04
UFC 320: Ankalaev vs. Pereira 2

⭐ Alex Pereira (38)

🇧🇷

LWWWW • 9-2
UFC rank: #1 • Elo: 3382 (28%)

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT Title Fight

TKO
R1
1:20

🇷🇺

Magomed Ankalaev (33)
12-1-1 (1 NC) • DNWWW
Elo: 3550 (72%) • UFC rank: Champ

T-Mobile Arena
Las Vegas, Nevada
United States🇺🇸

2025-03-08
UFC 313: Pereira vs. Ankalaev

Magomed Ankalaev (32)

🇷🇺

WDNWW • 11-1-1 (1 NC)
UFC rank: #1 • Elo: 3429 (40%)
48

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT Title Fight

DEC
R5
5:00
🤖

🇧🇷

Alex Pereira (37)
9-1 • WWWWW
Elo: 3502 (60%) • UFC rank: Champ
47

T-Mobile Arena
Las Vegas, Nevada
United States🇺🇸

2024-10-05
UFC 307: Pereira vs. Rountree Jr.

Alex Pereira (37)

🇧🇷

WWWWL • 8-1
UFC rank: Champ • Elo: 3485 (91%)

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT Title Fight

⭐TKO⭐

R4
4:32

🇺🇸

Khalil Rountree Jr. (34)
9-5 (1 NC) • WWWWW
Elo: 3075 (9%) • UFC rank: #8

Delta Center
Salt Lake City, Utah
United States🇺🇸

2024-06-29
UFC 303: Pereira vs. Procházka 2

⭐ Alex Pereira (36)

🇧🇷

WWWLW • 7-1
UFC rank: Champ • Elo: 3418 (66%)

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT Title Fight

TKO
R2
0:13

🇨🇿

Jiri Prochazka (31)
4-1 • WWWLW
Elo: 3299 (34%) • UFC rank: #1

T-Mobile Arena
Las Vegas, Nevada
United States🇺🇸

2024-04-13
UFC 300: Pereira vs. Hill

Alex Pereira (36)

🇧🇷

WWLWW • 6-1
UFC rank: Champ • Elo: 3342 (62%)

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT Title Fight

KO
R1
3:14

🇺🇸

Jamahal Hill (32)
6-1 (1 NC) • LWWWW
Elo: 3258 (38%) • UFC rank: #1

T-Mobile Arena
Las Vegas, Nevada
United States🇺🇸

2023-11-11
UFC 295: Procházka vs. Pereira

⭐ Alex Pereira (36)

🇧🇷

WLWWW • 5-1
UFC rank: #3 • Elo: 3198 (28%)

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT Title Fight

TKO
R2
4:08

🇨🇿

Jiri Prochazka (31)
3-0 • WWW
Elo: 3362 (72%) • UFC rank: #1

Madison Square Garden
New York City, New York
United States🇺🇸

2023-07-29
UFC 291: Poirier vs. Gaethje 2

Alex Pereira (36)

🇧🇷

LWWWW • 4-1
UFC rank: #2 • Elo: 3095 (16%)
29

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
DEC
R3
5:00
🤖

🇵🇱

Jan Blachowicz (40)
12-6-1 • WWLWD
Elo: 3389 (84%) • UFC rank: #3
28

Delta Center
Salt Lake City, Utah
United States🇺🇸

2023-04-08
UFC 287: Pereira vs. Adesanya 2

⭐ Israel Adesanya (33)

🇳🇬

🇳🇿

LWWWL • 12-2
UFC rank: #1 • Elo: 3381 (81%)

MIDDLEWEIGHT Title Fight

KO
R2
4:21

🇧🇷

Alex Pereira (35)
4-0 • WWWW
Elo: 3134 (19%) • UFC rank: Champ

Kaseya Center
Miami, Florida
United States🇺🇸

2022-11-12
UFC 281: Adesanya vs. Pereira

⭐ Alex Pereira (35)

🇧🇷

WWW • 3-0
UFC rank: #4 • Elo: 2939 (2%)

MIDDLEWEIGHT Title Fight

TKO
R5
2:01

🇳🇬

🇳🇿

Israel Adesanya (33)
12-1 • WLWWW
Elo: 3576 (98%) • UFC rank: Champ

Madison Square Garden
New York City, New York
United States🇺🇸

2022-07-02
UFC 276: Adesanya vs. Cannonier

⭐ Alex Pereira (34)

🇧🇷

WW • 2-0
Elo: 2751 (6%)

MIDDLEWEIGHT
KO
R1
2:36

🇺🇸

Sean Strickland (31)
12-3 • WWWWW
Elo: 3221 (94%) • UFC rank: #4

T-Mobile Arena
Las Vegas, Nevada
United States🇺🇸

2022-03-12
UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Ankalaev

Alex Pereira (34)

🇧🇷

W • 1-0
Elo: 2563 (6%)

MIDDLEWEIGHT
DEC
R3
5:00

🇧🇷

Bruno Silva (32)
3-0 • WWW
Elo: 3053 (94%)

UFC Apex
Las Vegas, Nevada
United States🇺🇸

2021-11-06
UFC 268: Usman vs. Covington 2

⭐ Alex Pereira (34)

🇧🇷

Debut 🔰
Elo: 2388 (13%)

MIDDLEWEIGHT
TKO
R2
0:18

🇬🇷

Andreas Michailidis (33)
1-1 • LW
Elo: 2723 (87%)

Madison Square Garden
New York City, New York
United States🇺🇸