Alex Pereira
“Poatan”
Rank 9 - Men's Pound-for-Pound
Rank 1 - Light Heavyweight
Age: 37 | Jul 7, 1987
Nationality: Brazil
Weight Class: Light Heavyweight
Height: 6'4"
Weight: 205 lbs
Professional Record
| 15 fights | 12 wins | 3 losses |
|---|---|---|
| KO/TKOs | 10 | 1 |
| Submissions | 0 | 1 |
| Decisions | 2 | 1 |
Fight Details
| Result | Record | Opponent | Event | Date | Method | Referee | Round | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOSS | 12 - 3 - 0 | Magomed Ankalaev | UFC 313 - Pereira vs. Ankalaev | March 08, 2025 | Decision (Unanimous) | Marc Goddard | 5 | 5:00 |
| WIN | 12 - 2 - 0 | Khalil Rountree | UFC 307 - Pereira vs. Rountree | October 05, 2024 | TKO (Punches) | Marc Goddard | 4 | 4:32 |
| WIN | 11 - 2 - 0 | Jiri Prochazka | UFC 303 - Pereira vs. Prochazka 2 | June 29, 2024 | TKO (Head Kick and Punches) | Herb Dean | 2 | 0:13 |
| WIN | 10 - 2 - 0 | Jamahal Hill | UFC 300 - Pereira vs. Hill | April 13, 2024 | KO (Punches) | Herb Dean | 1 | 3:14 |
| WIN | 9 - 2 - 0 | Jiri Prochazka | UFC 295 - Prochazka vs. Pereira | November 11, 2023 | TKO (Elbows) | Marc Goddard | 2 | 4:08 |
| WIN | 8 - 2 - 0 | Jan Blachowicz | UFC 291 - Poirier vs. Gaethje 2 | July 29, 2023 | Decision (Split) | Marc Goddard | 3 | 5:00 |
| LOSS | 7 - 2 - 0 | Israel Adesanya | UFC 287 - Pereira vs. Adesanya 2 | April 08, 2023 | KO (Punches) | Dan Miragliotta | 2 | 4:21 |
| WIN | 7 - 1 - 0 | Israel Adesanya | UFC 281 - Adesanya vs. Pereira | November 12, 2022 | TKO (Punches) | Marc Goddard | 5 | 2:01 |
| WIN | 6 - 1 - 0 | Sean Strickland | UFC 276 - Adesanya vs. Cannonier | July 02, 2022 | KO (Punches) | Jason Herzog | 1 | 2:36 |
| WIN | 5 - 1 - 0 | Bruno Silva | UFC Fight Night 203 - Santos vs. Ankalaev | March 12, 2022 | Decision (Unanimous) | Mark Smith | 3 | 5:00 |
| WIN | 4 - 1 - 0 | Andreas Michailidis | UFC 268 - Usman vs. Covington 2 | November 06, 2021 | TKO (Flying Knee and Punches) | Dan Miragliotta | 2 | 0:18 |
| WIN | 3 - 1 - 0 | Thomas Powell | LFA 95 - Pereira vs. Powell | November 20, 2020 | KO (Punch) | Kerry Hatley | 1 | 4:04 |
| WIN | 2 - 1 - 0 | Marcus Vinicius Fialho da Silveira | JF - Jungle Fight 87 | May 21, 2016 | TKO (Punches) | 2 | 4:55 | |
| WIN | 1 - 1 - 0 | Marcelo Cruz | JF - Jungle Fight 85 | January 23, 2016 | KO (Punch) | 1 | 4:07 | |
| LOSS | 0 - 1 - 0 | Quemuel Ottoni | JF - Jungle Fight 82 | October 24, 2015 | Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) | 3 | 2:52 |
Upcoming Major Events
UFC on ABC 8 - Hill vs. Rountree
Jun 21, 2025
UFC 317 - Oliveira vs. Topuria
Jun 28, 2025
One Championship - One on Prime Video 33
Jul 11, 2025
UFC on ESPN 70 - Lewis vs. Teixeira
Jul 12, 2025
Professional Fighters League - PFL Road to Dubai Champions Series 2 & PFL Africa 2025 First Round
Jul 19, 2025
KSW 108 - Soldaev vs. Brichta
Jul 19, 2025
UFC 318 - Holloway vs. Poirier 3
Jul 19, 2025
UFC on ABC 9 - Whittaker vs. de Ridder
Jul 26, 2025
Rizin FF - Super Rizin 4
Jul 27, 2025
One Championship - One 173
Aug 01, 2025
UFC Light Heavyweight Rankings
Magomed Ankalaev(20 - 1 - 2)
- 1Alex Pereira
(12 - 3 - 0)
- 2Jiri Prochazka
(31 - 5 - 1)
- 3Carlos Ulberg
(12 - 1 - 0)
- 4Jamahal Hill
(12 - 3 - 1)
- 5Jan Blachowicz
(29 - 11 - 1)
- 6Aleksandar Rakic
(14 - 5 - 0)
- 7Khalil Rountree
(13 - 6 - 1)
- 8Dominick Reyes
(15 - 4 - 0)
- 9Volkan Oezdemir
(20 - 8 - 0)
- 10Nikita Krylov
(30 - 10 - 0)
- 11Azamat Murzakanov
(15 - 0 - 0)
- 12Johnny Walker
(21 - 9 - 1)
- 13Mingyang Zhang
(19 - 6 - 0)
- 14Bogdan Guskov
(17 - 3 - 0)
- 15Alonzo Menifield
(16 - 5 - 1)
