Alex Pereira (13-3, 11) was born in São Bernardo do Campo, São Paulo, Brazil on July 7, 1987. At the age of 28 years on October 24, 2015, he made his professional MMA debut against Quemuel Ottoni, losing the fight via 3rd-round submission.
On November 6, 2021, 34-year old Alex Pereira made his UFC debut on his 5th professional MMA fight at UFC 268 against a 33-year old Andreas Michailidis, winning the fight in the 2nd round via TKO.
He became the UFC middleweight champion on November 12, 2022 at age 35 on his 8th professional MMA fight at UFC 281 after defeating a 33-year old Israel Adesanya via 5th-round TKO.
Alex Pereira is a two weight division UFC champion. He defeated a 31-year old Jiří Procházka via 2nd-round TKO to become the UFC light-heavyweight champion on November 11, 2023 at age 36 on his 11th professional MMA fight at UFC 295.
Pereira's last fight was a light-heavyweight title fight against Magomed Ankalaev for Ankalaev's UFC Championship title on October 4, 2025. He stopped Ankalaev via TKO and was crowned the new light-heavyweight UFC champion. He is on a 1-fight winning streak.
He has fought 12 times in the UFC, and has a record of 10 wins and 2 losses in the promotion.
Some of Alex Pereira's best fights have been against Jamahal Hill, Magomed Ankalaev, Jiří Procházka, Khalil Rountree Jr., Israel Adesanya, Sean Strickland and Andreas Michailidis. For details about these fights refer to "Best fights of Alex Pereira".
Pereira has 3 losses on his MMA record. For details about these losses refer to "Alex Pereira Losses".
| # | Date | Opponent | Promotion | Weight | Round | Method | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
16  | Oct 4, 2025 38 years, 2 months 13-3 (11) | 33 years, 4 months 20-1-1 (10) | UFC | LHW | 1 | TKO | Win Punches and elbows Won UFC light-heavyweight title |
15 | Mar 8, 2025 37 years, 8 months 12-3 (10) | 32 years, 9 months 19-1-1 (10) | UFC | LHW | 5 | UD | Loss Lost UFC light-heavyweight title |
14  | Oct 5, 2024 37 years, 2 months 12-2 (10) | 34 years, 7 months 13-5 (9) | UFC | LHW | 4 | TKO | Win Punches Defended UFC light-heavyweight title |
13  | Jun 29, 2024 36 years, 11 months 11-2 (9) | 31 years, 8 months 30-4-1 (29) | UFC | LHW | 2 | TKO | Win Head kick and punches Defended UFC light-heavyweight title |
12  | Apr 13, 2024 36 years, 9 months 10-2 (8) | 32 years, 10 months 12-1 (7) | UFC | LHW | 1 | KO | Win Punches Defended UFC light-heavyweight title |
11 | Nov 11, 2023 36 years, 4 months 9-2 (7) | 31 years 29-3-1 (28) | UFC | LHW | 2 | TKO | Win Elbows Won UFC light-heavyweight title Vacant |
10  | Jul 29, 2023 36 years 8-2 (6) | 40 years, 5 months 29-9-1 (18) | UFC | LHW | 3 | SD | Win |
9  | Apr 8, 2023 35 years, 9 months 7-2 (6) | 33 years, 8 months 23-2 (15) | UFC | MD | 2 | KO | Loss Punches Lost UFC middleweight title |
8 | Nov 12, 2022 35 years, 4 months 7-1 (6) | 33 years, 3 months 23-1 (15) | UFC | MD | 5 | TKO | Win Punches Won UFC middleweight title |
7  | Jul 2, 2022 34 years, 11 months 6-1 (5) | 31 years, 4 months 25-3 (14) | UFC | MD | 1 | KO | Win Punches |
6  | Mar 12, 2022 34 years, 8 months 5-1 (4) | 32 years, 7 months 22-6 (19) | UFC | MD | 3 | UD | Win |
5  | Nov 6, 2021 34 years, 3 months 4-1 (4) | 33 years, 3 months 13-4 (11) | UFC | MD | 2 | TKO | Win Flying knee and punches |
4 | Nov 20, 2020 33 years, 4 months 3-1 (3) | Thomas Powell | MD | 1 | KO | Win Punch | |
3 | May 21, 2016 28 years, 10 months 2-1 (2) | Marcus Vinicius da Silveira | MD | 2 | TKO | Win Punches | |
2 | Jan 23, 2016 28 years, 6 months 1-1 (1) | Marcelo Cruz | MD | 1 | KO | Win Punches | |
1 | Oct 24, 2015 28 years, 3 months 0-1 (0) | Quemuel Ottoni | MD | 3 | SUB | Loss Rear-naked choke |
