Alex Pereira To Face Sergei Pavlovich In UFC 335 Co-Main Event

Alex Pereira will return to the Octagon at UFC 335 when he faces Sergei Pavlovich in the co-main event.

The bout will be contested at heavyweight and will be five rounds. The event takes place on December 12.

TITANS COLLIDE IN VEGAS 🤜💥🤛@SPavlovich13 and @AlexPereiraUFC meet in the #UFC335 co-main event!

[ LIVE DEC 12 on @ParamountPlus ] pic.twitter.com/xqDljqXju9

— UFC (@ufc) October 4, 2026

Alex Pereira is a former UFC Middleweight and UFC Light Heavyweight Champion, but vacated the Light Heavyweight Title to move up to Heavyweight. He made his Heavyweight debut at UFC Freedom 250, fighting for the Interim Heavyweight Title, but losing to Cyril Gane by second round TKO.

Pavlovich is 9-3 in the UFC with seven knockouts. He is on a three-fight win streak with victories over Jairzinho Rozenstruik, Waldo Cortes-Acosta and Tallison Teixeira.

No main event has been announced for UFC 335.

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