Alex Pereira
“Poatan”
Alex Pereira is ranked 5th of 208 light heavyweights by the First Light Rating, and 3rd in the UFC’s own light heavyweight rankings.
- FLRFirst Light Ratingmeasure of true skill
- 2,0775th of 208 · Light Heavyweight
- FLIFirst Light Indexfame compared to skill
- +0.73Fame ahead of skill
- Career phase
- PrimeCareer-best FLR 2,104, 4 Oct 2025
- Record
- 13–4Pro
Fame against skill.
Every fighter with an FLI, by skill and fame. Hover a dot for the fighter; click to open their page. The dashed curve is the fame their skill predicts: above it, a fighter is more famous than their skill; below it, better than their fame.
Skill and attention.
Attention is drawn at the skill level its fame matches: above the skill line, more famous than skilled. Shaded: where the most similar careers went next.
Recent fights.
| Date | Fight | FLR |
|---|---|---|
| 14 Jun 2026 | Lost to Ciryl Gane TitleUFC White House - Freedom 250: Topuria vs. Gaethje · TKO (Punches), R2 | −23 |
| 4 Oct 2025 | Won vs Magomed Ankalaev TitleUFC 320 - Ankalaev vs. Pereira 2 · TKO (Punches and Elbows), R1 | +40 |
| 8 Mar 2025 | Lost to Magomed Ankalaev TitleUFC 313 - Pereira vs. Ankalaev · Decision (Unanimous), R5 | −8 |
| 5 Oct 2024 | Won vs Khalil Rountree TitleUFC 307 - Pereira vs. Rountree · TKO (Punches), R4 | +16 |
| 29 Jun 2024 | Won vs Jiri Prochazka TitleUFC 303 - Pereira vs. Prochazka 2 · TKO (Head Kick and Punches), R2 | +43 |
| 13 Apr 2024 | Won vs Jamahal Hill TitleUFC 300 - Pereira vs. Hill · KO (Punches), R1 | +42 |
| 11 Nov 2023 | Won vs Jiri Prochazka TitleUFC 295 - Prochazka vs. Pereira · TKO (Elbows), R2 | +39 |
| 29 Jul 2023 | Won vs Jan BlachowiczUFC 291 - Poirier vs. Gaethje 2 · Decision (Split), R3 | +41 |
| 8 Apr 2023 | Lost to Israel Adesanya TitleUFC 287 - Pereira vs. Adesanya 2 · KO (Punches), R2 | +6 |
| 12 Nov 2022 | Won vs Israel Adesanya TitleUFC 281 - Adesanya vs. Pereira · TKO (Punches), R5 | +59 |
| 2 Jul 2022 | Won vs Sean StricklandUFC 276 - Adesanya vs. Cannonier · KO (Punches), R1 | +109 |
| 12 Mar 2022 | Won vs Bruno SilvaUFC Fight Night 203 - Santos vs. Ankalaev · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +122 |
FLR is the First Light Rating points the fight earned or cost them.
How it is measured.
Data Credit: First Light Observatory.
How these numbers are made.
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