Heavyweight #1power puncher

Alex Pereira

Record
10-3
Rating
2281 ± 136
Since last event
–
Next fight · 12 Dec
vs Sergei Pavlovich 34%
Age
39
Current streak
1 losses
Wins by
8 KO · 0 sub · 2 dec
Next fight
vs Sergei Pavlovich
UFC 335: Oliveira vs. Lopes · 2026-12-12

Key facts

Record
10-3
Division
Heavyweight
Our rank
#1
Rating
2281 ± 136
Style label
power puncher
Country
Brazil
Height
76"
Reach
79"
Stance
Orthodox
Date of birth
1987-07-07

Rating history

Style profile

Percentile within the division · the dashed ring is average · outward is always better
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The numbers behind it

Rates are per 15 minutes of fight time, adjusted for the quality of what the opponent usually allows. Defence and accuracy figures are percentages. A wider ± means fewer rounds of evidence, and on the chart it is the whisker along that axis.
MetricAlex PereiraDivision
Strikes landed
/15 min
57.4 ± 14.9
91st percentile
49.5
Strike avoidance
absorbed /15 min
57.6 ± 2.6
44th percentile
57.0
Takedown attempts
/15 min
2.65 ± 2.36
5th percentile
3.93
Takedown defence
%
64 ± 21
86th percentile
56
Control time
s /15 min
181 ± 40
7th percentile
202
Striking defence
%
49 ± 3
76th percentile
47
Knockdowns
/15 min
0.81 ± 0.35
91st percentile
0.63
Submission attempts
/15 min
0.52 ± 0.33
15th percentile
0.69

Style-based strength score

Average predicted win probability against the current top 15 of this division: 41.5%. This never changes the ranking — it shows where the styles help or hurt.

Best matchups

Worst matchups

UFC fight history

L Ciryl Gane
UFC Freedom 250 · 2026-06-14
KO/TKO R2
W Magomed Ankalaev KO/TKO R1
L Magomed Ankalaev Decision - Unanimous R5
W Khalil Rountree Jr. KO/TKO R4
W Jiří Procházka KO/TKO R2
W Jamahal Hill KO/TKO R1
W Jiří Procházka KO/TKO R2
W Jan Błachowicz
Decision check: dispute 0.67, decision credit 0.50 (official result unchanged)
Decision - Split R3
L Israel Adesanya KO/TKO R2
W Israel Adesanya KO/TKO R5
W Sean Strickland KO/TKO R1
W Bruno Silva Decision - Unanimous R3
W Andreas Michailidis KO/TKO R2