Alex Pereira
Pereira is one of nine fighters in history to win titles in two weight classes. Randy Couture, B.J. Penn, Conor McGregor, Georges St-Pierre, Daniel Cormier, Henry Cejudo, Amanda Nunes and Jon Jones accomplished the feat.
Pereira’s 11 MMA fights before becoming a two-division champion are the fewest in company history.
Pereira’s seven UFC fights to become a two-division champion are the fewest in company history.
Pereira’s eight MMA fights before becoming UFC champion is the second-fewest in modern history behind Brock Lesnar’s four.
Pereira becomes the first to compete in three UFC championship fights in 2024.
Pereira can become the seventh fighter to record three UFC title defenses in a calendar year. Frank Shamrock (1998), Tito Ortiz (2001), Matt Hughes (2002), Chuck Liddell (2006), Demetrious Johnson (2013) and Kamaru Usman (2021) have also accomplished the feat.
Pereira can set a new record for shortest time between three UFC title defenses at 175 days. Ronda Rousey currently holds the record at 189 days.
Pereira’s two consecutive UFC title defenses are tied for second-most among current champions behind Islam Makhachev (three).
Pereira is 4-0 since he moved up to the light heavyweight division in July 2023.
Pereira’s four-fight UFC winning streak at light heavyweight is tied for the third-longest active streak in the division behind Carlos Ulberg (six) and Rountree (five).
Pereira has earned nine of his 11 career victories by stoppage. He’s finished all of those wins by stoppage.
Pereira lands 63.8 percent of his significant strike attempts in UFC competition, the second-highest rate among active fighters in the company behind Tatiana Suarez (64 percent).
