{"id":40874,"date":"2026-10-05T06:05:05","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T06:05:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Alex-Pereira-Diego-Lopes-open-as-underdogs-for-UFC-335-203074"},"modified":"2026-10-05T06:05:05","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T06:05:05","slug":"alex-pereira-diego-lopes-open-as-underdogs-for-ufc-335","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/alex-pereira-diego-lopes-open-as-underdogs-for-ufc-335\/","title":{"rendered":"Alex Pereira, Diego Lopes open as underdogs for UFC 335"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/alex-pereira-diego-lopes-open-as-underdogs-for-ufc-335.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"\/><\/div>\n<p> The <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/organizations\/Ultimate-Fighting-Championship-2\"><br \/>\nUltimate Fighting Championship<\/a> returns to Las Vegas on Dec. 12<br \/>\nfor <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/events\/UFC-335-Oliveira-vs-Lopes-114294\">UFC<br \/>\n335<\/a>, with three matchups already announced for the final<br \/>\nnumbered event of 2026.<\/p>\n<p>In the main event, <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Charles-Oliveira-30300\">Charles<br \/>\nOliveira<\/a> will defend the BMF title against <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Diego-Lopes-112531\">Diego<br \/>\nLopes<\/a>, who will make his UFC lightweight debut. The card also<br \/>\nfeatures former two-division champion <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Alex-Pereira-224511\">Alex<br \/>\nPereira<\/a> facing <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Sergei-Pavlovich-184051\">Sergei<br \/>\nPavlovich<\/a> and a middleweight bout between <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Joe-Pyfer-239253\">Joe Pyfer<\/a> and<br \/>\n<a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Bo-Nickal-392031\">Bo<br \/>\nNickal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>UFC 335 opening odds favor Sergei Pavlovich, Charles Oliveira<br \/>\nand Joe Pyfer<\/h2>\n<p>According to <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/sportsbook\/martial-arts\/mma\/ufc-335\">BetOnline Sports &amp; Casino<\/a>, former lightweight<br \/>\nchampion Oliveira opened as a -172 favorite against Lopes (+146), a<br \/>\ntwo-time featherweight title challenger. Oliveira won the BMF title<br \/>\nwith a dominant performance against <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Max-Holloway-38671\">Max<br \/>\nHolloway<\/a>, while Lopes defeated <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Steve-Garcia-50916\">Steve<br \/>\nGarcia<\/a> in his last bout to rebound from his second loss to<br \/>\n<a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Alexander-Volkanovski-101527\">Alexander<br \/>\nVolkanovski<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In the co-main event, Pavlovich opened as a -130 favorite in his<br \/>\nheavyweight bout against Pereira, while \u201cPoatan\u201d was a +111<br \/>\nunderdog. Pereira lost his UFC heavyweight debut to <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Ciryl-Gane-293973\">Ciryl Gane<\/a><br \/>\nat <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/events\/UFC-White-House-Freedom-250-Topuria-vs-Gaethje-111990\"><br \/>\nUFC Freedom 250<\/a><br \/>Meanwhile, Pyfer opened as a -130 favorite against fellow <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/organizations\/Dana-Whites-Contender-Series-12411\"><br \/>\nDana White\u2019s Contender Series<\/a> graduate <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Bo-Nickal-392031\">Bo Nickal<\/a><br \/>\n(+111).<\/p>\n<p><center readability=\"1.3967889908257\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"5.5871559633028\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">5-ROUND HEAVYWEIGHT CLASH IN VEGAS \ud83c\udfb0 Sergei<br \/>\nPavlovich vs Alex Pereira is the co-main event at #UFC335 [ SAT Dec<br \/>\n12 LIVE on Paramount+ ] https:\/\/t.co\/6eTwuUkZc7<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 UFC on Paramount+ (@UFConParamount) <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/UFConParamount\/status\/2106544214502981795?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"><br \/>\nOctober 4, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center>  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ultimate Fighting Championship returns to Las Vegas on Dec. 12 for UFC 335, with three matchups already announced for the final numbered event of 2026. In the main event, Charles Oliveira will defend the BMF title against Diego Lopes, who will make his UFC lightweight debut. The card also features former two-division champion Alex [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40875,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-martial-arts-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40874","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40874"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40874\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}