{"id":41205,"date":"2026-10-22T03:02:18","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T03:02:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Alex-Pereira-says-Josh-Hokit-would-be-much-easier-fight-than-Sergei-Pavlovich-203293"},"modified":"2026-10-22T03:02:18","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T03:02:18","slug":"alex-pereira-says-josh-hokit-would-be-much-easier-fight-than-sergei-pavlovich","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/alex-pereira-says-josh-hokit-would-be-much-easier-fight-than-sergei-pavlovich\/","title":{"rendered":"Alex Pereira says Josh Hokit would be ‘much easier’ fight than Sergei Pavlovich"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Alex
\nPereira<\/a> has explained his frustration with the
\nUltimate Fighting Championship<\/a>\u2019s heavyweight matchmaking.<\/p>\n

Pereira (13-4) is scheduled to face Sergei
\nPavlovich<\/a> (21-3) at UFC
\n335<\/a> on Dec. 12 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Meanwhile,
\nJosh
\nHokit<\/a> (10-0) will face Ciryl Gane<\/a>
\n(14-2) for the heavyweight title at UFC
\n334<\/a> on Nov. 14 at Madison Square Garden in New York.<\/p>\n

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Pereira said he initially expected either a rematch with Gane or a
\ngrudge match against Hokit, but he sees the Pavlovich booking as a
\nfavorable stylistic matchup.<\/p>\n

Alex Pereira explains UFC matchmaking frustration and why
\nSergei Pavlovich is more dangerous than Josh Hokit<\/h2>\n

Pereira lost his UFC heavyweight debut to Gane by technical
\nknockout in an interim title bout at
\nUFC Freedom 250<\/a>. After Tom
\nAspinall<\/a> relinquished the undisputed championship, Pereira said
\nthe promotion discussed a title rematch with Gane or a fight
\nagainst Hokit, who has repeatedly criticized \u201cPoatan.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pereira considers Hokit an easier opponent than Pavlovich.
\nNevertheless, he said a conversation with UFC executive Hunter
\nCampbell resolved his frustration, and he now looks forward to the
\nDecember bout.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat got me more upset at that time was because they told me that
\nI was possibly going to fight Gane for the belt or fight Hokit,\u201d
\nPereira told Ariel Helwani. \u201cAnd then none of that happened. Coming
\nfrom a loss, fighting Hokit would be much, much easier for me than
\nfighting Pavlovich, who’s supposed to be a harder fight. Hokit
\nwould be a much easier fight for me. We got together [with Hunter
\nCampbell], we talked, we straightened things out, so it was fine.
\nPavlovich is a little more dangerous opponent, but looking at it in
\na technical way today, I see that it’s actually also a very good
\nfight for me.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Alex
\nPereira<\/a> reveals what upset him about the UFC’s decision not to
\nbook him against Ciryl Gane<\/a>
\nor Josh
\nHokit<\/a>: \u201cWhat got me more upset at that time was because they
\ntold me that I was possibly going to fight Gane for the belt or
\nfight Hokit. And then none of that happened. Coming from a loss,
\nfighting Hokit would be much, much easier for me than fighting
\nPavlovich, who’s supposed to be a harder fight. Hokit would be a
\nmuch easier fight for me. We got together [with Hunter Campbell],
\nwe talked, we straightened things out, so it was fine. Pavlovich is
\na little more dangerous opponent, but looking at it in a technical
\nway today, I see that it’s actually also a very good fight for
\nme.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014 Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani)
\nOctober 21, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Alex Pereira has explained his frustration with the Ultimate Fighting Championship\u2019s heavyweight matchmaking. Pereira (13-4) is scheduled to face Sergei Pavlovich (21-3) at UFC 335 on Dec. 12 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Meanwhile, Josh Hokit (10-0) will face Ciryl Gane (14-2) for the heavyweight title at UFC 334 on Nov. 14 at Madison […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41206,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41205","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\/41205","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=41205"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41205\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}