Former dual department
Ultimate Fighting Championship the defending champion and the Russian heavyweight will meet in the co-main tournament UFC 335 Dec. 12 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Pereira and Pavlovic react to the UFC 335 heavyweight matchup
Both Pereira (13-4) and Pavlovic (21-3) took to Instagram in response to their confirmed bout at UFC 335. Pereira shared an AI-generated video after the announcement, captioning the post: “See you soon.”
“Poatan” enters the match after a second round TKO loss Cyril Gane
at
UFC Freedom 250 in his UFC heavyweight debut in June.
Pavlovich responded with an equally short message on his Instagram account: “Back soon.”
Pavlović enters the match on a three-game winning streak. The Russian was last eliminated Tallison Teixeira in 39 seconds at UFC Macau, earning his first stoppage win since April 2023.