For some reason it is The “Baddest Motherf-ker” title is still a thing after its latest boring outing.
Former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Lightweight Champion Charles Oliveira defends his first BMF title against a two-time featherweight title challenger Diego Lopes In the main event of UFC 335 on Saturday, December 12, 2026, at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Former two-division champion in the Common Core tournament Alex Pereira makes his second heavyweight appearance against the former interim title challenger and fellow contender Sergei Pavlovich.
The UFC also announced a big middleweight matchup 4th place competitor Joe Pyfer and a great outlook Bo Nickal.
Watch the UFC 335 announcement below:
Oliveira (37-11) captured the BMF championship with a dominant decision Max Holloway. It was a one-sided performance that proved ‘Do Bronx’ is still one of the best lightweights in the world – even if it wasn’t exactly a fight, someone rushes to watch again.
The Brazilian is riding a two-fight winning streak after a knockout loss Ilia Topuria.
Lopes (28-8), meanwhile, is up to 155 pounds, having spent almost his entire professional career at Featherweight, save for several Bantamweight appearances before joining the UFC.
The 31-year-old returned to the winning column in his last outing with a knockout Steve Garcia UFC Freedom 250 (watch the highlights). Prior to this win, Lopes had alternated between wins and losses, with both losses coming against each other Alexander Volkanovsky.
Pereira (13-4) is making his first appearance since suffering a loss to the newly crowned heavyweight champion. Cyril Gane In the main event of UFC Freedom 250 (watch the highlights).
“Poatan” now faces another daunting task for Pavlović (21-3), who is riding a three-game winning streak. The Russian finally got back to his knockout in his last outing, needing just 39 seconds to be sent off Tallison Teixeira (watch the highlights).
Putting these two together feels less like a match and more like testing explosives.
Pyfer (16-3) puts his No. 4 ranking and four-fight winning streak on the line against one of the UFC’s most hyped prospects. “Bodybagz” is coming off the biggest win of his career by stopping the former middleweight champion Israel Adesanya (watch the highlights).
Nickal (9-1) has responded to the first loss of his professional career with consecutive victories. The decorated wrestler was last eliminated Kyle Daukaus In the first round of UFC Freedom 250 (watch the highlights).
UFC 335 Not Exactly Subtle: A ‘BMF’ Title Fight, Two Heavyweight Wrecking Balls and Middleweight Prospects Clash With Potential Championship Implications?
Someone will probably fall asleep in “Sin City”.
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