October 5, 2026. Featured image: AI-generated editorial illustration, not an event photograph. Stylized portraits of Charles Oliveira and Diego Lopes wearing MMA gloves with a Las Vegas arena backdrop.
UFC 335 is set for December 12, 2026, at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, with Charles Oliveira defending the BMF title against Diego Lopes in the main event. UFC confirmed the card in its official announcement.
Oliveira won the BMF belt against Max Holloway at UFC 326 and will now put that title on the line against Lopes. The belt is not the UFC lightweight world championship. Lopes, a two-time featherweight title challenger, is moving up for his lightweight debut.
The co-main event features Alex Pereira vs Sergei Pavlovich at heavyweight. UFC lists the matchup as a non-title bout. Pereira is continuing his move into the division, while Pavlovich enters as an established heavyweight contender.
The two fights give UFC 335 a high-profile doubleheader: a BMF title main event and a heavyweight co-main event, both confirmed for the same December 12 Las Vegas card.
