Charles Oliveira vs Diego Lopes tops official UFC 335 poster for 12 December
Oliveira makes his first BMF title defence against a debuting lightweight in Las Vegas, while Alex Pereira and Sergei Pavlovich share the poster ahead of their five-round heavyweight co-main event.
The UFC released its official poster for UFC 335 on Monday, with Charles Oliveira, Diego Lopes, Sergei Pavlovich and Alex Pereira all featured on the artwork.
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Oliveira and Lopes headline the card at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on 12 December with the BMF title on the line. It is the Brazilian's first defence of the belt, which he won with a decision over Max Holloway at UFC 326. Oliveira is the fourth man to hold the title, and Holloway remains the only one to have defended it successfully.
Lopes is moving up to lightweight for the first time after two unsuccessful challenges for the featherweight title. He comes into the fight off a knockout of Steve Garcia at UFC White House.
The same event ended Pereira's bid to become the UFC's first three-division champion, as he lost to Ciryl Gane in a heavyweight title fight. He now looks to work his way back into title contention against Pavlovich over five rounds in the co-main event.
Pavlovich has won his last three fights, most recently knocking out Tallison Teixeira at UFC Macau in May.
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