Alex Oliveira was born on February 21,1988 and is a Brazilian professional mixed martial artist who competes in the Welterweight division.
47 Facts About Alex Oliveira
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Alex Oliveira is best known for his tenure fighting in the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
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Alex Oliveira trained in Muay Thai for a couple of years before switching to mixed martial arts at the age of 22.
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Alex Oliveira made his promotional debut as a short notice replacement against Gilbert Burns on March 21,2015, at UFC Fight Night 62, filling in for an injured Josh Thomson.
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Alex Oliveira won the fight via submission in the first round.
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Alex Oliveira faced Piotr Hallmann in a lightweight bout on November 7,2015, at UFC Fight Night 77.
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Alex Oliveira won the fight by knockout in the third round.
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Alex Oliveira fought Donald Cerrone on February 21,2016, at UFC Fight Night 83, filling in for Tim Means.
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Alex Oliveira lost the fight via submission in the first round.
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Alex Oliveira faced James Moontasri on July 23,2016, at UFC on Fox 20.
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Alex Oliveira next faced Will Brooks in a lightweight bout on October 1,2016, at UFC Fight Night 96.
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Alex Oliveira faced Tim Means on December 30,2016, at UFC 207.
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Alex Oliveira won the bout via submission in the second round.
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Alex Oliveira faced Ryan LaFlare on July 22,2017, at UFC on Fox 25.
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Alex Oliveira won the fight via knockout in the second round, after landing a well timed right uppercut.
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Alex Oliveira was awarded his second Performance of the Night bonus award.
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Alex Oliveira faced Yancy Medeiros on December 2,2017, at UFC 218.
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Alex Oliveira lost the back-and-forth fight via TKO in the third round.
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Alex Oliveira defeated Carlos Condit on April 14,2018, at UFC on Fox 29, after replacing injured Matt Brown.
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Alex Oliveira was expected to face Neil Magny on September 22,2018, at UFC Fight Night 137.
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Alex Oliveira won the fight via knockout just 39 seconds into the first round.
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Alex Oliveira faced Gunnar Nelson on December 8,2018, at UFC 231.
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Alex Oliveira lost the fight via a rear-naked choke in round two.
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Alex Oliveira was expected to face Li Jingliang on April 27,2019, at UFC Fight Night: Jacare vs Hermansson.
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Alex Oliveira faced returning veteran Nicolas Dalby on September 28,2019, at UFC Fight Night 160.
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Alex Oliveira was expected to face Mickey Gall on February 29,2020, at UFC Fight Night 169.
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Alex Oliveira was quickly rescheduled and instead faced Max Griffin the following week at UFC 248.
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Alex Oliveira faced Peter Sobotta on July 26,2020, at UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs Till.
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Alex Oliveira faced Shavkat Rakhmonov, replacing injured Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos on October 24,2020, at UFC 254.
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At the weigh-ins, Alex Oliveira weighed in at 173 pounds, two pounds over the welterweight non-title fight limit.
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Alex Oliveira lost the fight via a guillotine choke submission in the first round.
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Alex Oliveira was expected to face Randy Brown on February 27,2021, at UFC Fight Night 186.
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Alex Oliveira lost the fight via a one-armed rear naked choke in the first round.
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Alex Oliveira faced Niko Price on October 2,2021, at UFC Fight Night 193.
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Alex Oliveira faced Kevin Holland at UFC 272 on March 5,2022.
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Alex Oliveira lost the fight via technical knockout in round two.
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Alex Oliveira made his first appearance post-UFC against Michel Silva at BF Mr Cage Fight Music Show on June 10,2022.
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Alex Oliveira lost the bout after getting choked unconscious in the second round via anaconda choke.
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Alex Oliveira faced Kiefer Crosbie on April 1,2023 at Rise Fighting Championship: Cowboy vs Kiefer.
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Alex Oliveira lost the bout via knockout in the first round.
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Alex Oliveira won the bout via judo slam in the first round.
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Alex Oliveira was scheduled to face Gleison Tibau in the inaugural Global Fight League event on May 24,2025 at GFL 1.
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Alex Oliveira made his bare-knuckle boxing debut on September 20,2024 against Igor Ionov at Russian event "REN TV Fight Club" and lost via knockout in the first round.
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Alex Oliveira is nicknamed "Cowboy" due to formerly being a rodeo bullrider.
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Alex Oliveira subsequently underwent surgery to remove fragments of the grenade from his leg.
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The next morning, Alex Oliveira showed up at his wife's apartment where he allegedly assaulted her, fleeing the scene on a motorcycle with their baby daughter.
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Alex Oliveira said they were only having an argument and that they haven't separated: on the contrary, his wife is pregnant again.