Alexei Pergande ready for step-up after latest PFL win
Alexei Pergande speaks to MMA Junkie and other media following his submission win over Ethan Goss at Thursday’s 2025 PFL World Tournament 10.
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. – Alexi Pergande’s confidence is growing with each fight, getting one step closer to realizing his dream of becoming a champion.
Pergande (7-0) has fought all of his professional bouts under the PFL ecosystem. His professional debut was in the PFL Challenger Series in April 2022, where he won by second-round submission. Six fights later, he picked up his third pro stoppage by submitting Ethan Goss with a D’arce choke in the first round at 2025 PFL World Tournament 10.
“I’m in a place where it’s very rare to have the opportunity that I did, growing up with PFL since my professional debut,” Pergande told reporters during a post-fight news conference. “I feel like being in a big promotion with all the lights on me, all the cameras, all the pressure, it just makes me a better fighter. I know when I’m eventually in the tournament, I’m going to be so much more calm, I’m going to be so much more collected. Even though I only have seven fights, which isn’t that much, I can feel that fight that fight-by-fight, every time I go out there, it’s just like another day at sparring. I go in there, I know what to do, and I trust my skills.”
A product of Kill Cliff FC, there’s no shortage of championship-level talent to help Pergande sharpen his skills. The 24-year-old featherweight aims to enter the PFL World Tournament next year. There are a few boxes he wants to check off, each progressively bigger: win the PFL tournament, become the face of the brand, and ultimately become the best fighter on the planet.
“I do (see myself as a future face of the PFL),” Pergande said. “That’s always the goal. I want to be the best in the world. I want to be fighting the best in the world, and I want to prove a point. I know that I’ve been working for this my whole life, so I know that it is 100 percent doable. I believe in myself, I believe in my team, and I train with the best in the world every single day, so that’s all I need. I’m excited for the future.”
“… Just know that I am going to be the best in the world. That’s gonna be my story, and I know it. Just follow along, hop on while it’s early ’cause the train is leaving. It’s going, so you gotta hop on board and ride with me throughout the whole thing. I will be a world champion, and we can watch this interview back – even play it at the finals.”
