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Joshua Van vs Alexandre Pantoja: flyweight main event preview at UFC 331
Tale of the tape and archive form for Joshua Van against Alexandre Pantoja, the main event at UFC 331 on Sep 19, 2026.
UFC 331: Van vs. Pantoja 2 lands on Saturday, September 19, 2026 at crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, and the main event is Joshua Van against Alexandre Pantoja at flyweight, scheduled for 5 rounds. The card carries 13 bouts in our tables.
Tale of the tape
Joshua Van ("The Fearless"), 24, comes in at 17-2-0, listed at 5'5", with a 65-inch reach, fighting orthodox. Alexandre Pantoja ("The Cannibal"), 36, comes in at 30-6-0, listed at 5'5", with a 67.5-inch reach, fighting orthodox. On the tape, they are level on height and Pantoja holds 2.5 inches of reach. Van is the younger by 12 years. Both fight orthodox.
- Record: Joshua Van 17-2-0 · Alexandre Pantoja 30-6-0
- Age: Joshua Van 24 · Alexandre Pantoja 36
- Height: Joshua Van 5'5" · Alexandre Pantoja 5'5"
- Reach: Joshua Van 65" · Alexandre Pantoja 67.5"
- Stance: Joshua Van Orthodox · Alexandre Pantoja Orthodox
What the archive says
Our archive has 5 completed UFC bouts for Joshua Van, 5 wins. 3 of those wins came inside the distance. Most recently he beat Tatsuro Taira by KO/TKO in round 5 on May 9, 2026.
- W vs Tatsuro Taira — KO/TKO, R5 (May 9, 2026)
- W vs Alexandre Pantoja — KO/TKO, R1 (Dec 6, 2025)
- W vs Brandon Royval — unanimous decision, R3 (Jun 28, 2025)
- W vs Bruno Silva — KO/TKO, R3 (Jun 7, 2025)
- W vs Rei Tsuruya — unanimous decision, R3 (Mar 8, 2025)
Our archive has 2 completed UFC bouts for Alexandre Pantoja, 1 win and 1 loss. That win came inside the distance. He last fought on Dec 6, 2025 and lost to Joshua Van by KO/TKO in round 1.
- L vs Joshua Van — KO/TKO, R1 (Dec 6, 2025)
- W vs Kai Kara-France — submission, R3 (Jun 28, 2025)
What to watch
Range is the first thing the tape flags: Alexandre Pantoja owns a 2.5-inch reach advantage, which sets the distance Joshua Van has to cross to land. From our archive, Joshua Van has finished 3 of 5 archived wins and Alexandre Pantoja has finished 1 of 1 archived win. It is scheduled for five rounds, so the pace of the first ten minutes carries into a championship distance.
Algo lean: locked. PropBetEdge model pricing for this bout ships with UFC Pro; no pick is shown until the model has produced one.
Written by the PropBetEdge UFC Desk from PropBetEdge's own fight tables and a stored fact block. Read the editorial policy.
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