{"id":39402,"date":"2026-07-20T04:16:58","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T04:16:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Alexandre-Pantoja-says-hes-ready-for-Joshua-Van-rematch-after-arm-injury-201980"},"modified":"2026-07-20T04:16:58","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T04:16:58","slug":"alexandre-pantoja-says-hes-ready-for-joshua-van-rematch-after-arm-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/alexandre-pantoja-says-hes-ready-for-joshua-van-rematch-after-arm-injury\/","title":{"rendered":"Alexandre Pantoja says he’s ready for Joshua Van rematch after arm injury"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Alexandre
\nPantoja<\/a> is eager to reclaim the
\nUltimate Fighting Championship<\/a> flyweight title.<\/p>\n

The former 125-pound champion has been sidelined since suffering an
\narm injury in his title defense against Joshua Van<\/a>
\nat
\nUFC 323<\/a> last year. “The Cannibal” has now fully healed and
\nbelieves he is ready to run it back with Van.<\/p>\n

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Alexandre Pantoja says he’s fully recovered and wants another
\nshot at UFC flyweight champion Joshua Van.<\/h2>\n

Pantoja suffered an arm injury very early into his fight with Van,
\nwho caught his kick and forced him backwards before the Brazilian
\nawkwardly posted up on his hand. The referee stopped the bout at 26
\nseconds, with Pantoja clearly in pain, clutching his arm. His
\nrecovery is now complete and he\u2019s targeting an Octagon return.<\/p>\n

\u201cI’m ready,\u201d Pantoja told MMA Fighting<\/a>. \u201cAfter December, what happened to
\nmy arm, two days after that, I went to the gym, started training
\nwith just one arm. That’s who I am. I’m not done. I’m not done. I
\nhave so much to conquer. I have so much to prove. I want to take
\nthe belt again. I want to be UFC champion one more time.\u201d<\/p>\n

After his anticlimactic title-winning effort, Van successfully
\ndefended the flyweight crown with a fifth-round stoppage of
\nTatsuro
\nTaira<\/a> at
\nUFC 328<\/a>. Pantoja has now praised the champion’s performance and
\nbelieves the division has gotten more interesting during his
\nabsence.<\/p>\n

“Flyweight is better than ever,” Pantoja said. “I think what
\nhappened with me last year made the division more fire. Now I have
\nthe opportunity to take over and beat everybody again.”<\/p>\n

While he accepts the result of his loss to Van, Pantoja believes
\nhe\u2019s still the better fighter.<\/p>\n

\u201cOf course, I have unfinished business with Joshua Van. As an
\nathlete, I know I lost the fight,\u201d he added. \u201cThat happened. But
\nlike a man, I don’t think he beat me. I’m still here. I’m ready to
\nfight. I’m in amazing shape. Let’s see what happens next.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Alexandre Pantoja is eager to reclaim the Ultimate Fighting Championship flyweight title. The former 125-pound champion has been sidelined since suffering an arm injury in his title defense against Joshua Van at UFC 323 last year. “The Cannibal” has now fully healed and believes he is ready to run it back with Van. Advertisement Alexandre […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39403,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-martial-arts-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39402","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39402"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39402\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39403"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}