{"id":39853,"date":"2026-08-12T07:17:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T07:17:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Alexandre-Pantoja-coach-touts-Pantoja-20-ahead-of-UFC-331-202335"},"modified":"2026-08-12T07:17:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T07:17:17","slug":"alexandre-pantoja-coach-touts-pantoja-2-0-ahead-of-ufc-331","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/alexandre-pantoja-coach-touts-pantoja-2-0-ahead-of-ufc-331\/","title":{"rendered":"Alexandre Pantoja coach touts \u2018Pantoja 2.0\u2019 ahead of UFC 331"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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One of Alexandre
\nPantoja<\/a>\u2019s coaches is excited about the former champ\u2019s Octagon
\nreturn.<\/p>\n

Nearly eight months after losing his
\nUltimate Fighting Championship<\/a> flyweight title to Joshua Van<\/a>
\ndue to an arm injury in the opening minute of their
\nUFC 323<\/a> matchup, Pantoja will have an opportunity to reclaim
\nthe belt when the two meet again in the UFC
\n331<\/a> main event on Sept. 19 at Crypto.com Arena in Los
\nAngeles.<\/p>\n

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According to
\nAmerican Top Team<\/a> strength and conditioning coach Everton
\nOliveira<\/a>, the injury hasn\u2019t impeded Pantoja’s development.<\/p>\n

Everton Oliveira details Alexandre Pantoja’s recovery ahead of
\nreturn<\/h2>\n

Pantoja was a dominant champion going into his title defense
\nagainst Van last year. However, after the challenger caught his
\nkick, \u201cThe Cannibal\u201d used his forearm as a frame while falling to
\nthe canvas. An awkward landing saw Pantoja immediately indicate
\nthat his arm was injured, prompting the referee to step in.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was an extremely positive surprise the way Pantoja responded to
\nthe injury,\u201d Oliveira told Sherdog. \u201cIt was a serious one, but he
\ndidn\u2019t have to undergo surgery. The following week, he was already
\ndoing physical therapy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Oliveira believes Pantoja’s recovery was going so well that the
\nformer champion could have returned in May if needed.<\/p>\n

\u201cThanks to his dedication and commitment, his recovery was
\namazing,\u201d Oliveira added. \u201cLet\u2019s say that if the UFC had needed him
\nto return in May, he would have been ready.\u201d<\/p>\n

The coach then emphasized that the additional time away from the
\ncompetition after Pantoja recovered could ultimately benefit the
\nformer 125-pound king.<\/p>\n

\u201cBefore the injury, during his last camp, he was already going
\nthrough the best phase of his career,\u201d Oliveira said. \u201cThis time
\naway from training only increased his motivation. I\u2019m excited to
\nsee this Pantoja 2.0 turbo version, with a performance above his
\nnormal level. He\u2019s more mature and at his physical and technical
\nprime.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One of Alexandre Pantoja\u2019s coaches is excited about the former champ\u2019s Octagon return. Nearly eight months after losing his Ultimate Fighting Championship flyweight title to Joshua Van due to an arm injury in the opening minute of their UFC 323 matchup, Pantoja will have an opportunity to reclaim the belt when the two meet again […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39854,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39853","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\/39853","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=39853"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39853\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39854"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}