{"id":41294,"date":"2026-10-27T02:52:43","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T02:52:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Loneer-Kavanagh-backs-Joshua-Van-wants-UFC-336-winner-next-203365"},"modified":"2026-10-27T02:52:43","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T02:52:43","slug":"loneer-kavanagh-backs-joshua-van-wants-ufc-336-winner-next","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/loneer-kavanagh-backs-joshua-van-wants-ufc-336-winner-next\/","title":{"rendered":"Lone\u2019er Kavanagh backs Joshua Van, wants UFC 336 winner next"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Lone\u2019er
\nKavanagh<\/a> is leaning toward Joshua Van<\/a>
\nin his title defense against Manel
\nKape<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Van will put his
\nUltimate Fighting Championship<\/a> flyweight title on the line
\nagainst Kape at UFC
\n336<\/a> on Jan. 30 at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto. Kavanagh is
\nexcited to watch the matchup between the two strikers but says it\u2019s
\ndifficult to pick against the reigning champion.<\/p>\n

\n

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Lone\u2019er Kavanagh favors Joshua Van over Manel Kape and offers
\nto serve as backup for the flyweight title fight<\/h2>\n

Kavanagh explained why he\u2019s leaning toward Van, saying \u201cThe
\nFearless\u201d proved himself with his dominant showing against Alexandre
\nPantoja<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a fan, it\u2019s gonna be an exciting one to watch,\u201d Kavanagh told
\nAriel Helwani. \u201cThey\u2019re both high-level strikers\u2026 You can’t really
\nbet against Joshua Van anymore. He’s proved himself against Pantoja
\ntwice. So maybe [I\u2019m leaning] towards Van\u2026 I was surprised. He had
\nan answer for everything that Pantoja threw at him\u2026 I’m gonna say
\nthe flyweight division is the most exciting division there is right
\nnow.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kavanagh called for the winner of Van vs. Kape after his
\nfirst-round technical knockout victory over Ramazonbek
\nTemirov<\/a> at
\nUFC 333<\/a> in Abu Dhabi on Saturday. In the same interview, the
\nEnglish flyweight said he\u2019s open to serving as a backup for the UFC
\n336 headliner.<\/p>\n

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\n

Lone\u2019er Kavanagh shares his prediction for
\nVan x Kape and explains why he believes flyweight is the most
\nexciting division in the UFC right now: \u201cYou can’t really bet
\nagainst Joshua Van<\/a>
\nanymore. He’s proved himself against Pantoja twice. I was
\nsurprised. He had an answer for everything that Pantoja threw at
\nhim. I’ve been blown away with what he’s done. His output as well
\nis amazing. He’s very fun to watch. I’m gonna say the flyweight
\ndivision is the most exciting division there is right now.”<\/p>\n

\u2014 Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani)
\nOctober 26, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Lone\u2019er Kavanagh is leaning toward Joshua Van in his title defense against Manel Kape. Van will put his Ultimate Fighting Championship flyweight title on the line against Kape at UFC 336 on Jan. 30 at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto. Kavanagh is excited to watch the matchup between the two strikers but says it\u2019s difficult to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41295,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41294","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\/41294","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=41294"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41294\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}