Joshua Van
12 UFC Fights | 92% Win Rate | 4 Finishes (36%)
Joshua Van UFC Record & Pro MMA Record
Joshua Van is 11-1 in the UFC across 12 fights, with 4 wins by knockout and 7 by decision. The full pro MMA record is 18-2, 7-1 of it outside the UFC. Van competes at flyweight as an orthodox volume striker, standing 5'5" with a 65" reach at 24 years old. The last bout was a win over Alexandre Pantoja by unanimous decision in Sep 2026.
Best attribute: striking volume (significant strikes landed per minute) — 99th percentile among 115 flyweight fighters (8.4 sig. strikes/min).
Joshua Van's UFC win rate is 92% (11 of 12 fights), and 36% of those wins came by finish. Van averages 0.7 takedowns per fight at 62% accuracy and stops 76% of opponents' takedown attempts.
- Pro MMA Record
- 18-2
- UFC Record
- 11-1
- Height
- 5'5"
- Reach
- 65"
- Age
- 24
- Stance
- Orthodox
- Last Fight
- W vs Alexandre Pantoja · Decision - Unanimous · Sep 2026
Pro record from Sherdog (snapshot 2026-07-03) plus every UFC bout since; UFC record from UFCStats.
Joshua Van's Last 5 Fights
Van is 5-0 in the last five UFC fights.
- Win vs Alexandre Pantoja · Decision - Unanimous · R5 5:00 · UFC 331: Van vs. Pantoja 2 · Sep 2026
- Win vs Tatsuro Taira · KO/TKO · R5 1:32 · UFC 328: Chimaev vs. Strickland · May 2026
- Win vs Alexandre Pantoja · KO/TKO · R1 0:26 · UFC 323: Dvalishvili vs. Yan 2 · Dec 2025
- Win vs Brandon Royval · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC 317: Topuria vs. Oliveira · Jun 2025
- Win vs Bruno Silva · KO/TKO · R3 4:01 · UFC 316: Dvalishvili vs. O'Malley 2 · Jun 2025
Striking
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Round-by-Round Output
Sig. Strikes Landed per Round — Joshua Van vs Average
Joshua Van lands 21.8 strikes in R1 but 40.1 in R3+ — output increases in later rounds.
Joshua Van's UFC Fight History
12 UFC fights on record (11-1), most recent first.
| Result | Opponent | Method | Rd · Time | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W★ | Alexandre Pantoja | Decision - Unanimous | R5 · 5:00 | UFC 331: Van vs. Pantoja 2 | 2026-09-19 |
| W★ | Tatsuro Taira | KO/TKO | R5 · 1:32 | UFC 328: Chimaev vs. Strickland | 2026-05-09 |
| W★ | Alexandre Pantoja | KO/TKO | R1 · 0:26 | UFC 323: Dvalishvili vs. Yan 2 | 2025-12-06 |
| W | Brandon Royval | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 317: Topuria vs. Oliveira | 2025-06-28 |
| W | Bruno Silva | KO/TKO | R3 · 4:01 | UFC 316: Dvalishvili vs. O'Malley 2 | 2025-06-07 |
| W | Rei Tsuruya | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 313: Pereira vs. Ankalaev | 2025-03-08 |
| W | Cody Durden | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 310: Pantoja vs. Asakura | 2024-12-07 |
| W | Edgar Chairez | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 306: Riyadh Season Noche UFC | 2024-09-14 |
| L | Charles Johnson | KO/TKO | R3 · 0:20 | UFC Fight Night: Namajunas vs. Cortez | 2024-07-13 |
| W | Felipe Bunes | KO/TKO | R2 · 4:31 | UFC Fight Night: Ankalaev vs. Walker 2 | 2024-01-13 |
| W | Kevin Borjas | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 295: Prochazka vs. Pereira | 2023-11-11 |
| W | Zhalgas Zhumagulov | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Emmett vs. Topuria | 2023-06-24 |
How Van Ranks at Flyweight
Percentile among the 115 flyweight fighters in our database (higher is better; absorbed strikes are inverted).
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