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Alexandre Pantoja

“The Cannibal”

Flyweight

Brazil#1 Flyweight2-fight losing streak

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30WINS

7LOSSES

0DRAWS

8KO/TKO

12SUB

10DEC

Pro MMA recordSource: UFC.com athlete profile (official)Checked 2026-10-22

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Tale of the tape

Age: 36 · born Apr 16, 1990 UFC.com
Height: 5′5″ 165 cm UFC.com
Reach: 67″ 170 cm UFC.com
Leg reach: 36.5″ 93 cm UFC.com
Stance: Orthodox UFCStats
Weight class: Flyweight UFC.com
UFC ranking: #1 Flyweight UFC.com
Fighting style: MMA UFC.com
Team / gym: American Top Team UFC.com
Born: Brazil UFC.com
Fights out of / flag: Brazil UFC.com
UFC debut: Jan. 29, 2017 UFC.com
1st-round finishes: 10 UFC.com

UFC.com: UFC.com athlete profile (official) · checked 2026-10-22 · UFCStats: UFCStats.com fighter page (data via the public ufcstats.com mirror, snapshot 2026-10-18)

UFC career stats

51%Striking accuracy1088 of 2154 landed

3%Takedown accuracy3⚑ of 102 landed

4.54Sig. strikes landedper min

4.23Sig. strikes absorbedper min

48%Striking defense

2.82Takedownsper 15 min

69%Takedown defense

0.88Submission attemptsper 15 min

0.25Knockdownsper 15 min

12:37Average fight time

Sig. strikes by position

Standing888 82%

Clinch110 10%

Ground90 8%

Sig. strikes by target

Head688 63%

Body232 21%

Leg168 15%

⚑ = UFC.com and UFCStats disagree on this number. We show the official UFC.com figure and have flagged it for review.

Source: UFC.com athlete profile (official) (UFC stats are for UFC bouts only) · checked 2026-10-22

UFC fight history 19 bouts

Res	Opponent	Method	Rd	Time	Event	Date
L	Joshua Van	Decision - Unanimous	5	5:00	UFC 331: Van vs. Pantoja 2	Sep 19, 2026	↗
L	Joshua Van	KO/TKO	1	0:26	UFC 323: Dvalishvili vs. Yan 2	Dec 6, 2025	↗
W	Kai Kara-France	Submission	3	1:55	UFC 317: Topuria vs. Oliveira	Jun 28, 2025	↗
W	Kai Asakura	Submission	2	2:05	UFC 310: Pantoja vs. Asakura	Dec 7, 2024	↗
W	Steve Erceg	Decision - Unanimous	5	5:00	UFC 301: Pantoja vs. Erceg	May 4, 2024	↗
W	Brandon Royval	Decision - Unanimous	5	5:00	UFC 296: Edwards vs. Covington	Dec 16, 2023	↗
W	Brandon Moreno	Decision - Split	5	5:00	UFC 290: Volkanovski vs. Rodriguez	Jul 8, 2023	↗
W	Alex Perez	Submission	1	1:31	UFC 277: Pena vs. Nunes 2	Jul 30, 2022	↗
W	Brandon Royval	Submission	2	1:46	UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Gastelum	Aug 21, 2021	↗
W	Manel Kape	Decision - Unanimous	3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Volkov	Feb 6, 2021	↗
L	Askar Askarov	Decision - Unanimous	3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Figueiredo vs. Benavidez 2	Jul 18, 2020	↗
W	Matt Schnell	KO/TKO	1	4:17	UFC Fight Night: Edgar vs. The Korean Zombie	Dec 21, 2019	↗
L	Deiveson Figueiredo	Decision - Unanimous	3	5:00	UFC 240: Holloway vs. Edgar	Jul 27, 2019	↗
W	Wilson Reis	KO/TKO	1	2:58	UFC 236: Holloway vs. Poirier 2	Apr 13, 2019	↗
W	Yuta Sasaki	Submission	1	2:18	UFC Fight Night: Magny vs. Ponzinibbio	Nov 17, 2018	↗
W	Brandon Moreno	Decision - Unanimous	3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Maia vs. Usman	May 19, 2018	↗
L	Dustin Ortiz	Decision - Unanimous	3	5:00	UFC 220: Miocic vs. Ngannou	Jan 20, 2018	↗
W	Neil Seery	Submission	3	2:31	UFC Fight Night: Nelson vs. Ponzinibbio	Jul 16, 2017	↗
W	Eric Shelton	Decision - Split	3	5:00	UFC on FOX: Shevchenko vs. Pena	Jan 28, 2017	↗

UFC bouts only. Source: UFCStats.com bout pages (via the public mirror, snapshot 2026-10-18) · checked 2026-10-22. Bouts outside the UFC aren’t listed because we only republish history we can trace to an official source.