Alexandre Pantoja
“The Cannibal”
Alexandre Pantoja is ranked 2nd of 278 flyweights by the First Light Rating, and 1st in the UFC’s own flyweight rankings.
- FLRFirst Light Ratingmeasure of true skill
- 1,9542nd of 278 · Flyweight
- FLIFirst Light Indexfame compared to skill
- +0.52Fame ahead of skill
▲ +0.04 in 30 days - Career phase
- PrimeCareer-best FLR 1,985, 28 Jun 2025
- Record
- 30–7Pro
Fame against skill.
Every fighter with an FLI, by skill and fame. Hover a dot for the fighter; click to open their page. The dashed curve is the fame their skill predicts: above it, a fighter is more famous than their skill; below it, better than their fame.
Skill and attention.
Attention is drawn at the skill level its fame matches: above the skill line, more famous than skilled. Shaded: where the most similar careers went next.
Recent fights.
| Date | Fight | FLR |
|---|---|---|
| 19 Sept 2026 | Lost to Joshua Van TitleUFC 331 - Van vs. Pantoja 2 · Decision (Unanimous) | −26 |
| 6 Dec 2025 | Lost to Joshua Van TitleUFC 323 - Dvalishvili vs. Yan 2 · TKO (Arm Injury), R1 | −4 |
| 28 Jun 2025 | Won vs Kai Kara-France TitleUFC 317 - Topuria vs. Oliveira · Submission (Rear-Naked Choke), R3 | +14 |
| 7 Dec 2024 | Won vs Kai Asakura TitleUFC 310 - Pantoja vs. Asakura · Technical Submission (Rear-Naked Choke), R2 | +25 |
| 4 May 2024 | Won vs Steve Erceg TitleUFC 301 - Pantoja vs. Erceg · Decision (Unanimous), R5 | +9 |
| 16 Dec 2023 | Won vs Brandon Royval TitleUFC 296 - Edwards vs. Covington · Decision (Unanimous), R5 | +15 |
| 8 Jul 2023 | Won vs Brandon Moreno TitleUFC 290 - Volkanovski vs. Rodriguez · Decision (Split), R5 | +4 |
| 30 Jul 2022 | Won vs Alex PerezUFC 277 - Pena vs. Nunes 2 · Submission (Neck Crank), R1 | +13 |
| 21 Aug 2021 | Won vs Brandon RoyvalUFC on ESPN 29 - Cannonier vs. Gastelum · Submission (Rear-Naked Choke), R2 | +9 |
| 6 Feb 2021 | Won vs Manel KapeUFC Fight Night 184 - Overeem vs. Volkov · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +12 |
| 18 Jul 2020 | Lost to Askar AskarovUFC Fight Night 172 - Figueiredo vs. Benavidez 2 · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | −17 |
| 21 Dec 2019 | Won vs Matt SchnellUFC Fight Night 165 - Edgar vs. Korean Zombie · KO (Punches), R1 | +21 |
FLR is the First Light Rating points the fight earned or cost them.
How it is measured.
Data Credit: First Light Observatory.
How these numbers are made.
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