Joshua Van
“The Fearless”
Joshua Van is ranked 4th of 278 flyweights by the First Light Rating, and the UFC’s flyweight champion.
- FLRFirst Light Ratingmeasure of true skill
- 1,9444th of 278 · Flyweight
- FLIFirst Light Indexfame compared to skill
- +0.63Fame ahead of skill
▼ −0.04 in 30 days - Career phase
- DevelopingCareer-best FLR 1,945, 19 Sept 2026
- Record
- 18–2Pro
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 | Won vs Alexandre Pantoja TitleUFC 331 - Van vs. Pantoja 2 · Decision (Unanimous) | +27 |
| 9 May 2026 | Won vs Tatsuro Taira TitleUFC 328 - Chimaev vs. Strickland · TKO (Front Kick to the Body and Punches), R5 | +24 |
| 6 Dec 2025 | Won vs Alexandre Pantoja TitleUFC 323 - Dvalishvili vs. Yan 2 · TKO (Arm Injury), R1 | −2 |
| 28 Jun 2025 | Won vs Brandon RoyvalUFC 317 - Topuria vs. Oliveira · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +20 |
| 7 Jun 2025 | Won vs Bruno SilvaUFC 316 - Dvalishvili vs. O'Malley 2 · TKO (Punches), R3 | +27 |
| 8 Mar 2025 | Won vs Rei TsuruyaUFC 313 - Pereira vs. Ankalaev · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +40 |
| 7 Dec 2024 | Won vs Cody DurdenUFC 310 - Pantoja vs. Asakura · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +36 |
| 14 Sept 2024 | Won vs Edgar ChairezUFC 306 - Noche UFC: O'Malley vs. Dvalishvili · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +24 |
| 13 Jul 2024 | Lost to Charles JohnsonUFC on ESPN 59 - Namajunas vs. Cortez · KO (Punches), R3 | −10 |
| 13 Jan 2024 | Won vs Felipe BunesUFC Fight Night 234 - Ankalaev vs. Walker 2 · TKO (Punches), R2 | +30 |
| 11 Nov 2023 | Won vs Kevin BorjasUFC 295 - Prochazka vs. Pereira · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +43 |
| 24 Jun 2023 | Won vs Zhalgas ZhumagulovUFC on ABC 5 - Emmett vs. Topuria · Decision (Split), R3 | +38 |
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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