Joshua Van

“The Fearless”

🏆 Current UFC Flyweight Champion

P4P #6

OctagonStats Rating 1649 P4P #18

11-1-0

Career record (W-L-D)

NEXT FIGHT vs Manel Kape
UFC 336 · January 30, 2027

Physical stats

Height5' 5" (165 cm)

Weight125 lbs. (57 kg)

Reach65" (165 cm)

StanceOrthodox

BornOct 10, 2001

Age25

DivisionFlyweight

BirthplaceHakha, Chin State, Myanmar

Team4oz. Fight Club

Striking & grappling

SLpM8.26

Str. Acc57%

SApM5.83

Str. Def57%

TD Avg0.70

TD Acc61%

TD Def-

Sub Avg0.3

Recent form

W W W W W

Last 5 fights, most recent first

Career timeline

12 fights, oldest to newest — ■ win ■ loss ■ draw/no contest. Hover for details.

Career breakdown

Based on recorded UFC bouts — early regional fights may not be included.

Wins by method

4 KO/TKO wins · 0 sub wins · 7 decision wins

Losses by method

1 KO/TKO losses · 0 sub losses · 0 decision losses

Finish rate36%

Times finished100%

StreakW8

Best streak8

Avg fight14:14

Octagon time2h 50m

Opp win%73%

ActiveJun. 24, 2023 – Sep. 19, 2026 (4y)

Strength of schedule

Ranked opponents faced4

Ranked wins4

Best ranked winAlexandre Pantoja (#1 Flyweight)

Based on current UFC rankings — a snapshot, not the ranking at fight time.

Bonus awards

Fight of the Night3

Total bonuses3

Post-fight bonuses from UFC event records.

Career story

Joshua Van "The Fearless" is an 18-2-0 decision specialist. Most wins by decision.

Joshua debuted Jun. 24, 2023 vs Zhalgas Zhumagulov (win). Longest win streak: 8. On a 8-fight win streak.

Best wins: Alexandre Pantoja (U-DEC R5, Sep. 19, 2026); Alexandre Pantoja (KO/TKO R1, Dec. 06, 2025); Tatsuro Taira (KO/TKO Punches R5, May. 09, 2026).

Joshua Van Bawi Thawng (Burmese: ယောရှုဗန်ဘွေထောင်း; born October 10, 2001) is a Burmese and American professional mixed martial artist currently competing in the Flyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he is the current UFC Flyweight Champion. Van is the first fighter from Myanmar to sign with the promotion. At UFC 323, he became the UFC's first Asian-born male champion and the first champion to be born in the 2000s. As of September 22, 2026, he is #6 in the UFC men's pound-for-pound rankings.

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Fight history

Date	Event	Result	Method	R	Time	KD	Str	TD	Sub
Sep. 19, 2026	UFC 331: Van vs. Pantoja 2	W Alexandre Pantoja	U-DEC	5	5:00	1 0	181 147	0 5	1 0
May. 09, 2026	UFC 328: Chimaev vs. Strickland	W Tatsuro Taira	KO/TKO Punches	5	1:32	2 0	131 55	1 8	2 0
Dec. 06, 2025	UFC 323: Dvalishvili vs. Yan 2	W Alexandre Pantoja	KO/TKO	1	0:26	0 0	2 6	0 0	0 0
Jun. 28, 2025	UFC 317: Topuria vs. Oliveira	W Brandon Royval	U-DEC	3	5:00	1 0	204 215	0 0	0 0
Jun. 07, 2025	UFC 316: Dvalishvili vs. O'Malley 2	W Bruno Silva	KO/TKO Punches	3	4:01	3 0	125 76	0 1	0 0
Mar. 08, 2025	UFC 313: Pereira vs. Ankalaev	W Rei Tsuruya	U-DEC	3	5:00	0 0	59 32	0 4	0 0
Dec. 07, 2024	UFC 310: Pantoja vs. Asakura	W Cody Durden	U-DEC	3	5:00	0 0	165 70	0 2	0 0
Sep. 14, 2024	UFC 306: Riyadh Season Noche UFC	W Edgar Chairez	U-DEC	3	5:00	0 0	118 79	3 0	0 1
Jul. 13, 2024	UFC Fight Night: Namajunas vs. Cortez	L Charles Johnson	KO/TKO Punch	3	0:20	0 1	67 88	1 0	0 0
Jan. 13, 2024	UFC Fight Night: Ankalaev vs. Walker 2	W Felipe Bunes	KO/TKO Punches	2	4:31	1 0	83 50	1 2	0 0
Nov. 11, 2023	UFC 295: Prochazka vs. Pereira	W Kevin Borjas	U-DEC	3	5:00	0 0	156 75	2 0	0 0
Jun. 24, 2023	UFC Fight Night: Emmett vs. Topuria	W Zhalgas Zhumagulov	S-DEC	3	5:00	0 0	120 103	0 1	0 0

Fight data compiled from public statistical sources (ufcstats.com) and Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). OctagonStats is an independent database, not affiliated with UFC / TKO Group.