{"id":1993,"date":"2026-09-29T12:55:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T12:55:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stepfoxthemes.com\/mma-elementor\/2026\/09\/29\/joshua-van-the-flyweight-champion-by-the-numbers\/"},"modified":"2026-09-29T12:55:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T12:55:15","slug":"joshua-van-the-flyweight-champion-by-the-numbers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stepfoxthemes.com\/mma-elementor\/2026\/09\/29\/joshua-van-the-flyweight-champion-by-the-numbers\/","title":{"rendered":"Joshua Van: the flyweight champion, by the numbers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stepfoxthemes.com\/mma-elementor\/fighter\/joshua-van\/\">Joshua Van<\/a>, \u201cThe Fearless\u201d, holds the flyweight title with a record of 18-2-0. Four of those wins have come in title fights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How the wins came: 9 of 18 wins have come by knockout, and 61% have ended before the final bell. The other seven went to the judges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Van stands 5&#039;5&quot;, with a 65&quot; reach, fights orthodox, out of 4oz Fight Club, and is 24 years old.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last time out: a win over <a href=\"https:\/\/stepfoxthemes.com\/mma-elementor\/fighter\/alexandre-pantoja\/\">Alexandre Pantoja<\/a> at <a href=\"https:\/\/stepfoxthemes.com\/mma-elementor\/mma_event\/ufc-331-van-vs-pantoja-2\/\">UFC 331: Van vs. Pantoja 2<\/a> (Unanimous decision).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Who is chasing the belt<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>No. 1: <a href=\"https:\/\/stepfoxthemes.com\/mma-elementor\/fighter\/alexandre-pantoja\/\">Alexandre Pantoja<\/a> (30-7-0)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>No. 2: <a href=\"https:\/\/stepfoxthemes.com\/mma-elementor\/fighter\/brandon-moreno\/\">Brandon Moreno<\/a> (24-10-2)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>No. 3: <a href=\"https:\/\/stepfoxthemes.com\/mma-elementor\/fighter\/brandon-royval\/\">Brandon Royval<\/a> (18-9-0)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>No. 4: <a href=\"https:\/\/stepfoxthemes.com\/mma-elementor\/fighter\/amir-albazi\/\">Amir Albazi<\/a> (17-3-0)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>No. 5: <a href=\"https:\/\/stepfoxthemes.com\/mma-elementor\/fighter\/kai-kara-france\/\">Kai Kara-France<\/a> (25-12-0)<\/li>\n\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>18-2-0, 9 of 18 wins have come by knockout, and 61% have ended before the final bell. The flyweight champion\u2019s record, the finish rate and the five contenders closest to the title.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":1994,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[414],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-profiles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stepfoxthemes.com\/mma-elementor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1993","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stepfoxthemes.com\/mma-elementor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stepfoxthemes.com\/mma-elementor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stepfoxthemes.com\/mma-elementor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1993"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stepfoxthemes.com\/mma-elementor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1993\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stepfoxthemes.com\/mma-elementor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stepfoxthemes.com\/mma-elementor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stepfoxthemes.com\/mma-elementor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stepfoxthemes.com\/mma-elementor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}