Alexandre Pantoja
"The Cannibal"
Wins on the mat — every scramble is a trap.
How much we trust this read
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Fight Plan: Alexandre Pantoja
A coach-ready game plan — historical weaknesses opponents have exploited and what to drill in camp.
- Energy management can fluctuate due to extremely high-paced grappling
- Striking defense can be porous when trading in high-volume exchanges
- Drill takedown defense and wall scrambles
- Constant lateral movement to break their rhythm
- Stack southpaw sparring partners in camp
- Underhook battles and posture work off the bottom
Sub-Score Breakdown
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What Changed?
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Tactical Patterns
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Tactical Memory
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Fighter fingerprint
MMA attribute profile — only skills that matter in this sport are scored, and any axis we cannot evidence is left blank rather than scored as zero.
Grappling and Cardio are the highest scored axes; expect the game plan to lean on this.
- Striking84
- Wrestling88
- Grappling95
- Cardio90
- Fight IQ89
- Distance Control76
Strategic breakdown
Style fingerprint derived from the attribute ratings and finish rates on file. Each row is labelled with how Fight Blueprint reached it — none of these are measured from footage.
Fight Timeline
How Alexandre Pantoja has evolved year-by-year — milestones, camp changes, style shifts, and notable results.
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Observations & evidence
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Video Evidence Ledger
Timestamped tactical observations that back the analysis. Each item cites the fight, round, and moment.
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Prep for camp: Alexandre Pantoja
Recommendations a coach can act on tomorrow — opponent tendencies, drills, and the sparring styles to stack against this fight.
- Initiates high-intensity scrambles to force opponents into making technical errors
- Utilizes heavy forward pressure and volume to clinch and secure back control
- Willing to exchange in pocket brawls to facilitate level-change opportunities
- Drill reactive sprawls — bait the shot off your right hand
- Pad work on cutting off their right-side exits
- Match their pace early, then turn the screws late
- Win exchanges with volume, not single shots — they walk through power
- Posture and frame drills off bottom — never give up the back
- Southpaw pressure partner
- Chain-wrestling partner
- High-output striker with heavy leg kicks
- Black-belt grappler comfortable on bottom
Timestamped breakdowns
Curated moments from Pantoja's tape — each clip annotated with the technique on display.
How this fighter is changing
Computed only from individual fight results on file — earlier half of the recorded fights compared with the most recent half.
50% in the last 2 fights vs 100% before.
Share of fights ended inside the distance across 4 results on file.
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Similar Fighters
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See it on film
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Status / Injuries
Suffered an arm injury in his TKO loss to Joshua Van in December 2025.
Checked 6/21/2026
Recent Form
- L2025-12-06vs Joshua VanTKO (Arm Injury) · R1 · UFC 323: Dvalishvili vs. Yan 2
- W2025-06-28vs Kai Kara-FranceSubmission · R3 · UFC 317: Topuria vs. Oliveira
- W2024-12-07vs Kai AsakuraSubmission · R2 · UFC 310: Pantoja vs. Asakura
- W2024-05-04vs Steve ErcegU Dec · R5 · UFC 301: Pantoja vs. Erceg
Availability
Currently recovering from an arm injury sustained at UFC 323.
Scouting Summary
Alexandre Pantoja is a Brazilian professional flyweight MMA fighter and former UFC Flyweight Champion. Known for his aggressive grappling and finishing ability, he holds the UFC records for most wins, submissions, and finishes in the flyweight division.
Primary source ↗Tendencies
- Initiates high-intensity scrambles to force opponents into making technical errors
- Utilizes heavy forward pressure and volume to clinch and secure back control
- Willing to exchange in pocket brawls to facilitate level-change opportunities
- Aggressively pursues the rear-naked choke once the back is taken
Signature Moves
- Rear-Naked Choke
- Body Triangle back control
- Overhand Right
- Power Double Leg
Weaknesses
- Energy management can fluctuate due to extremely high-paced grappling
- Striking defense can be porous when trading in high-volume exchanges
Biography & Camp
Alexandre Pantoja is a Brazilian professional flyweight MMA fighter and former UFC Flyweight Champion. Known for his aggressive grappling and finishing ability, he holds the UFC records for most wins, submissions, and finishes in the flyweight division.