Wikipedia: Alexandre PantojaAlexandre Pantoja
"The Cannibal"
Wins on the mat — every scramble is a trap.
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 cage-wall scrambles
- Constant lateral movement to break their rhythm
- Stack southpaw sparring partners in camp
- Underhook battles and posture work off the back
Fighter fingerprint
Six-axis profile — the shape tells you the style at a glance.
Cardio and Fight IQ are the standout edges; opponents should expect their game plan to lean on these.
- Aggression76
- Cardio90
- Wrestling88
- Fight IQ89
- Distance Control84
- Finishing67
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 their right-side cage exits
- Match their pace through round 2, then turn the screws in 3
- Win exchanges with volume, not single shots — they walk through power
- Posture and frame drills off bottom — never give up the back
- Southpaw pressure striker
- Chain-wrestling D1 partner
- High-output kickboxer with heavy leg kicks
- Black-belt grappler comfortable on bottom
See it on film
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Entries, cage control, scrambles, submissions
Last 3 performances, full rounds and post-fight breakdowns
Coaches: official clip embeds per fighter are coming next — for now, deep links open searches pre-filtered to Alexandre Pantoja.
How Alexandre has changed
Trend lines across the last three years of tape.
Synthesized from recent fight tape · refresh to recompute
Stylistic neighbors
Closest matches across attributes, finish profile, and discipline — useful for sparring partner selection.
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.
Attribute Profile
Scouting Summary
Alexandre Pantoja is a world-class flyweight grappler known for his relentless 'cannibal' pace and elite Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. He excels at forcing chaotic scrambles and securing back control, though his high-risk pressure style can occasionally leave him open to damage in striking exchanges.
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