Besides Ilia Topuria, Alexandre Pantoja also has the championship after the UFC 317 event ended. He plays the UFC belt of the Flyweight Weighing Belt against Kai Kara-France. Since Pantoja won the belt from Brandon Moreno 2 years ago, he continuously played with a frequency of 2 matches a year.
Pantoja has been criticized much for not really convincing as a champion. Some even commented that Pantoja was “War God hugged”. But indeed, Pantoja did not target the matches so beautiful, but he always targeted the effect and victory ahead.
Brandon Royval, Steve Erceg and Kai Asakura both failed to get the belt from Pantoja. After UFC 317, this list has Kai Kara-France. Pantoja entered the game better, took the initiative in the first two rounds, and he had the opportunity to end the early match in the third half.
The match between Pantoja and Kara-France closed at the beginning of the third half, when the New Zealand tap out would lose because of Pantoja. The victory over Kara-France helped Pantoja for the fourth time in a row to protect the belt successfully. He can play without beauty, but he is really a “smart industrious” when he continuously accepts the fight at major events.
UFC once mentioned Alex Pereira as a hard -working boxer, never refusing to play and many times saved UFC events. Pantoja, a Brazilian like Pereira, also does it with a much quieter mentality than his compatriot.