Joshua Van captured the UFC flyweight title from Alexandre Pantoja via a first-round elbow injury stoppage at UFC 323 in late 2025, establishing the young contender as champion entering 2026. The pair’s scheduled rematch at UFC 331 on September 19 positions Pantoja for an immediate title opportunity to reclaim the belt he held through multiple defenses. With the bout just weeks away and both fighters ranked at the top of official divisional standings, trader consensus reflects near-even implied probabilities. Other ranked contenders including Manel Kape and Tatsuro Taira remain distant, as recent form, injury recovery timelines, and the high-stakes rematch dynamics leave the year-end outcome highly dependent on this and any subsequent defenses through December.
Experimental AI-generated summary referencing Polymarket data. This is not trading advice and plays no role in how this market resolves. · UpdatedJoshua Van 52%
Alexandre Pantoja 47%
Manel Kape 3.1%
Asu Almabayev <1%
$1,176,310 Vol.
$1,176,310 Vol.
Joshua Van
52%
Alexandre Pantoja
47%
Manel Kape
3%
Asu Almabayev
<1%
Tim Elliott
<1%
Brandon Moreno
<1%
Amir Albazi
<1%
Tatsuro Taira
<1%
Kyoji Horiguchi
<1%
Brandon Royval
<1%
Steve Erceg
<1%
Joshua Van 52%
Alexandre Pantoja 47%
Manel Kape 3.1%
Asu Almabayev <1%
$1,176,310 Vol.
$1,176,310 Vol.
Joshua Van
52%
Alexandre Pantoja
47%
Manel Kape
3%
Asu Almabayev
<1%
Tim Elliott
<1%
Brandon Moreno
<1%
Amir Albazi
<1%
Tatsuro Taira
<1%
Kyoji Horiguchi
<1%
Brandon Royval
<1%
Steve Erceg
<1%
Only official UFC division champions will count. Interim champions will not count.
If the relevant belt is vacant at this market’s check time, or there is otherwise no champion in the specified division, this market will resolve to “Other”.
The primary resolution source for this market will be official information from the UFC (https://www.ufc.com/athletes).
Market Opened: Jan 2, 2026, 5:45 PM ET
Resolver
0x2F5e3684c...Only official UFC division champions will count. Interim champions will not count.
If the relevant belt is vacant at this market’s check time, or there is otherwise no champion in the specified division, this market will resolve to “Other”.
The primary resolution source for this market will be official information from the UFC (https://www.ufc.com/athletes).
Resolver
0x2F5e3684c...Joshua Van captured the UFC flyweight title from Alexandre Pantoja via a first-round elbow injury stoppage at UFC 323 in late 2025, establishing the young contender as champion entering 2026. The pair’s scheduled rematch at UFC 331 on September 19 positions Pantoja for an immediate title opportunity to reclaim the belt he held through multiple defenses. With the bout just weeks away and both fighters ranked at the top of official divisional standings, trader consensus reflects near-even implied probabilities. Other ranked contenders including Manel Kape and Tatsuro Taira remain distant, as recent form, injury recovery timelines, and the high-stakes rematch dynamics leave the year-end outcome highly dependent on this and any subsequent defenses through December.
Experimental AI-generated summary referencing Polymarket data. This is not trading advice and plays no role in how this market resolves. · Updated
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