UFC 331: Van-Pantoja rematch, Tsarukyan returns and full fight card

EXPLAINERVan and Pantoja to fight for flyweight title, while Tsarukyan faces the dangerous Mauricio Ruffy at lightweight.Published On 6 Aug 20266 Aug 2026Joshua Van and Alexandre Pantoja will headline UFC 331 in September in a flyweight title rematch on September 19 in Los Angeles, officials announced on Thursday.Van won the title in their first bout with a first-round TKO in December that was blighted by an early injury to the defending champion Pantoja.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4McGregor injures knee, loses in 69 seconds against Holloway on UFC returnlist 2 of 4California gets Bruce Lee Day in a first for US state’s Chinese Americanslist 3 of 4FBI says it foiled ‘planned attacks’ targeting White House UFC eventlist 4 of 4Gaethje shocks Topuria to win UFC lightweight title at White House eventend of listMeanwhile, lightweights Arman Tsarukyan and Mauricio Ruffy will fight in the co-main event.Here’s everything you need to know about this card.Van-Pantoja rematch: What happened in the first fight?The co-main event fight at UFC 323 in Las Vegas lasted just 26 seconds as then-champion Pantoja (30-6) dislocated his elbow when he fell to the mat after Van (17-2) caug...