UFC 331 Results: Joshua Van Retains the Flyweight Title

The official answer to the UFC 331 results question is straightforward: Joshua Van defeated Alexandre Pantoja by unanimous decision and retained the UFC flyweight championship. The event took place on September 19, 2026, at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, according to the official UFC event page and UFC’s results report.

Who won the UFC 331 main event?

Joshua Van won, and the title stayed with him. Those are two separate parts of the result. Reporting only the winner leaves out the championship consequence; describing it as a title change would contradict the official result.

The results page also records several other notable outcomes:

• Arman Tsarukyan defeated Mauricio Ruffy by first-round KO via elbows.
• Patricio “Pitbull” Freire stopped Dooho Choi in the first round.
• Sean Sharaf knocked out Gable Steveson in Round 1.
• Alonzo Menifield defeated Iwo Baraniewski by split decision.

Keeping stoppages and decisions separate makes the card easier to read. A KO or submission answers how the bout ended; a decision points readers toward the judges’ cards for more detail.

Why do the official scorecards matter?

The UFC publishes a separate official scorecards page. It lists Edmen Shahbazyan’s result over Brunno Ferreira as a unanimous decision, while the Robelis Despaigne–Tai Tuivasa and Alonzo Menifield–Iwo Baraniewski bouts are listed as split decisions.

That distinction is useful, but it should not be stretched into a claim about dominance or fight quality. The labels show the degree of agreement reflected in the official decisions; they do not, by themselves, explain every round. For the main event, the reliable headline remains Van’s unanimous win and title retention. The scorecards are the appropriate follow-up when the question shifts from “Who won?” to “How did the judges score it?”