JOSHUA VAN on CONTROVERSIAL PANTOJA WIN, WHO IS DEMETRIOUS JOHNSON?! | EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW!!

About this episode

Demetrious Johnson interviews UFC flyweight champion Joshua Van about his upcoming title defense and various aspects of his MMA career.

THE CHAMP IS HERE!"Mighty" Demetrious Johnson welcomes the UFC flyweight champ Joshua Van before his defends his title vs Tatsuro Taira at UFC 328 on the latest edition of "The MightyCast"!Timecodes0:00 Intro 1:01 PrizePicks CODE MIGHTYCAST 1:54 Welcome Joshua Van! 2:45 How Van Approaches the fight 4:15 Van’s Intro into MMA 6:04 Van Group Up in Myanmar 7:20 How Van Developed His ELITE Striking 10:30 How Van BLEW His First UFC Checks13:25 Van VS Pantoja BREAKDOWN 17:15 Taira vs Van BREAKDOWN 19:24 Which Fighters Got Van into MMA 20:25 Van’s Amateur MMA Career 25:34 Van’s UFC Debut 25:00 Van DIDN’T KNOW Mighty?! 28:34 Mighty Gives Van a Flyweight History Lesson 😂 29:53 Van LOVES Fishing 33:26 How Van’s Family Feels About Him Fighting 34:14 Van Can’t Go Back to Myanmar 39:18 The Right Way to Pronounce “Van” 40:20 Royval vs Van BREAKDOWN 45:07 Van SOUNDS OFF on Manel Kape 49:55 Van vs Pantoja 2 BREAKDOWN 51:06 DJ Shows Van the Mightywizbar! 51:00 Van Mighty Journey Coming Soon?! 53:05 DJ Tells Van About His Rodtang Fight 54:29 Van vs Taira BREAKDOWN PT. 2 58:44 How to Support Van 59:24 MIGHTYRECAP! 59:40 Taira vs Van BREAKDOWN 1:01:52 How Life Changes When You’re…

People in this episode

Host: Demetrious Johnson

Guest: Joshua Van

Topics covered

• MMA
• UFC
• interview
• fight breakdown
• championship

Keywords

• Joshua Van
• Demetrious Johnson
• UFC 328
• MMA
• flyweight championship

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