Joshua Van Bawi Thawng is a Burmese-American professional mixed martial artist based in Houston, Texas, United States. He is currently signed with the Ultimate Fighting Championship, which is based in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.

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BIOGRAPHY

Van trains out of 4oz Fight Club in Houston. Here are 13 more things about him:

  1. He was born in Hakha, Shin State, Myanmar.
  2. His fight name is The Fearless.
  3. Before joining the UFC, he competed in Fury Fighting Championship.
  4. He competes in the flyweight division.
  5. He is 5’5″ tall.
  6. He holds a professional MMA record of 15 wins and 2 losses.
  7. In 2011, he and his parents moved from Myanmar to Malaysia.
  8. In 2013, he and his parents moved from Malaysia to Houston.
  9. On December 12, 2020, he defeated Luke Guillen in an amateur MMA bout.
  10. He defeated Americo Garcia on March 6, 2021, Drake Lopez on April 18, 2021 and Antonio Figueiredo on June 26, 2021 in amateur MMA bouts.
  11. On October 17, 2021, he made his professional MMA debut.
  12. On June 24, 2023, he made his UFC debut.
  13. On October 10, 2024, he turned 23.
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TIMELINE

From 2023 to 2025, Van fought nine UFC opponents. Here are the results:

2023

  • On June 24, 2023, he defeated Zhalgas Zhumagulov via split decision at “UFC on ABC 5” iin Jacksonville, Florida, USA.
  • On November 11, 2023, he defeated Kevin Borjas via unanimous decision at “UFC 295” in New York City, New York.

2024

  • On January 13, 2024, he defeated Felipe Bunes via technical knockout at “UFC Fight Night 234” in Enterprise, Nevada.
  • On July 13, 2024, he was knocked out by Charles Johnson at “UFC on ESPN 59” in Denver, Colorado, USA.
  • On September 14, 2024, he defeated Edgar Chairez via unanimous decision at “UFC 306” in Las Vegas.
  • On December 7, 2024, he defeated Cody Durden via unanimous decision at “UFC 310” in Paradise, Nevada.

2025

  • On March 8, 2025, he defeated Rei Tsuruya at via unanimous decision at “UFC 313” in Paradise.
  • On June 7, 2025, he defeated Bruno Gustavo da Silva via TKO at “UFC 316” in Newark, New Jersey, USA.
  • On June 28, 2025, he defeated Brandon Royval via unanimous decision at “UFC 317” in Paradise.
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Published by Coco Altatis

Coco Altatis has been writing for CONAN Daily since 2009. He writes about beauty pageants, mixed martial arts, music and movies.

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