LAS VEGAS – Alexandre Pantoja hasn’t been champion for long, but thus far, nothing much has changed in his personal life.
At UFC 290 in July, Pantoja (26-5 MMA, 10-3 UFC) defeated Brandon Moreno to notch the promotion’s flyweight title. With championship status comes bigger fights and bigger checks, but Pantoja wants to keep it humble.
“All the time when I go to sleep, I say, ‘Thank you, God, for everything you give to me to live this life and be able to go to the octagon and make all my friends and parents happy,'” Pantoja said. “That’s a lot for me. I live like a dream. I don’t like to say a dream too much because I like to live – day-by-day. I work a lot to live that. I feel very glad to be this person who everyone goes to the fight to watch and make everybody happy.”
