“I took his girl so he was mad” - UFC flyweight fond of street fighting reveals one time he “f**ked up” against six-foot giant

A certain UFC Flyweight had to fight a towering rival once in the name of love.

Growing up in Myanmar and later moving to the United States, Joshua Van was often faced with having to defend himself against bullies for not yet knowing how to speak English.

The now surging UFC flyweight fighter found himself to be quite good at beating up these bullies despite being undersized, but things would eventually catch up to him. A jilted ex-boyfriend of someone wanted to fight Van, and things got out of hand rather quickly upon realizing his opponent was six feet tall when meeting up for the throwdown.

Speaking to MMA Fighting regarding this lone loss on the streets, Van said,

"I was like oh s***, I f***** up. Can’t back out now. So we had to bang it out and thank god, he didn’t know how to fight. I was banging the dude out, cutting him up and the dude just kept coming. I had to throw up and I told him, you win. That was probably the only fight I lost."

"I hit him, I threw up right after and I said look, let’s be friends, you win. That was the longest street fight I ever had. He shook my hand. He got two of his friends, and I had one of my friends, and we all shook hands and we just sat there."

Check out Van's interview regarding his final fight in the streets below

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The UFC Flyweight resume of Joshua Van

'The Fearless' lived up to his moniker by taking on such a large opponent in the streets, and that experience set him on the path to becoming a professional mixed martial artist. Van stated his last street fight was likely in 2017, and he began preparing for his eventual amateur MMA debut in December 2020.

The 22-year-old cut his teeth on the Fury FC circuit in the amateur ranks. Eventually, it worked u to being a pro under their banner and capturing the FFC flyweight title before signing with the Ultimate Fighting Championship.

Joshua Van debuted with the company by besting Zhalgas Zhumagulov via a split decision at UFC on ABC 5 on June 24th.

The Myanmar native had his second UFC Flyweight win with the organization against Kevin Borjas, with the former winning via unanimous decision at UFC 295: Procházka vs. Pereira on November 11th.

Van readies for his third UFC Flyweight bout tomorrow and looks to go 3-0 with the UFC specifically. He tests his skills against Felipe Bunes at UFC Fight Night: Ankalaev vs Walker II on January 13th.