No. 1-ranked Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Flyweight Joshua Van challenges Alexandre Pantoja for the 125-pound title this weekend (Sat., Dec. 6, 2025) in the co-main event of UFC 323 inside T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
As most fans know, being a mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter is brutal, and many insist the fight itself is the easy part compared to the grind of training camp — two-a-days, three-a-days, sparring, recovery, and of course, strict dieting to survive the weight cut.
But Van? He’s making things a little harder on himself … by purposely eating fast food during camp. More specifically: McDonald’s.
“I be doing a lot of stuff that I shouldn’t be doing, but yeah, we’re back, ready to be a champion,” Van told Full Send MMA. “I like to f—k up sometimes, even with meals and things like that. I’ll be f—king up on purpose. I go to McDonald’s every morning, and then at dinner, I’ll eat clean. I get Big Macs for lunch, and then I get breakfast burritos, two hash browns, and orange juice — that’s my breakfast every day.”
“I get tired of eating healthy stuff, man. It just looks too healthy,” Van said. “I train three times a day, so after my strength and conditioning, I’ve got 30 minutes to get to the other gym — and McDonald’s is in between. That’s why I always stop there for burritos and hash browns.”
Naturally, his coaches and teammates give him plenty of grief.
Maybe being 24 years old with a lightning-fast metabolism helps him cut the weight … but he might want to enjoy this phase while it lasts.
Between the daily McDonald’s runs and “not having a gameplan” for his title fight, “The Fearless” has his hands full at UFC 323. Still, he enters the bout riding a five-fight win streak with major momentum after a recent Fight of the Year contender.
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