Alexandre Pantoja recognizes that Kai Kara-France is not the same fighter he met nearly a decade ago.
In 2009, ‘The Cannibal’ scored a unanimous decision win over Kara-France in a quarterfinal match on TUF 24. Today, Pantoja has a stranglehold on the flyweight division, securing big wins over Brandon Moreno, Brandon Royval, Steve Erceg, and Kai Asakura in his last four outings.
But while Pantoja has been holding things down as the undisputed 125-pound king, Kara-France has been slowly making his way up the rankings, desperately seeking an opportunity at both redemption and UFC gold.