Joshua Van all smiles during tense faceoff with Alexandre Pantoja ahead of UFC 331

Joshua Van has certainly embraced his role as champion since winning the UFC flyweight title and that hasn’t changed in the days leading up to his rematch against Alexandre Pantoja at UFC 331.

On Thursday, Van was all smiles as he faced off with Pantoja ahead of the highly anticipated rematch at the UFC 331 pre-fight press conference. While Pantoja has remained all business, rarely smirking much less showing any emotion other than anger, Van looked like he was having the time of his life.

With UFC matchmaker Sean Shelby standing between them, Van was just grinning away while it looks like Pantoja was ready to eat glass to get at his opponent a couple of days early.