UFC 331 full press conference faceoffs: Some calm, some heated

LOS ANGELES – While the disdain between Joshua Van and Alexandre Pantoja stole the show during the UFC 331 press conference faceoffs Thursday, a host of other main card combatants came face-to-face as well. Among them, co-main event fighters Arman Tsarukyan and Mauricio Ruffy squared off, as did hea

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UFC 331 press conference faceoff: Joshua Van leans in to smack-talk Alexandre Pantoja

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LOS ANGELES – While the disdain between Joshua Van and Alexandre Pantoja stole the show during the UFC 331 press conference faceoffs Thursday, a host of other main card combatants came face-to-face as well.

Among them, co-main event fighters Arman Tsarukyan

and Mauricio Ruffy squared off, as did heavyweight hot prospect Gable Steveson and Sean Sharaf, who perhaps have the most vitriolic feud ongoing of the bunch.

Light heavyweights Alonzo Menifield and Iwo Baraniewski will be first to throw down on Saturday's main card at Crypto.com Arena (Paramount+) and they were first to square off after Thursday's press conference.

Also meeting eye-to-eye was the median bout of the main card: former Bellator king Patricio Freire and Dooho Choi, who will be

vying for Dana White's surprise "pure chaos" bonus of $50,000 in addition to the routine $100,000 performance bonuses.

Arman Tsarukyan and Mauricio Ruffy keep things professional during their faceoff at the #UFC331 press conference pic.twitter.com/yMCpiM9HuK

— MMA Junkie (@MMAJunkie) September 18, 2026

Gable Steveson and Sean Sharaf have an intense faceoff after getting heated on the mic during the #UFC331 press conference 👀 pic.twitter.com/3wMsg2qO3K
— MMA Junkie (@MMAJunkie) September 18, 2026