When asked about the possibility of fighting his teammate, Pantoja said: "When Kyoji came to me and told me he came back to UFC and he wants to conquer the UFC belt," he told him "If it’s your dream, I’m with you, brother. I want to help you get there. If we fight for the UFC belt, it’s going to be a privilege. … Of course, I have a huge fight Dec. 6", but that when he wins that fight he wants to "make this fight happen with Kyoji Horiguchi. But first I need to fight Joshua Van.” Pantoja and Horiguchi reportedly have a great relationship as teammates at American Top Team and are good friends, having helped each other improve. I think this is a really interesting fight as both guys are really good, personally I think Pantoja could take this but it would be a low confidence pick. Overall I could see the rest of Pantoja's reign being Van, then Horiguchi, potentially a rematch with Mabel kape and then a fight with Tatsuo Taira or Almabayev. In the meantime though, while pantoja fights Van which is an interesting fight in itself I think kyoji could fight albazi. But what do you guys think