Brandon Royval Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
◆	Lone'er KavanaghUpcoming Flyweight	—	—	—	—	UFC 329: McGregor vs. Holloway 2	Jul 11, 2026
L	#6Manel Kape Flyweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head On Ground	R1	3:18	UFC Fight Night: Royval vs. Kape	Dec 13, 2025
L	#14Joshua Van Flyweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 317: Topuria vs. Oliveira	Jun 28, 2025
W	#5Tatsuro Taira Flyweight	Decision	Split	R5	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Royval vs. Taira	Oct 12, 2024
W	#1Brandon Moreno Flyweight	Decision	Split	R5	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs. Royval 2	Feb 24, 2024
L	CAlexandre PantojaTitle Flyweight	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	UFC 296: Edwards vs. Covington	Dec 16, 2023
W	#5Matheus Nicolau Flyweight	KO/TKO	Knee to Head At Distance	R1	2:09	UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Allen	Apr 15, 2023
W	#9Matt Schnell Flyweight	Submission	Guillotine Choke From Bottom Guard	R1	2:14	UFC 274: Oliveira vs. Gaethje	May 7, 2022
W	#7Rogerio Bontorin Flyweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Chikadze	Jan 15, 2022
L	#3Alexandre Pantoja Flyweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R2	1:46	UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Gastelum	Aug 21, 2021
L	#2Brandon Moreno Flyweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head On Ground	R1	4:59	UFC 255: Figueiredo vs. Perez	Nov 21, 2020
W	#7Kai Kara-France Flyweight	Submission	Guillotine Choke After Drop to Guard	R2	0:48	UFC 253: Adesanya vs. Costa	Sep 26, 2020
W	#11Tim Elliott Flyweight	Submission	Arm Triangle From Side Control	R2	3:18	UFC Fight Night: Woodley vs. Burns	May 30, 2020

Outside the UFC

10-4across 14 bouts · 7 promotions · wins by 3 KO · 6 sub · 1 decLFA · SCL 53 · Combate Americas · WSOF 29 · SCL +2

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Nate Williams33-24	Submission	Armbar	R1	0:23	LFA	Nov 22, 2019
W	Joby Sanchez13-5	Submission	Armbar	R1	3:17	LFA	May 3, 2019
L	Casey Kenney16-4-1	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	LFA	Nov 9, 2018
W	Charles Johnson19-8	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	LFA	Sep 7, 2018
W	Jerome Rivera10-6	KO/TKO	Arm Injury	R1	0:40	LFA	May 4, 2018
W	Demetrius Wilson6-3	Submission	Triangle Choke	R2	2:00	LFA	Sep 8, 2017
L	Nick Urso10-4	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	LFA	Apr 21, 2017
W	Rakan Adwan5-7	Submission	Armbar	R1	1:54	LFA	Feb 24, 2017
W	Angel Torres4-2	Submission	Triangle Choke	R1	0:34	SCL 53	Oct 15, 2016
L	Ricky Palacios11-2	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Combate Americas	May 9, 2016
W	Danny Mainus3-5	KO/TKO	Knee	R1	2:48	WSOF 29	Mar 12, 2016
W	Joey Welch6-10	Submission	Triangle Choke	R1	0:51	SCL	Aug 23, 2014
L	Ben VomBaur4-1	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Kick Down MMA 104	Oct 19, 2012
W	Sammy Rind0-5	KO/TKO	Elbows	R1	1:45	Kick Down MMA 102	Aug 17, 2012

Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) and Dana White’s Contender Series — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.

Amateur

3-0across 3 amateur bouts · 3 promotionsKick Down MMA · Kickdown 96 · RMBB

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Isaac Johnson0-2	Submission	Triangle Choke	R1	2:27	Kick Down MMA	Apr 7, 2012
W	Justin O'Hara0-2	Submission	Armbar	R1	1:25	Kickdown 96	Sep 9, 2011
W	Justin Hernandez1-3	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R2	1:08	RMBB	Aug 12, 2011

Amateur (pre-professional) bouts — shown for context only and excluded from the professional record and every UFC-scoped metric.

Method of victory & defeat

KO / TKO

4 wins, 2 losses

W4

L2

Submission

9 wins, 1 loss

W9

L1

Decision

4 wins, 6 losses

W4

L6

Finishes

UFC KOs

1

Below avg · 9%Flyweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.25

Above avg · 0.22Flyweight

UFC submissions

3

Above avg · 8%Flyweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.83

Above avg · 0.48Flyweight

KO history

Knockout power and chin durability (UFC; clean KOs only).

Brandon Royval

PowerChin

Knockout rate

8%

1 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

3

0.50 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

2

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

4

1.15 per 100 head

Chin gauges use a league scale: green = clean record, red = bottom ~10% of UFC fighters (4+ KO losses · 6+ knockdowns absorbed).

Decision behavior

Judging

5 scorecards on file

Brandon Royval

Scorecard luck

Cards have leaned their way

Won 3 of 3 coin-flip decisions — the kind of close calls that have tended to fall their way. Judges have given them 4 of 7 rounds they disagreed on (57%).

Coin-flip decisions

Split + majority

3–0

Won – Lost

Swing rounds

Judges disagreed

4–3

Won – Lost

57% went their way

Unanimous2 decisions · 40%

2L

Split3 decisions · 60%

3W

Majority

None

10-8 rounds

None scoredno 10-8 rounds in this fighter’s decisions

Most frequent judges

All judges →

Scorecard data ingested from MMA Decisions

Career striking

OverallC48th

41%768 / 1,849

Striking accuracy

43%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min+1.29 differential

Landed5.54

Absorbed4.25

44%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

-16%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head77%94th595
Body15%66th119
Leg7%48th54

Color = division rank · green elite → red low · % = share of strikes

Sig. strikes by position

88%Standing

Standing88%674
Clinch5%36
Ground8%58

Striking zones

Per-15-minute breakdown — where this fighter lands, and where they get hit.

UFC only

Brandon Royval

Landed per 15

Head

A+

98th

64.4

98th

Body

B

68th

12.9

68th

Leg

C

43rd

5.8

43rd

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Absorbed per 15

Head

D

36th

37.7

36th

Body

D

35th

13.1

35th

Leg

F

16th

13.0

16th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Career totals — landed / attempted

Landed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	64.4	595	1,600	37%
Body	12.9	119	169	70%
Leg	5.8	54	80	68%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	37.7	348	750	46%
Body	13.1	121	154	79%
Leg	13.0	120	130	92%

UFCStats career rates, per 15 minutes. Percentiles vs the division; absorbed is inverted so higher is better.

Grappling

Per-15-minute breakdown of takedowns, submissions, and ground control.

UFC only

Brandon Royval

75%

Takedown accuracy

45%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min-4.5 min net

On top1.0

On bottom5.5

Offense

Takedowns

D

39th

0.6

39th

TD accuracy

A+

88th

75%

88th

Sub attempts

A

72nd

1.1

72nd

Control

D

30th

1.0 min

30th

Defense

TD defense

D

27th

45%

27th

Controlled

5.5 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	6 / 8
Submission attempts	10
Control time	9:31

Defense

TDs defended	28 / 62
Control absorbed	51:10

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (139min total). Value colors reflect the per-15 rate’s percentile against the current weight class baseline; raw totals without a division reference stay neutral.

Pace & fade

Round-by-round work rate, and whether they fade.

UFC only

Brandon Royval

12 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 139 min

250%

R3 pace · 5 bouts

Royval builds (+16% per round through round 5). Within fights that reached round 3, Royval lifts to 250% of round-1 output by round 3 (5 bouts).

Royval ▲ BUILDSOutput / min

Rounds backed by fewer than 2 bouts are drawn smaller and dimmed with an n= count — a deep round seen in one or two fights is a thin sample, not a settled rate. Per-round bout counts are in the breakdown below.

Full per-round breakdown

What drives the pace · per round

The composite output line above blends these three inputs — splitting them out shows whether the work rate is built on striking volume, takedown pressure, or top control, and which input fades.

Sig. strikes landed

Royvallanded / min

Takedown attempts

Royvalattempts / min

Control time

Royval% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	4.3	4.0	3.8	0.04	5%	12
R2	5.0	4.8	4.6	0.00	5%	8
R3	9.3	8.4	5.0	0.16	11%	5
R4	4.6	4.1	2.5	0.07	7%	3
R5	9.9	9.3	5.6	0.07	11%	3

Output / minis the headline work rate — significant strikes landed, plus 3 per takedown attempt, plus one per 15 seconds of control — so a takedown-and-grind round isn’t scored as idle the way bare striking volume would. The remaining columns are its components. Per-round rates use UFCStats per-round data (available for ~95% of bouts since 2008). Each round’s rates are averaged only over bouts that reached that round, so the bout count shrinks as rounds deepen. The final round of a finished fight is pro-rated by its actual length.

Schedule Score

Opponent quality, ranked across the UFC. Recent fights weighted heavier.

UFC only

Brandon Royval

12 resolved UFC bouts · 12 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

80/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

A+

99th

86%

99th

Win quality

A

83rd

52%

83rd

Opponent quality distribution

Every UFC bout, grouped by who the opponent was at the time.

5

2

ChampionHeld the title in this weight class at the time
Top-5Ranked #1–#5 at the time
Top-15Ranked #6–#15 at the time

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Champion	5	1-4	20%
Top-5	5	4-1	80%
Top-15	2	2-0	100%

Highest-quality opponents

Toughest opponents on the scheduleScore, scored at the time of the fight.

All bouts — opponent quality bout-by-bout

Res	Opponent	Tier	Score	Date
L	Manel Kape#6	Top-5	83	Dec 13, 2025
L	Joshua Van#14	Champion	87	Jun 28, 2025
W	Tatsuro Taira#5	Top-5	82	Oct 12, 2024
W	Brandon Moreno#1	Champion	97	Feb 24, 2024
L	Alexandre PantojaCHAMP	Champion	100	Dec 16, 2023
W	Matheus Nicolau#5	Top-5	78	Apr 15, 2023
W	Matt Schnell#9	Top-15	72	May 7, 2022
W	Rogerio Bontorin#7	Top-15	74	Jan 15, 2022
L	Alexandre Pantoja#3	Champion	94	Aug 21, 2021
L	Brandon Moreno#2	Champion	96	Nov 21, 2020
W	Kai Kara-France#7	Top-5	82	Sep 26, 2020
W	Tim Elliott#11	Top-5	74	May 30, 2020

Per-bout quality scoring: champion = 100; same-division ranks 1–5 = 90 → 78 linear; ranks 6–15 = 75 → 60 linear; cross-division champion = 78; cross-division ranked = 45; title-fight challenger (no rank signal) = 50, bumped to 65 when opp had an elite career UFC record at the time. Unranked opponents are scored on UFC record-at-time (long-tenured vet 60, contender-level 45, established 30, building 18, unproven 8). P4P top-10 at time adds +5; top-3 adds +8 (capped at 100). The Schedule Score combines schedule strength (65%) and quality wins (35%), then is held toward a rookie baseline for fighters with limited UFC experience so a thin résumé reads honestly low.

Career cohorts

12 resolved UFC bouts

Performance broken down by situation — camp length, response to the previous result, title-fight presence, and rematches. Computed across every completed UFC bout.

Camp length

Days between fights

Short turnaround

< 100 days

1-1

2 bouts

Typical camp

100–180 days

3-1

4 bouts

Long layoff

> 180 days

2-3

5 bouts

UFC debut

first UFC bout

1-0

1 bout

Post-result bounce

Performance based on the previous UFC result

After a loss

next bout after a defeat

2-2

4 bouts

After a win

next bout after a win

4-3

7 bouts

First UFC bout

no precedent

1-0

1 bout

Title fights

Performance with a belt on the line

All title fights

as challenger or champion

0-1

1 bout

As champion

defending the belt

—

As challenger

fighting for the belt

0-1

1 bout

Rematches

Performance when meeting an opponent again

All rematches

any second meeting

1-1

2 bouts

Revenge bouts

lost the first meeting

1-1

2 bouts

Encore bouts

won the first meeting

—

Activity & layoff

Last fight, activity, and divisional context.

Time since last UFC bout

6 months

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Brandon Royval

Within a year

6 monthssince last bout

vs Manel Kape · Dec 13, 2025

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs favorite 2-0As underdog 5-5

74.1

DK avg

91.3

Median

105.4

Ceiling

14.0

Floor

67%

Boom

25%

Bust

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