Brandon Royval "Raw Dawg"

Flyweight

Record and bio

Pro record—
UFC record8-5 · current 1-fight win streak
Opponents' combined UFC record75-32-3 (70.1%) across 13 opponents
Last 5 opponents31-9-2 (77.5%) across 5 opponents
Age34
Height5' 9"
Reach68"
StanceSouthpaw

Career stats (UFC)

Significant strikes landed per minute5.60
Significant strikes absorbed per minute4.24
Striking accuracy43%
Striking defense43%
Takedowns per 15 minutes0.89
Takedowns landed / attempted64%
Takedown defense45%
Submission attempts per 15 minutes1.18
Average fight time11.7 min

UFC wins: 1 KO/TKO, 4 submission, 3 decision. UFC losses: 2 KO/TKO, 1 submission, 2 decision.

UFC fight history

DateOpponentTheir UFC record thenStyleResultMethodEvent
2026-07-11Lone'er Kavanagh3-1StrikerWSubmission R3 3:40UFC 329: McGregor vs. Holloway 2
2025-12-13Manel Kape6-3StrikerLKO/TKO R1 3:18UFC Fight Night: Royval vs. Kape
2025-06-28Joshua Van7-1StrikerLDecision - Unanimous R3 5:00UFC 317: Topuria vs. Oliveira
2024-10-12Tatsuro Taira6-0GrapplerWDecision - Split R5 5:00UFC Fight Night: Royval vs. Taira
2024-02-24Brandon Moreno9-4-2StrikerWDecision - Split R5 5:00UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs. Royval 2
2023-12-16Alexandre Pantoja10-3Submission grapplerLDecision - Unanimous R5 5:00 (title)UFC 296: Edwards vs. Covington
2023-04-15Matheus Nicolau7-1StrikerWKO/TKO R1 2:09UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Allen
2022-05-07Matt Schnell5-3 (1 NC)StrikerWSubmission R1 2:14UFC 274: Oliveira vs. Gaethje
2022-01-15Rogerio Bontorin2-2 (1 NC)Submission grapplerWDecision - Split R3 5:00UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Chikadze
2021-08-21Alexandre Pantoja7-3StrikerLSubmission R2 1:46UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Gastelum
2020-11-21Brandon Moreno5-2-1BalancedLKO/TKO R1 4:59UFC 255: Figueiredo vs. Perez
2020-09-26Kai Kara-France4-1StrikerWSubmission R2 0:48UFC 253: Adesanya vs. Costa
2020-05-30Tim Elliott4-8GrapplerWSubmission R2 3:18UFC Fight Night: Woodley vs. Burns

UFC stats from ufcstats.com through 2026-10-31; bio and pro record from ESPN where available. Opponents' combined record is their UFC record going into each fight. 21+. Gambling problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER.

All UFC fight predictions