Brandon Royval

“Raw Dawg”

Brandon Royval (18-9) is a flyweight fighting out of Littleton, Colorado, United States. Brandon Royval's last fight was a win over Lone'er Kavanagh by submission (rear-naked choke) at UFC 329: McGregor vs. Holloway 2 in July 2026.

Record18-9-0

DivisionFlyweight

Height5'9"

Reach68"

Age33

Last FightDec 13, 2025

BornAug 16, 1992

BirthplaceDenver, Colorado, United States

Fighting out ofLittleton, Colorado, United States

UFC Career Stats:

Sig. strikes landed / min5.60

Striking accuracy43%

Sig. strikes absorbed / min4.24

Striking defense43%

Takedowns / 15 min0.89

Takedown accuracy64%

Takedown defense45%

Sub attempts / 15 min1.18

13 UFC fights through Oct 31, 2026. Source: UFCStats

Fight History:

*Exhibition (EX.) fights included in history

Result	Opponent	Division	Method	Rnd / Time	Event	Date	Fight
W	Lone'er Kavanagh	Flyweight	Submission (Rear-naked choke)	R3 · 3:40	UFC 329: McGregor vs. Holloway 2	Jul 11, 2026	View
L	Manel Kape	Flyweight	TKO (Punches)	R1 · 3:18	UFC on ESPN: Royval vs. Kape	Dec 13, 2025	View
L	Joshua Van	Flyweight	Decision (Unanimous)	R3	UFC 317: Topuria vs. Oliveira	Jun 28, 2025
W	Tatsuro Taira	Flyweight	Decision (Split)	R5	UFC Fight Night	Oct 12, 2024
W	Brandon Moreno	Flyweight	Decision (Split)	R5	UFC Fight Night	Feb 24, 2024
L	Alexandre Pantoja	Flyweight	Decision (Unanimous)	R5	UFC 296: Edwards vs. Covington	Dec 16, 2023
W	Matheus Nicolau	Flyweight	KO/TKO (Knee & Punches)	R1 · 2:09	UFC Fight Night	Apr 15, 2023
W	Matt Schnell	Flyweight	Submission (Guillotine Choke)	R1 · 2:14	UFC 274: Oliveira vs. Gaethje	May 7, 2022
W	Rogério Bontorin	Flyweight	Decision (Split)	R3	UFC Fight Night	Jan 15, 2022
L	Alexandre Pantoja	Flyweight	Submission (Rear Naked Choke)	R2 · 1:46	UFC Fight Night	Aug 21, 2021
L	Brandon Moreno	Flyweight	KO/TKO (Shoulder Injury & Ground & Pound)	R1 · 4:59	UFC 255: Figueiredo vs. Perez	Nov 21, 2020
W	Kai Kara-France	Flyweight	Submission (Guillotine Choke)	R2 · 0:48	UFC 253: Adesanya vs. Costa	Sep 26, 2020
W	Tim Elliott	Flyweight	Submission (Arm Triangle Choke)	R2 · 3:18	UFC Fight Night	May 30, 2020
W	Nate Williams	Flyweight	Submission (Armbar)	R1 · 0:23	LFA 79: Royval vs. Williams	Nov 22, 2019
W	Joby Sanchez	Flyweight	Submission (Armbar)	R1 · 3:17	LFA 65: Royval vs. Sanchez	May 3, 2019
L	Casey Kenney	Flyweight	Decision (Unanimous)	R5	LFA 53: Royval vs. Kenney	Nov 9, 2018
W	Charles Johnson	Flyweight	Decision (Unanimous)	R3	LFA 48: Stots vs. Lilley	Sep 7, 2018
W	Jerome Rivera	Flyweight	KO/TKO (Injury)	R1 · 0:40	LFA 39: Heinisch vs. Checco	May 4, 2018
W	Demetrius Wilson	Flyweight	Submission (Triangle Choke)	R2 · 2:00	LFA 22: Heinisch vs. Perez	Sep 8, 2017
L	Nick Urso	Flyweight	Decision (Split)	R3	LFA 10: Heinisch vs. Rota	Apr 21, 2017
W	Rakan Adwan	Flyweight	Submission (Armbar)	R1 · 1:54	LFA 5: Edwards vs. Townsend	Feb 24, 2017
W	Angel Torres	Flyweight	Submission (Triangle Choke)	R1 · 0:34	SCL 53	Oct 15, 2016
L	Ricky Palacios	Bantamweight	Decision (Unanimous)	R3	Combate 7	May 9, 2016
W	Danny Mainus	Bantamweight	KO/TKO (Knee)	R1 · 2:48	WSOF 29: Gaethje vs. Foster	Mar 12, 2016
W	Joey Welch	Bantamweight	Submission (Triangle Choke)	R1 · 0:51	SCL: Mile High Mayhem	Aug 23, 2014
L	Ben Vom Baur	Bantamweight	Decision (Unanimous)	R3	Kickdown 104	Oct 19, 2012
W	Sammy Rind	Catchweight	KO/TKO (Punches)	R1 · 1:45	Kickdown 102	Aug 17, 2012

WLone'er Kavanagh
Jul 11, 2026
UFC 329: McGregor vs. Holloway 2·Flyweight
Submission (Rear-naked choke)·R3 · 3:40View
LManel Kape
Dec 13, 2025
UFC on ESPN: Royval vs. Kape·Flyweight
TKO (Punches)·R1 · 3:18View
LJoshua Van
Jun 28, 2025
UFC 317: Topuria vs. Oliveira·Flyweight
Decision (Unanimous)·R3
WTatsuro Taira
Oct 12, 2024
UFC Fight Night·Flyweight
Decision (Split)·R5
WBrandon Moreno
Feb 24, 2024
UFC Fight Night·Flyweight
Decision (Split)·R5
LAlexandre Pantoja
Dec 16, 2023
UFC 296: Edwards vs. Covington·Flyweight
Decision (Unanimous)·R5
WMatheus Nicolau
Apr 15, 2023
UFC Fight Night·Flyweight
KO/TKO (Knee & Punches)·R1 · 2:09
WMatt Schnell
May 7, 2022
UFC 274: Oliveira vs. Gaethje·Flyweight
Submission (Guillotine Choke)·R1 · 2:14
WRogério Bontorin
Jan 15, 2022
UFC Fight Night·Flyweight
Decision (Split)·R3
LAlexandre Pantoja
Aug 21, 2021
UFC Fight Night·Flyweight
Submission (Rear Naked Choke)·R2 · 1:46
LBrandon Moreno
Nov 21, 2020
UFC 255: Figueiredo vs. Perez·Flyweight
KO/TKO (Shoulder Injury & Ground & Pound)·R1 · 4:59
WKai Kara-France
Sep 26, 2020
UFC 253: Adesanya vs. Costa·Flyweight
Submission (Guillotine Choke)·R2 · 0:48
WTim Elliott
May 30, 2020
UFC Fight Night·Flyweight
Submission (Arm Triangle Choke)·R2 · 3:18
WNate Williams
Nov 22, 2019
LFA 79: Royval vs. Williams·Flyweight
Submission (Armbar)·R1 · 0:23
WJoby Sanchez
May 3, 2019
LFA 65: Royval vs. Sanchez·Flyweight
Submission (Armbar)·R1 · 3:17
LCasey Kenney
Nov 9, 2018
LFA 53: Royval vs. Kenney·Flyweight
Decision (Unanimous)·R5
WCharles Johnson
Sep 7, 2018
LFA 48: Stots vs. Lilley·Flyweight
Decision (Unanimous)·R3
WJerome Rivera
May 4, 2018
LFA 39: Heinisch vs. Checco·Flyweight
KO/TKO (Injury)·R1 · 0:40
WDemetrius Wilson
Sep 8, 2017
LFA 22: Heinisch vs. Perez·Flyweight
Submission (Triangle Choke)·R2 · 2:00
LNick Urso
Apr 21, 2017
LFA 10: Heinisch vs. Rota·Flyweight
Decision (Split)·R3
WRakan Adwan
Feb 24, 2017
LFA 5: Edwards vs. Townsend·Flyweight
Submission (Armbar)·R1 · 1:54
WAngel Torres
Oct 15, 2016
SCL 53·Flyweight
Submission (Triangle Choke)·R1 · 0:34
LRicky Palacios
May 9, 2016
Combate 7·Bantamweight
Decision (Unanimous)·R3
WDanny Mainus
Mar 12, 2016
WSOF 29: Gaethje vs. Foster·Bantamweight
KO/TKO (Knee)·R1 · 2:48
WJoey Welch
Aug 23, 2014
SCL: Mile High Mayhem·Bantamweight
Submission (Triangle Choke)·R1 · 0:51
LBen Vom Baur
Oct 19, 2012
Kickdown 104·Bantamweight
Decision (Unanimous)·R3
WSammy Rind
Aug 17, 2012
Kickdown 102·Catchweight
KO/TKO (Punches)·R1 · 1:45