Brandon Royval aims to spoil party at UFC 301 vs. Alexandre Pantoja

MEXICO CITY – Brandon Royval spoiled the fiesta Saturday at Mexico Metropolis Enviornment, and he hopes to proceed his tour of disappointing UFC attendees.

With a split decision win over former titleholder Brandon Moreno within the UFC Fight Night 237 foremost occasion, Royval (16-7 MMA, 6-3 UFC) thinks the logical subsequent alternative for a flyweight title challenger is himself. A Could 4 rematch vs. titleholder Alexandre Pantoja at UFC 301 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil is what he needs.

“I’m going to maintain spoiling events,” Royval instructed MMA Junkie and different reporters at a post-fight information convention. “At UFC 301, I’m going to struggle Pantoja, and I’m going to take his belt in his hometown. We’ll hold spoiling events. After I win that belt, I’ll defend my belt in Denver, Colorado.”

Some fights followers could be bitter to the concept of operating again a struggle that simply passed off in December. Pantoja (27-5 MMA, 11-3 UFC) defeated Royval at UFC 296 on Dec. 16.

Nonetheless, Royval would ask the naysayers to have a look at his enchancment within the two months since then and what he was in a position to accomplish Saturday in hostile territory.

“You’ve seen it,” Royval stated. “I’ve made changes in six weeks or 5 weeks, no matter it was. It was 5 weeks as a result of I damage my hand, and I couldn’t get again into coaching. I had a five-week coaching camp for that. In 5 weeks, I made a bunch of changes. I didn’t get held down. Brandon Moreno tried to gradual me down, maintain me down, gradual the tempo, hold me down. They ain’t going to carry me down no extra, bro.”

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