Who won Royval vs Bontorin?
Brandon Royval beat Rogerio Bontorin by split decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 15th January 2022 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas.
The scorecards were announced as 29-28, 29-28, 29-28 in favor of the winner Brandon Royval.
The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Flyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 125 pounds (8.9 stone or 56.7 KG).
Royval vs Bontorin stats
Brandon Royval stepped into the octagon with a record of 12 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 8 by submission.
Rogerio Bontorin made his way to the cage with a record of 17 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by knock out and 11 by submission.
Brandon Royval's UFC record stood at 6-3-0, while Rogerio Bontorin's came in at 2-3-0.
The stats suggested Royval had a slight advantage in power over Bontorin, with a 25% knock out percentage over Bontorin's 18%.
If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Royval had a slight advantage over Bontorin, with a 67% submission rate over Bontorin's 65%.
Brandon Royval was the younger man by 1 year, at 31 years old.
Royval had a height advantage of 4 inches over Bontorin. That also extended to a 3-inch reach advantage.
Royval's experience as a professional fighter was relatively equal to Bontorin's, having had 2 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2012, 7 months earlier than Bontorin, whose first professional fight was in 2013. He had fought 7 more professional rounds, 49 to Bontorin's 42.
Royval vs Bontorin form
Royval had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges twice.
In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Alexandre Pantoja at UFC 296 on 16th December 2023 by unanimous decision in their UFC Flyweight championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.
Previous to that, he had won against Matheus Nicolau at UFC Fight Night – Holloway vs. Allen on 15th April 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at T-Mobile Center, Kansas City.
Going into that contest, he had beaten Matt Schnell at UFC 274 on 7th May 2022 by submission in the 1st round at Jeunesse Arena, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Before that, he had defeated Rogerio Bontorin at UFC Fight Night on 15th January 2022 by split decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.
He had been beaten by Alexandre Pantoja at UFC Vegas 34 on 21st August 2021 by submission in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Enterprise.
Activity check
Royval's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 11 months and 3 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 1 day. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.
Bontorin's last 2 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 5 months and 9 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 2 months and 20 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.
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