Royval vs Sanchez

Who won Royval vs Sanchez?

Brandon Royval beat Joby Sanchez by submission in the 1st round during the main event of LFA 65, on Friday 3rd May 2019 at Dobson Arena in Vail.

The scorecards were announced 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 Sanchez stats

Brandon Royval stepped into the octagon with a record of 8 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 4 by submission.

Joby Sanchez made his way to the cage with a record of 12 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by knock out and 4 by submission.

Brandon Royval's LFA record stood at 6-2-0, while Joby Sanchez's came in at 1-1-0.

The stats suggested Royval had a slight advantage in power over Sanchez, with a 38% knock out percentage over Sanchez's 33%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Royval had an advantage over Sanchez, with a 50% submission rate over Sanchez's 33%.

Brandon Royval was the younger man by 1 year, at 31 years old.

Royval had a height advantage of 3 inches over Sanchez. That also extended to a 2-inch reach advantage.

Royval was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 4 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2012, 1 year and 6 months later than Sanchez, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 9 more professional rounds, 49 to Sanchez's 40.

Royval vs Sanchez form

Royval had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges 3 times.

In his last fight before this contest, 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, United States.

Previous to that, 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.

Going into that contest, 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.

Before that, he had lost to Alexandre Pantoja at UFC Vegas 34 on 21st August 2021 by submission in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Enterprise.

He was victorious against Kai Kara France at UFC 253 on 26th September 2020 by submission in the 2nd round at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Activity check

Royval's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 6 months and 23 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 17 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 rounds on average.

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