Cejudo vs Royval

When is Cejudo vs Royval?

Henry Cejudo could potentially face the challenge of Brandon Royval, in Spring 2025.

The fight would be contested over 5 rounds in the Flyweight division, which means the weight limit would be 125 pounds (8.9 stone or 56.7 KG).

Cejudo vs Royval stats

Henry Cejudo would step into the octagon with a record of 16 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Brandon Royval would make his way to the cage with a record of 17 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by knock out and 9 by submission.

The stats suggest Cejudo would have a large advantage in power over Royval, boasting a 50% knock out percentage over Royval's 24%.

If the fight goes to the ground, their records suggest Royval would have a massive advantage over Cejudo, boasting a 53% submission rate over Cejudo's 0%.

Henry Cejudo is the older man by 5 years, at 37 years old.

Royval has a height advantage of 5 inches over Cejudo. This also extends to a 3-inch reach advantage.

Cejudo is currently arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 4 fewer fights, and made his debut in , 12 years and 3 months earlier than Royval, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He has fought 4 less professional rounds, 50 to Royval's 54.

Cejudo vs Royval form

Henry Cejudo has stopped 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight, he lost to Merab Dvalishvili at UFC 298 on 17th February 2024 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Honda Center, Anaheim, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Aljamain Sterling at UFC 288 on 6th May 2023 by split decision in their UFC Bantamweight championship fight at Prudential Center, Newark.

Going into that contest, he had won against Dominick Cruz at UFC 249 on 9th May 2020 by knockout in the 2nd round in their UFC Bantamweight championship fight at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville.

Before that, he had beaten Marlon Moraes at UFC 238 on 8th June 2019 by knockout in the 3rd round in their UFC Bantamweight championship fight at United Center, Chicago.

He had defeated T.J. Dillashaw at UFC on ESPN+ 1 on 19th January 2019 by knockout in the 1st round in their UFC Flyweight championship fight at Barclays Center, Brooklyn.

Royval has beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance 3 times.

In his last fight, he won against Tatsuro Taira at UFC Fight Night: Royval vs. Taira on 12th October 2024 by split decision in their 5 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Brandon Moreno at UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs. Royval 2 on 24th February 2024 by split decision in their 5 round contest at Arena CDMX, Mexico City, Mexico.

Going into that contest, he had been defeated by 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.

Before that, he had beaten 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.

He had defeated Matt Schnell at UFC 274 on 7th May 2022 by submission in the 1st round at Jeunesse Arena, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Activity check

In terms of recent activity, Brandon Royval has been fighting more than Henry Cejudo.

Henry Cejudo last fought 9 months and 7 days ago, while Brandon Royval's last outing was 1 month and 12 days ago.

Cejudo's last 5 fights have come over a period of 5 years, 10 months and 5 days, meaning he has been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 3 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they have lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

Royval's last 5 fights have come over a period of 2 years, 6 months and 17 days, meaning he has been fighting on average every 6 months and 5 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 17 rounds, meaning that they have lasted 3.4 rounds on average.

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