Royval vs Taira

Who won Royval vs Taira?

Brandon Royval beat Tatsuro Taira by split decision in their 5 round contest during the main event of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 12th October 2024 at UFC Apex in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced as 48-47, 48-47, 48-47 in favor of the winner Brandon Royval.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Flyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 125 pounds (8.9 stone or 56.7 KG).

Royval vs Taira stats

Brandon Royval stepped into the octagon with a record of 16 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 9 by submission.

Tatsuro Taira made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 16 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by knock out and 7 by submission.

This was Brandon Royval's 10th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2020. Tatsuro Taira marked his 7th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2022.

Brandon Royval's UFC record stood at 7-3-0, while Tatsuro Taira's came in at 6-1-0.

The stats suggested Taira had a slight advantage in power over Royval, with a 31% knock out percentage over Royval's 25%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Royval had an advantage over Taira, with a 56% submission rate over Taira's 44%.

Brandon Royval was the older man by 8 years, at 32 years old.

Royval had a height advantage of 2 inches over Taira.

Royval was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 7 more fights, and made his debut in 2012, 12 years and 4 months later than Taira, whose first professional fight was in . He had fought 22 more professional rounds, 54 to Taira's 32.

Royval vs Taira 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 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.

Previous to that, 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.

Going into that contest, 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.

Before that, 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.

He was victorious against 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.

Taira had won all 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 2opponents and going the distance 3 times.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Alex Perez at UFC Fight Night: Perez vs. Taira on 15th June 2024 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Carlos Hernandez at UFC Fight Night: Song vs. Gutierrez on 9th December 2023 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Edgar Chairez at UFC 290 on 8th July 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Before that, he was victorious against Jesus Santos Aguilar at UFC Fight Night on 4th February 2023 by submission in the 1st round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

He had won against C.J. Vergara at UFC Fight Night: Grasso vs. Araujo on 15th October 2022 by submission in the 2nd round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Tatsuro Taira had been fighting more than Brandon Royval.

Going to this contest, Brandon Royval had last fought 10 months and 19 days ago, while Tatsuro Taira's last outing had been 6 months and 28 days ago.

Royval's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 11 months and 28 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 6 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

Taira's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 2 months and 28 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 5 months and 13 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

What time did Royval vs Taira start?

The fighters were expected to walk out at around 2:10 AM UTC , which was 10:10 PM EST or 7:10 PM PST on the West Coast of America, or 3:10 AM BST in the UK.

What were the odds on Royval vs Taira?

Brandon Royval was a 9/4 (+230) underdog going into the contest, while Tatsuro Taira made his way into the ring at 33/100 (-300) with oddsmakers.