Royval vs Williams

Who won Royval vs Williams?

Brandon Royval beat Nate Williams by submission in the 1st round during the main event of LFA 79, on Friday 22nd November 2019 at 1STBANK Center in Broomfield.

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 Williams stats

Brandon Royval stepped into the octagon with a record of 9 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 5 by submission.

Nate Williams made his way to the cage with a record of 29 wins, 18 losses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by knock out and 15 by submission.

This was Brandon Royval's 8th fight in the LFA, having made his debut for the promotion in 2017.

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

The stats suggested Royval had a slight advantage in power over Williams, with a 33% knock out percentage over Williams' 24%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Royval had a slight advantage over Williams, with a 56% submission rate over Williams' 52%.

Brandon Royval was the younger man by 5 years, at 32 years old.

Royval had a height advantage of 8 inches over Williams. That also extended to a 7-inch reach advantage.

Royval was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 34 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2012, 4 years and 5 months later than Williams, whose first professional fight was in 2008. He had fought 56 less professional rounds, 54 to Williams' 110.

Royval vs Williams 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 3 years, 10 months and 5 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 8 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

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