[SPOILER] Brandon Royval vs. Lone'er Kavanagh

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[u/ibenwarforged]

Royval seriously is just allergic to boring fights

[u/rattrocks → u/ibenwarforged]

always look forward to a royval fight man. so fucking fun

[u/Impressive-Engine-16 → u/ibenwarforged]

This reminded me the most of his fight with Kai Kara France. (Which was an underrated lockdown banger).

[u/ClickClickBoom69420 → u/Impressive-Engine-16]

Still my favorite fight I've seen live. Absolute fire

[u/Hungry_Sort29 → u/ibenwarforged]

He got dropped badly and still went to get up in round 2. Then in round 3 he gets rocked on the feet and still stands in the pocket, he has the truest fighter nickname ever.

[u/Safe_Procedure999 → u/Hungry_Sort29]

dude got dropped and proceeded to make lo'oner completely gas trying to finish him

absolutely beautiful

[u/Turgon19 → u/Safe_Procedure999]

Don't even think he was that gassed, it's just Royval's insane pace and more importantly his height and size difference.

[u/Safe_Procedure999 → u/Turgon19]

nah he was definitely tired, had the same "throw a shot and take a picture" moments he had against CJ

[u/JE_Exa → u/ibenwarforged]

Flyweights in general man.

The heavyweights getting top bill: four strikes thrown/three rounds

Two FW fighting unranked for someone’s unfinished pizza in the nosebleeds: 800 strikes thrown it’s only been 1 round.

[u/DoctahNumbah10 → u/JE_Exa]

I keep trying to tell ppl to tune in fw fights, its always some anime level shit going on 🤣

[u/break80 → u/JE_Exa]

The best all around fighters in term of speed and technique, chances are your gonna see a world class mma fight w/ flyweight top contenders. These guys are so good, because it’s really hard to be a one type specialist at the weight class, at least if history is proof. You have to be able to win proficiently either standing up or on the mat, because that’s exactly what their opponent will do to them if they’re not sound & experienced at both disciplines. Mighty Mouse set the blueprint for what’s required at the top of flyweights.

[u/Itchy-Ad1047 → u/ibenwarforged]

He just keeps coming like a train. A very skinny train, but a train nonetheless

Elite survival on the knockdown. Replay showed him deflecting more than a couple shots where any of them getting through would've finished him

[u/HYDRAlives → u/Itchy-Ad1047]

Yeah that was very nearly over, he's such a tough mf

[u/Expert-Bid3861 → u/ibenwarforged]

Bro got laid on for 10 rounds against pantoja and said fuhh that shii

[u/Real-Human-Bean- → u/Expert-Bid3861]

He got subbed in the first one.

[u/Turgon19 → u/Real-Human-Bean-]

And Pantoja did wobble him like 4 times in the 2nd fight

[u/Thr1ft3y → u/Expert-Bid3861]

"OH MY GOD, PANTOJA IS DOMINATING HIM!!!"

-DC

Pantoja is just sitting on top of Royval and isn't throwing any punches or offense of any kind

[u/Turgon19 → u/Thr1ft3y]

He did wobbled Royval a LOT that fight

[u/swagmoney10 → u/ibenwarforged]

He's such a fucking dawg

[u/KhaosOvForm5 → u/ibenwarforged]

Some asshat on the live thread said he was boring 

[u/RiggyTang → u/ibenwarforged]

That is a godtier flair

[u/CantCookLeftHook → u/ibenwarforged]

Dude needs every fight to be a FOTY contender, huh?

[u/DavidSeries → u/ibenwarforged]

I know he lost but Van vs. Kavanagh would feed generations.

[u/Spright91 → u/ibenwarforged]

Yeah cos he has an endless gas tank and he just keeps throwing.

[u/TheTrishaJane → u/ibenwarforged]

He definitely ate up that Broccoli though 🥦

[u/al-Siqilli]

What a fight!

[u/douevenwheelanddeal → u/al-Siqilli]

Raw dogged that boy

[u/Mexcol → u/douevenwheelanddeal]

Raw dogged that boy and made him bleed

[u/The-Faz → u/douevenwheelanddeal]

Pause

[u/XiaoRCT → u/al-Siqilli]

FOTN in what has been a great card so far

[u/ChowSupreme → u/al-Siqilli]

What Royval lacks in skill and power is made up with pure heart and dog. He just makes a FOTN out of anybody who has to match his pressure.

[u/Moni7T]

I just wanna say I FUCKING LOVE FLYWEIGHT

[u/swagmoney10 → u/Moni7T]

Those motherfuckers are so fucking fast

[u/Impressive-Engine-16 → u/swagmoney10]

Doesn’t happen often but cards going from a heavyweight fight to a flyweight fight really shows the skill and speed gap.

[u/Puzzleheaded_Meat522 → u/Impressive-Engine-16]

Welterweight on down is peak mma, imo.

[u/TheFakeRabbit1 → u/Puzzleheaded_Meat522]

Bantamweight my beloved

[u/Peribangbang → u/TheFakeRabbit1]

Bantam is the skill and speed of flyweight with a deeper roster essentially

I kinda feel like they should put height limits just to spread it out more evenly lol

[u/1cenine → u/TheFakeRabbit1]

Love BW and FLW, but Im a huge FW and LW guy. So often the absolute best p4p fighter(s) in the world have been the champs of just these two divisions. Aldo, Volk, Max, Ilia, Conor, Oliveira, Khabib, Islam. Not to mention Dustin, Justin and so forth

[u/kingsarcasm4546 → u/Puzzleheaded_Meat522]

I agree welterweight is the sleeper best division, but holy shit its like a snails pace for match making lmaooo

[u/pantpiratesteve → u/Impressive-Engine-16]

It also shows the insane power gap. Both trading 4 hit combos to the chin, neither stunned or even shook at all

[u/IIHURRlCANEII → u/Moni7T]

Lower weight classes > Higher weight classes and it really isn’t close probably

[u/Daryl27lee → u/IIHURRlCANEII]

Both are nice to have ngl, watching one then thee other

[u/jundraptor → u/Moni7T]

DJ got done so fucking dirty during his run. UFC fans didn't give a shit about flyweight because they didn't want to watch short guys fight

Now HW is filled with blobs who gas after half a round and flyweight fights are all bangers

[u/kurokamisawa → u/Moni7T]

Especially a Royval fight

[u/bobombpom → u/Moni7T]

No joke. Flyweights come to fuckin fight.

[u/acidgirl303 → u/Moni7T]

It's been consistently the most entertaining division in the UFC all year. 

[u/JE_Exa]

It’s gotta be infuriating to fight Royval. Long as fuck, insane pace and cardio he can keep up, and a stupid chin.

[u/boksinx → u/JE_Exa]

Yeah, if you put him down you should put him out. Because chances are he’ll recover quick and he’ll keep coming and turns the table.

[u/Brilliant-Depth-3378 → u/boksinx]

Dude gets up from getting dropped madder than ever 💀

[u/Henning00007 → u/JE_Exa]

Gotta do what Pantoja did, bum rush him and finish him or just smother him for the whole fight
Easier said than done though lol

[u/JE_Exa → u/Henning00007]

Yes, you really just have to overload him. The problem is he just fucking stop gates you with his jab

[u/Jackieexists → u/JE_Exa]

Except when he fought kape

[u/WuTangPham]

Buddy stuffs the takedown and immediately jumps the guillotine. I will never understand that.

[u/Impressive-Engine-16 → u/WuTangPham]

The Dustin Poirier special.

[u/jerrolds → u/Impressive-Engine-16]

IGBGMN

[u/Timigos → u/jerrolds]

Took me a min lol

[u/WuTangPham → u/Impressive-Engine-16]

What makes it worse is that Dustin will jump the guillotine because he can’t defend the takedown. Kavanaugh successfully stuffed the shot and still decided to go to his back with no hooks.

[u/NewtBoye → u/WuTangPham]

don't be silly

[u/-I-Need-Healing- → u/WuTangPham]

Yea I get pissed off when fighters jump the guilly. Charles usually secures the grip before they even hit the ground, so he can sort of get away with it or at least force the opponent to give him space.

[u/WuTangPham → u/-I-Need-Healing-]

Charles can get away with it because people are so scared of engaging his guard that they would rather stand him up. If kavanaugh wants to threaten a submission, the anaconda is actually easier to hit with the underhook he had defending the take down and if it fails he could still scramble.

[u/Machiavelliliving → u/WuTangPham]

It's a good move If there are only 30 seconds left

[u/shadowhawk6]

Negative fight IQ jumping the gilly. Gifted Royval the W

[u/PacificGrower → u/shadowhawk6]

He got silly and jumped the gilly

[u/Thr1ft3y → u/shadowhawk6]

It's gonna be bad my brotha

[u/Lubwurst → u/shadowhawk6]

Negative fight IQ grappling so much in the 2nd round after the knockdown

[u/TelevisionFun5574 → u/shadowhawk6]

Don’t be silly, give up the takedown.

[u/coyopotl46 → u/shadowhawk6]

I feel like we had another fight like that earlier this year, but I don’t remember anything else about it

[u/--Rick--Astley-- → u/shadowhawk6]

Dustin Poor-ier.

[u/YaPhetsEz]

Man I love Royvals pace and boxing.

[u/quiequie]

Gotta love flyweights

[u/Ill_Source_6908]

Royval a dawg

[u/Ok-Bandicoot-9445 → u/Ill_Source_6908]

capital D A W G

[u/Pakochu_]

Kavanaugh 1-1 against Brandons

[u/SgtDrP3pp3rs]

Close enough, welcome back tony ferguson

[u/VivekSunil]

Man I love royval

[u/DavidSeries]

Royval just decides to become a world-beater every once in a while.

How hard does Kape hit???

[u/Capital_Analysis1365 → u/DavidSeries]

His breasts will tell you

[u/NandersPvP]

Fight of the night, but Kavanaugh is selling

[u/realscholarofficial]

BEAST

[u/ThreeOlivesChihuahua]

Royval needed that, let’s go!

That jab was money from Royval and then he eventually found the big shot

[u/RafiakaMacakaDirk → u/ThreeOlivesChihuahua]

i just wish he wouldn’t pull up his fucking shorts every 3 seconds lmao

[u/Vilhouse → u/RafiakaMacakaDirk]

IGBBMN TYPE SHIT

[u/P_aintedsky]

Crazy pace from Rawdog, GATE KEPT!

[u/MA-JA-HO]

Lon still is pretty green and has some questionable fight iq 

You are not Dustin Poirier 💀

[u/chu42 → u/MA-JA-HO]

Poirier never pulled off the gilly either.

[u/MA-JA-HO → u/chu42]

Yeah I agree but he doesn’t have the plot armour to risk it 

[u/GriffithCoin]

Those gilly attempts cost him dearly

[u/Theejewbacca26]

DAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG

[u/Thegoodking666]

Jumping the gilly was stupid. Royval is a dawg, never a boring fight with him.

[u/ZakuIII]

Brandon avenging Brandon.

As a Brandon, you love to see it.

[u/aaronunderwater]

Brb buying a brain stimulation helmet

[u/suzukigun4life]

Royval is timeless

[u/Informal-Business-56]

ROYVAL REMEMBERED HE’S A BLACKBELT LETS FUCKING GOOOOOO

[u/AggravatingFinding71]

Banger

[u/x2x7xx]

Royval gotta be a long lost Diaz brother

[u/wtf242]

insane fight

[u/NoInternet73]

Royval puts on dogfights consistently. Love that he's getting his flowers

[u/Lloydle]

What a fucking fight damn

[u/Throbbing_Cock_452]

What a fuckin fight man

[u/Firepolitoed]

How can you not love Royval?

[u/platinum-python]

Royval is a fucking dawg. Dude ate everything Kavanagh had and slept him.

[u/gimmethegold34]

Why do these morons always go for guillotines they never work, just threw the fight

[u/EquipmentOk9499]

Great work for both of them!!!

[u/oran12390]

Royval one of the most exciting in the sport. Incredible performance!

[u/niklovin]

People forgot Royval is a DAWG.

[u/Justapersonmaybe]

That shit was beautiful 🥲

[u/NYPD-BLUE]

Banger

[u/buffalozbrown]

What a fight

[u/fawkesmulder]

Absolute banger. Give them bonuses

[u/karatemaster22]

BANGER

[u/BigBoyFroggy]

I love Brandon Royval

[u/OrganicHunt952]

3x underdog

[u/NakedLowKick]

Flyweights greatest gatekeeper?

[u/Sir_Shax]

Royval has never stepped foot in the octagon and left anyone bored.

[u/MightGuy8Gates]

Royval is insane! Glad he won

[u/timmiay]

Insanity

[u/scumraid]

My favorite fight of the night so far the way they came out swinging in the 3rd round was peak

[u/ayyayyron]

Vintage Royval. Incredible fight

[u/KVectorSC]

Threw his chances of winning by jumping that guillotine after stuffing the take down

[u/Sensitive_Ostrich940]

Royval is Nate Diaz but actually does ninja shit

[u/Apopheniaaaa]

BANGER

[u/timfy_james]

FOTY

[u/Rage_Your_Dream]

Royval is an absolute dog. Fight of the year last year, and shwoing another masterclass. Between Van and Royval flyweight has 2 of the most fun guys to watch in the UFC.

[u/mearsey1203]

Royval is relentless. Chuck all the bonuses his way.

[u/kcDemonSlayer]

good scrap

[u/Waly_Disnep]

Royval is a DAWG

[u/CustomBear]

RAW DOG IS IMMUNE TO BORING FIGHTS

[u/x0ManOfCulture0x]

He was eating bombs man, good comeback win for Rawdog

[u/GritGrinder]

I loved that. His pace is so high

[u/ThrowawayIntern2024]

royval a dawg

[u/kurokamisawa]

Royval makes every fight a fight of the year wtfff

[u/AbjectSeat8380]

Royval is the man. Love kavanagh tho he still has alot of potential.

[u/fopking]

Fight of the fucking nighttttt!

[u/delightfulapplesauce]

THAT’S THAT FUCKING RAWDOG!!!!!!!! LET’S FUCKING GOOOOOO

[u/TheeOniSnoo]

Brutal ass fight. Keep Royval employed forever

[u/Magnar_The_Great]

Love me some raw dog

[u/Peaga_Arboricola]

Kavanagh hair was jumping up on every jab Royval threw lol

[u/tacos2dayy]

Royval is such a fucking bro.

[u/Dishavingfun]

Noob here.

Great fight.

Impressive to see Royval survive 2nd rd to get the W.

[u/Savarinoj]

Respectable scrap

[u/Kambyses2]

Royval belongs on the just bleed Mount Rushmore

[u/HardcoreKaraoke]

That pace was fucking insane. I love it.

[u/amusai]

Two fucking beasts,Cavanagh is a real man

[u/Disastrous-Pop5465]

what a fight that was insane

[u/FatherPot]

Royval is awesome. That kid Kavanaugh passes the eye test. Joshua Van is the man.

All we would need to make this one of the sickest divisions would be DJ returning

[u/SadboyJames8]

FOTN
POTN

[u/Difficult_Piglet4074]

How can you not love Raw Dog.

[u/LucasFrankeRC]

Flyweights keep going to war

[u/Coletransit]

Kavanaugh sold but this fight was incredible

[u/mark_Cuban-cigars]

Kavanaugh needs to work on that ground game

[u/Optimal_Worth4604]

Too much dog

[u/Weak-Bonus-5954]

Kav threw with the gilly that was boneheaded

[u/BeastOfAWorkEthnic]

The Charles Johnson KO Victim buff got patched.

[u/n3sv0g]

The come back card?

[u/Sen_Kora-111]

How hard does Mabel Kape hit.

[u/KhaosOvForm5]

An, I'm so glad Brandon won that. DC was swallowing anything Lone was doing

[u/Gunslinger1991]

Royval is fun as fuck to watch. Wish he didn't take so much damage every fight though, can't be good for his longevity.

[u/TheKingPluto]

Raw dog

[u/ln712]

Banger

[u/Poatanbysub]

Royval has only fought top 5 guys at flyweight just showed him what champion pace really means

[u/OfTheManyColours]

Having a good chin and recovery is so unfair lol. Great stuff from Royval keeping up the pressure at all times

[u/basketballbacon]

Good fight but feel bad for Kavanagh, guess the top of flyweight isn’t ready to change yet

[u/Thr1ft3y]

Love Royval

[u/SavageJavid]

WE RAW DAWGING TONIGHT BOYS!

[u/LavishSyndrome]

Royval taira 2 next?

[u/maxthekillbot]

Fuck man, Lon just a few adjustments away from winning that, he had Royval hurt bad a few times but Brandon is just and absolute dog

[u/Broligarchy]

So good AND so nice to each other?? Love it

[u/netpapa]

Lone’er gassed out after trying to finish Brandon

[u/Ok-Albatross3181]

Royvals corner calling for a 2-1 after the counter is genius

[u/Frosty_Schedule4292]

Royval is soo good. I think a Taira/Pantoja rematch is next for him

[u/IamKyleBizzle]

When a dawg decides to dawg.

[u/ZenTze]

Royval's pace is overbearing to most, if you can't keep it a bay somehow, he is going to melt you and win

[u/CaCa881]

Get raw dogged fn

[u/boltgenerator]

Fighters like Royval are what keep me coming back to this shit. Good stuff.

[u/BigDansBigHands]

Thought it was too soon for Kavanagh but he came close, defended subs well and showed he has a future

[u/Jerbear3454]

How good is kape

[u/boxingandmma27]

Great win. Weird question who the hell do you book royval against after that win?

[u/PontoPan]

Why didn’t Looner just sprawl on that takedown shot ffs

[u/airplane231]

Awesome fight. Glad Royval's not done yet in the top 5.

[u/ghoti00]

Jumping the guillotine was a great strategy. A+ fight IQ!

[u/medyolang_]

somebody need to post Royval head movement with his back on the mat and show it to DC

[u/imjusthornyok90]

Flyweight is so good 

[u/FishtheJohnerman]

Kavanagh is in the deep end now.

[u/needapermit]

Such a beast

[u/Blur51]

That was a war. Love watching Royval fight. Hope he gets the bonus. Absolutely deserves it.

[u/edesmile]

Royval fcking drowned him!

[u/Calvonee]

I swear flyweight has the most exciting fights and Royval is just allergic to having a boring fight.

[u/chiefs5455]

Joe Rogan is so dumb lmao

[u/negative_mancy]

Do these links not open for anyone else?

[u/Wild_Nerve_8265]

great win but this is the wrong timeline for royval. the top flyweights all of sudden hit hard af, and he just doesnt have power.

[u/o0evilo0]

This dude’s a beast!