Brandon
Royval has a bit of extra work to do if he desires to get one other
shot at flyweight gold.
In accordance with an preliminary report from Ag.Battle, Royval will face former Rizin bantamweight
champion Manel Kape
in the primary occasion of UFC
Battle Night time 253 on March 1. Royval and a number of retailers have
since confirmed the reserving. The occasion is predicted to happen at
the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.
“On the finish of the day, I bought the hardest résumé since I signed to
the UFC,” Royval wrote on Instagram. “Y’all going to be taught to place
some respect on my title. Solely high 10 fighters. 4th important occasion in a
row.”
Royval has gained 5 of his final six UFC appearances. His lone
defeat throughout that stretch got here when he challenged Alexandre
Pantoja for the flyweight belt and dropped a unanimous choice
at UFC 296. “Uncooked Dawg” has since rebounded to put up back-to-back
triumphs over Brandon
Moreno and Tatsuro
Taira in headlining bouts.
Kape can also be 5-1 in his final six promotional outings. He’s coming
off a third-round TKO win over Bruno Silva
at UFC Tampa on Dec. 14 — arguably his most spectacular Octagon
efficiency thus far. Kape seemingly addressed the pairing in his
personal social media put up.
“He must be quiet, he gained’t battle for the belt,” Kape wrote on X.
“It is going to be with me, he’ll do what we’re telling him to do.
March 1 important occasion.”
