Brandon Moreno vs. Brandon Royval – Preview & Matchup Analysis

UFC 255: Figueiredo vs. Perez is scheduled to take place on Saturday, November 21, 2020, in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. In one of the matchups on the fight card, Brandon “The Assassin Baby” Moreno will take on Brandon “Raw Dawg” Royval in the Flyweight Bout. You can view the full UFC 255 card.

In this post, we will break down Brandon Moreno vs. Brandon Royval matchup. Let’s take look at the fighter’s ages, their height, records, reach, fight stats and more below ⤵

The 30-year-old, Brandon Moreno is coming in with a 17-5-1 record. Moreno will be fighting for the first time since a win via unanimous decision against Jussier Formiga at UFC Fight Night: Lee vs. Oliveira in March.

Royval, meanwhile, is coming off a submission win against Kai Kara-France on March 14, 2020 at UFC 253: Adesanya vs. Costa and holds a 12-4-0 record.

Brandon Moreno has an orthodox fighting stance with a 70″ reach. The 31-year-old, Brandon Royval is an southpaw fighter with a 68″ reach. An orthodox fighter stands with their left side forward and jabs with their left hand, the southpaw fighter is the opposite, southpaw stands with their right side forward and jabs with their right hand. In most cases, orthodox fighters are right-handed, if you are left-handed, then you fight southpaw.

Brandon Moreno:
→ Moreno’s striking accuracy is 34%.
→ Moreno lands 3.00 significant strikes per minute.
→ Moreno’s takedown accuracy is 40%.
→ Moreno’s takedown average is 1.75 per 15 minutes.
→ Moreno’s takedown defense is 69%.

Moreno comes in with 34% striking accuracy, typically landing about 3.00 significant strikes every minute. On the other side, Royval fires at 52% accuracy, landing about 3.90 significant strikes per minute. Brandon Moreno also has a 40% takedown accuracy and on average gets around 1.75 takedowns every 15 minutes, compared to Royval’s 1.06 takedowns and 63% takedown accuracy.

Brandon Royval:
→ Royval’s striking accuracy is 52%.
→ Royval lands 3.90 significant strikes per minute.
→ Royval’s takedown accuracy is 100%.
→ Royval’s takedown average is 1.06 per 15 minutes.
→ Royval’s takedown defense is 63%.

Brandon spent on average 7:03 minutes in the Octagon and Brandon has an average fight time of 13:56 minutes.

This looks like an interesting matchup, at least on paper. UFC 255 is live in , who do you think will win, Brandon or Brandon? Sound off in the comments.

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