{"id":3330,"date":"2024-02-25T10:27:51","date_gmt":"2024-02-25T09:27:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/?p=3330"},"modified":"2024-02-25T15:16:33","modified_gmt":"2024-02-25T14:16:33","slug":"brandon-royval-gets-his-revenge-against-brandon-moreno-in-a-very-close-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/brandon-royval-gets-his-revenge-against-brandon-moreno-in-a-very-close-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Brandon Royval gets his revenge against Brandon Moreno in a very close fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>In the main event of UFC Mexico, Brandon Moreno and Brandon Royval challenged each other in a flyweight rematch. The American won by split decision.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Round 1<\/strong>: Royval takes the center of the octagon and looks to frame the former division champion. Standing, the two athletes exchange fistfights without finding a real opening.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Round 2<\/strong>: Brandon Moreno hits his opponent and shakes him with a right overhand. The Mexican settles into this fight and hits his target, often on the counter. After some nice exchanges, Moreno validates a takedown on Royval.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Round 3<\/strong>: \u2018The Assassin Baby\u2019 comes to stick his opponent in a fight. Brandon Royval manages to escape, and still tries to frame his Mexican opponent. Brandon Moreno mixes perfectly and embarrasses &#8216;Raw Dawg&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Round 4<\/strong>: With his leg kicks, Moreno scores points. In turn, Brandon Royval validates a takedown on the Mexican, but both men quickly get up. With a combination to the body and kicks, the former champion varies his game.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">25 minutes in the books \ud83d\udd25<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UFCMexico?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UFCMexico<\/a> Main Event is headed to the judges scorecards! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KD5dz0zeDs\">pic.twitter.com\/KD5dz0zeDs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; UFC (@ufc) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ufc\/status\/1761632629441347758?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 25, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Round 5<\/strong>: In this very close fight, everything seems to be decided in the last round. Moreno secures and blocks the American clinch against the cage. Brandon Royval throws a lot of punches without necessarily hitting. The fight ends strong with blows thrown from both sides, like in a bar fight!<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">25 minutes in the books \ud83d\udd25<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UFCMexico?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UFCMexico<\/a> Main Event is headed to the judges scorecards! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KD5dz0zeDs\">pic.twitter.com\/KD5dz0zeDs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; UFC (@ufc) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ufc\/status\/1761632629441347758?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 25, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the end, Brandon Royval took his revenge against Brandon Moreno and won by split decision (48-47, 48-47, 46-49). The American, ranked number 3 in the category before the fight, now positions himself as a main challenger to the flyweight title, currently held by Alexandre Pantoja. For his part, Brandon Moreno lost at home in Mexico and suffered a second loss in a row with a split decision.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Brandon Royval is fired up!<\/p>\n<p>He wants the rematch with Alexandre Pantoja after tonight&#39;s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UFCMexico?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UFCMexico<\/a> win \ud83d\udc40 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ynUKqG7CXP\">pic.twitter.com\/ynUKqG7CXP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; UFC (@ufc) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ufc\/status\/1761633843436527755?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 25, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"und\" dir=\"rtl\">Brandon Royval gets his revenge against Brandon Moreno in a very close fight <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UFCMexico?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UFCMexico<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u0628\u0631\u0627\u0646\u062f\u0648\u0646 \u0631\u0648\u064a\u0641\u0627\u0644 \u064a\u0646\u062a\u0642\u0645 \u0645\u0646 \u0628\u0631\u0627\u0646\u062f\u0648\u0646 \u0645\u0648\u0631\u064a\u0646\u0648 \u0641\u064a \u0645\u0639\u0631\u0643\u0629 \u0645\u062a\u0642\u0627\u0631\u0628\u0629 \u0644\u0644\u063a\u0627\u064a\u0629 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hgZC5Xa6ZL\">pic.twitter.com\/hgZC5Xa6ZL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; mmamag.ma (@jamalsoussi10) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jamalsoussi10\/status\/1761750778920763886?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 25, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Brandon Royval is fired up!<\/p>\n<p>He wants the rematch with Alexandre Pantoja after tonight&#39;s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UFCMexico?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UFCMexico<\/a> win \ud83d\udc40 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ynUKqG7CXP\">pic.twitter.com\/ynUKqG7CXP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; UFC (@ufc) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ufc\/status\/1761633843436527755?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 25, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Flyweight champ Alexandre Pantoja has a moment with Brandon Royval after tonight\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UFCMexico?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UFCMexico<\/a> main event \ud83d\udc40 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fEAxJC9iBm\">pic.twitter.com\/fEAxJC9iBm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; UFC (@ufc) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ufc\/status\/1761639001684095478?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 25, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the main event of UFC Mexico, Brandon Moreno and Brandon Royval challenged each other in a flyweight rematch. The American won by split decision. Round 1: Royval takes the center of the octagon and looks to frame the former division champion. Standing, the two athletes exchange fistfights without finding a real opening. Round 2: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3331,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,86,77,21,91],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3330","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mma","8":"category-mma-video","9":"category-news","10":"category-ufc-news","11":"category-ufc"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3330"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3330"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3330\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3332,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3330\/revisions\/3332"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}