Brandon Royval knows what it’s like to make quick steps forward in the UFC’s flyweight division – and what it’s like to slide back a bit, too. But moving forward, he hopes to use that volatility to his advantage. “The division is super small right now, and I think the division’s, like, starting to explode,” Royval told MMA Junkie Radio. “I think you see quick changes, and I think I’m probably one of the best examples of that, of just having being a nobody at all and now I think I’m No. 5 on the road, so it’s just crazy to what one year really did in my life.” Royval exploded on to the UFC scene with back-to-back “Fight of the Night” victories over Tim Elliott and Kai Kara-France. However, he’s since suffered consecutive losses to Brandon Moreno and Alexandre Pantoja and was able to fight just once in 2021 while recovering from shoulder surgery
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