Brandon Royval Eyes UFC Title Fight Against Alexandre Pantoja In Brazil
Speaking to reporters during the UFC Mexico City post-fight press conference, Brandon Royval said he wants to compete on the UFC 301 card in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to take the flyweight gold from Alexandre Pantoja (via MMAJunkie).
“I’m going to keep spoiling parties,” Royval said. “At UFC 301, I’m going to fight Pantoja, and I’m going to take his belt in his hometown. We’ll keep spoiling parties. After I win that belt, I’ll defend my belt in Denver, Colorado.”
Royval said he’s made the proper changes in order to reach that elite level in the UFC’s flyweight division, and he’s confident that he can capture UFC gold for the first time in his career.
“You’ve seen it,” Royval said. “I’ve made adjustments in six weeks or five weeks, whatever it was. It was five weeks because I hurt my hand, and I couldn’t get back into training. I had a five-week training camp for that. In five weeks, I made a bunch of adjustments. I didn’t get held down. Brandon Moreno tried to slow me down, hold me down, slow the pace, keep me down. They ain’t going to hold me down no more, bro.”
