Last week, Royval (17-7 MMA, 7-3 UFC) announced that he had to pull out of his UFC Fight Night 253 flyweight headliner against Manel Kape (20-7 MMA, 6-3 UFC) on March 1 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.

Brandon Royval announced on social media Wednesday that he is withdrawing from a scheduled five-round matchup with fellow ranked flyweight contender Manel Kape. “Unfortunately I’m going to ...

UFC Vegas 103 has a new main event. Yesterday, top flyweight contender and former title challenger Brandon “Raw Dawg” Royval (17-7) took to Instagram to announce that he was out of his ...

Kape was due to face Brandon Royval in the main event of UFC Vegas 103, but the bout was rearranged at the start of February. Royval had suffered concussions during camp, which forced the UFC to ...

Kape was originally supposed to meet #1-ranked Brandon Royval in a potential flyweight title eliminator fight before Royval suffered an injury, and now “Starboy” will have to hand Almabayev ...

The UFC initially booked Kape against former UFC flyweight title challenger Brandon Royval in the headlining spot of this event, but Royval dropped out in early February because of injury.

Brandon Royval was forced out of his planned fight with Manel Kape due to a pair of concussions. Royval was scheduled to face Kape in the main event of UFC Vegas 102 at the UFC APEX on March 1.