Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2023-04-15, pretty good finish but not enough for three stars: Matheus Nicolau vs Brandon Royval mma gets two (UFC show of the night – check out our ranking on The best MMA matches of 2023).
Royval vs Nicolau is scheduled to take place on Saturday, April 15, at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City (Missouri, USA), in the 3-round flyweight event (125 lbs, 57th). kg); it’s under the tag of Max Holloway vs Arnold Allen – UFC on ESPN 44. Watch videos and Rate this fight!
Matheus Nicolaus record
Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt Matheus Nicolau Pereira entered this match with a record 19-2-1 (53% completion rate) and he is ranked as 5 flies in the world.
He lost to Dustin Ortiz in 2018 (Dustin Ortiz vs Matheus Nicolau Pereira) but since then he has won six fights beating Tim Elliott (Matheus Nicolau Pereira vs Tim Elliott), David Dvorak and Matt Schnell in three (Matheus Nicolau vs Matt Schnell).
Brandon Royval’s record
His opponent, Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belter Brandon Royval, has a mma record of 14-6-0 (eighty six% completion rate) and he entered as No. 10 in the fly class.
He has lost two games in a row from 2020 to 2021, to Brandon Moreno (Brandon Moreno vs Brandon Royval) and Alexandre Pantoja (Alexandre Pantoja vs Brandon Royval), but he later defeated Rogerio Bontorin (Brandon Royval vs. Rogerio Bontorin) and Matt Schnell (Brandon Royval vs. Matt Schnell).
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Here’s the full UFC fight card on ESPN 44 (we’ll update it after deliberation):
KEY CARDS (live on ESPN+)
Max Holloway vs Arnold Allen
Billy Quarantillo vs Edson Barboza
Dustin Jacoby vs Azamat Murzakanov
Tanner Boser vs Ion Cutelaba
Pedro Munhoz vs Chris Gutierrez
Clay Guida vs Rafa Garcia
PRINCIPAL CARD (live on ESPN+)
Bill Algeo vs TJ Brown
Matheus Nicolau vs Brandon Royval
Zak Cummings vs Ed Herman
Gillian Robertson vs Piera Rodriguez
Lando Vannata vs Daniel Zellhuber
Bruna Brasil vs Denise Gomes
Gaston Bolanos vs Aaron Phillips
Lucie Pudilova vs Joselyne Edwards
Full/Featured Match Video
Here we will post a collection of the best videos of the match Matheus Nicolau vs Brandon Royval right after the match is over. If you watched the full battle, you can rate it at the end of this post. (All videos are hosted on free video platforms like Youtube, Dailymotion, Facebook etc and not uploaded by AllTheBestFights.com)
Official Highlights
Result
Who won the Nicolau vs Royval fight?
Brandon Royval defeated Matheus Nicolau by KO at 2:09, 1st round.
Interview after the battle
Hear the words of a winner or two boxers after their bout, here’s Matheus Nicolau and Brandon Royval’s UFC on ESPN 44 post-fight octagon interview.
