Brandon Royval had a tall order for his bounce back from his first UFC championship defeat. After losing to Alexandre Pantoja in a UFC flyweight title fight back in December 2023, “Raw Dawg” was booked to take on former champion Brandon Moreno, who had defeated him in 2020, in enemy territory – Moreno’s home country of Mexico. Yet, despite the difficulty, Royval rose to the challenge and defeated Moreno in a hard-fought split decision.