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UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Gastelum
VS
Brandon Royval
Brandon Royval
12-5 · USA
August 21, 2021 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Flyweight · 3 rounds
126.0lb
Weigh-in
125.5lb
Alexandre Pantoja def. Brandon Royval by SUB (Rear Naked Choke), R2 1:46
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Pantoja13/252/401:49
Royval14/391/100:08
R2 · 1:46
Pantoja9/151/201:02
Royval3/220/000:00
Total
Pantoja22/403/602:51
Royval17/611/100:08

Pre-fight

The model's read going in

The walk-forward model's call at the time of the bout — persisted out-of-sample, with no hindsight about the result.

Prediction
PantojaWin probabilityRoyval
76.0%24.0%
KO / TKO
41%
Submission
18%
Decision
41%
Expected fight time: 9.3 min
Retrospective pick: the walk-forward model's call at the time of the fight — persisted out-of-sample, with no hindsight about the result.
What drives the pick

Each bar is a feature's push on the model from the center axis. Red pushes toward Pantoja, blue toward Royval. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Pantoja76%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO31%41%17%
Submission12%16%14%
Decision33%43%30%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes42 (1757)act 22
Takedowns1.1 (0.03.6)act 3
Royval24%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO10%40%9%
Submission6%27%12%
Decision8%33%18%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes35 (1448)act 17
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.5)act 1
Combined totals~77 sig strikes~1.7 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R134%
R216%
R39%
Distance41%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.2%
Pantoja
55.0%-126
Royval
+12643.8%
Most takedownstie 30.4%
Pantoja
44.7%-180
Royval
+18024.9%
Significant strikes — over/under
Pantoja
Expected: 41.8
42
Over 42
39.0%
+154
Exactly 42
1.2%
push
Under 42
59.9%
-154
053105
Royval
Expected: 35.1
35
Over 35
39.2%
+152
Exactly 35
1.4%
push
Under 35
59.5%
-152
04488
Takedowns — over/under
Pantoja
Expected: 1.1
1
Over 1
38.1%
+109
Exactly 1
20.3%
push
Under 1
41.6%
-109
035
Royval
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
41.1%
+143
Under 0.5
58.9%
-143
035

Odds are model-implied (no real prop market is priced for these). The “most” prices are draw-no-bet — a tie (for takedowns, usually 0–0) is a push, so each side is priced off its chance of winning given a result, while the % shown is the raw chance of landing strictly more. Drag a line in half-point steps: a half line (e.g. 2.5) is a clean over/under, while a whole number adds a third outcome — landing exactly on it, a push — so over, exact and under sum to 100%. On a whole number the over/under odds are draw-no-bet (priced off the decisive mass, since the push refunds), so the two sides stay mirror images rather than implying an arbitrage.

Expected fight time 9.3 min. Predicted-output ranges are percentiles of the model’s simulated fights: sig strikes the middle 50% (25th–75th); takedowns the wider 10th–90th, since they’re 0 in most fights so a narrow band would collapse to 0. Win-by-method = win probability × that fighter’s own method split: the model forecasts how the fight ends, and that forecast is divided between the corners by each fighter’s finishing record — UFC wins in full, earlier-career wins at half weight, as of fight night — reconciled so the fighters’ totals still equal their win probabilities and the methods still total the fight-level forecast above. “Equity” is each of those over that fighter’s win % — how they win given that they win — so a column adds to 100%, and it differs by corner. A fighter with no classifiable wins at any level leans on the fight-level split. “How it ends” is the model’s round-of-finish split. “Mkt” is the de-vigged market prop (consensus across books), shown for context, not as a betting signal; rounds & totals slots fill as that data lands. Percentages are apportioned by largest remainder, so each set adds to its total exactly and an individual figure can sit a point off its own rounding.

Model vs market
Final
ModelMarketGapLine
To win
Pantoja76.0%60.2%+15.8-170
Royval24.0%39.8%−15.8+141
By method
Pantoja by KO/TKO31.3%16.7%+14.6+391
Pantoja by submission13.9%13.8%+0.1+491
Pantoja by decision30.8%30.0%+0.8+173
Royval by KO/TKO9.9%9.3%+0.6+779
Royval by submission4.4%12.3%−7.9+564
Royval by decision9.7%17.9%−8.2+356
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds65.8%68.7%−2.9-275
Over 2.5 rds49.9%55.7%−5.8-147
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision40.6%51.5%−10.9-123

Market % is the de-vigged (no-vig) consensus across the books that price both fighters; the line is the average across books with the min–max range in parentheses. Gap is the model minus the market in points (+ = the model rates that outcome above the market). Thin or one-sided markets are flagged or left blank rather than shown as a fabricated %. Shown for context, not as a bet — the closing line is the sharpest public price and the model trails it on average. For 5-round bouts the model splits its round-3+ finish mass into rounds 3–5 by the historical within-bucket rate, so the over-3.5 / 4.5 lines carry a model estimate.

Trait web
68.1Striking64.9
Pantoja +3.2
51.3Grappling68.9
Royval +17.6
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
PantojaRoyval
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1595
Pound-for-pound
1531
1595
Divisional
1531
1518
Striking offense
1511
1505
Striking defense
1488
1512
Grappling offense
1503
1516
Grappling defense
1497
Physical
31 yrs
Age
29 yrs
5'5"
Height
5'9"
67"
Reach
68"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
4.30
Strikes landed / min
3.77
48%
Strike accuracy
46%
3.39
Strikes absorbed / min
2.88
54%
Strike defense
47%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.94
Takedowns / 15 min
0.79
35%
Takedown accuracy
100%
68%
Takedown defense
54%
0.9
Sub attempts / 15 min
2.4
Form & résumé
70%
UFC win rate
67%
+1
Win/loss streak
-1
60%
Last-5 win rate
67%
57%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
196
Days since last fight
273
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Alexandre Pantoja
  • WManel KapeU-DEC R3
    Close -1106mo before
  • LAskar AskarovU-DEC R3
    Close -2101y 1mo before
  • WMatt SchnellKO/TKO R1
    Close -1811y 8mo before
  • LDeiveson FigueiredoU-DEC R3
    Close -1402y 1mo before
  • WWilson ReisKO/TKO R1
    Close -1702y 4mo before
Brandon Royval
  • LBrandon MorenoKO/TKO R1
    Close +1509mo before
  • WKai Kara-FranceSUB R2
    Close +18811mo before
  • WTim ElliottSUB R2
    Close +1421y 3mo before
Pantoja — win / loss by method
Record: 23-5-0

Bar length is fight count (largest bar = full width); shading splits finishes by round and decisions by unanimous vs split — tap a bar for the round-by-round count.

KO/TKO
8 wins, 0 losses
W
35% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
8 wins, 0 losses
W
35% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
7 wins, 5 losses
W
30% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
7win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (29%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (29%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (43%)Decision(100%) 3
Non-UFC
16win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (38%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
6 (38%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (25%)Decision(100%) 2
Royval — win / loss by method
Record: 12-5-0

Bar length is fight count (largest bar = full width); shading splits finishes by round and decisions by unanimous vs split — tap a bar for the round-by-round count.

KO/TKO
3 wins, 1 loss
W
25% of wins
L
20% of losses
Submission
8 wins, 0 losses
W
67% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 4 losses
W
8% of wins
L
80% of losses
UFC
2win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
2 (100%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
10win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (30%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
6 (60%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (10%)Decision(100%) 4

Profiles

Experience
Pantoja
Royval
10
UFC fights
3
112.1 min · 11.2 avg
Octagon time
19.1 min · 6.4 avg
19y 0m
Career length
13y 11m
UFC schedule strength

Opponents' records on fight night — toggle their full cross-promotional record vs UFC bouts only.

Pantoja
Royval
157W–48L · 76.6%
Overall
53W–23L · 69.7%
113W–40L · 73.9%
Wins
36W–18L · 66.7%
44W–8L · 84.6%
Losses
17W–5L · 77.3%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Pantoja
Royval
95W–31L · 75.4%
Overall
96W–46L · 67.6%
79W–26L · 75.2%
Wins
71W–41L · 63.4%
16W–5L · 76.2%
Losses
25W–5L · 83.3%
Distance striking
Pantoja
Royval
5.76
Landed / min
9.46
43.9%
Accuracy
42.7%
56.5%
Defense
49.4%
0.40
Knockdowns / 15 min
1.57
59.9%
Time at distance
33.8%
Grappling & control
Pantoja
Royval
0.94
Takedowns / 15 min
0.79
35.0%
Takedown accuracy
100.0%
68.3%
Takedown defense
53.8%
0.94
Sub attempts / 15 min
2.36
56.2%
Control share
29.5%
Strike target map
Pantoja
  • Head61%(294)div 63%
  • Body22%(107)div 22%
  • Legs17%(81)div 15%
Royval
  • Head60%(43)div 63%
  • Body22%(16)div 22%
  • Legs18%(13)div 15%

Where each fighter lands significant strikes (career). “div” = the weight-class average.

Alexandre Pantoja
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

Per-fight: SS & TD shown landed/attempted; Close = consensus closing line.

Brandon Royval
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

Per-fight: SS & TD shown landed/attempted; Close = consensus closing line.