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UFC 317: Topuria vs. Oliveira
Joshua Van
Joshua Van
14-2 · MMR
VS
Brandon Royval
Brandon Royval
17-7 · USA
June 28, 2025 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Flyweight · 3 rounds
125.5lb
Weigh-in
125.5lb
Joshua Van def. Brandon Royval by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Van52/790/000:00
Royval42/1160/000:00
R2
Van74/1060/000:00
Royval87/1740/000:00
R3
Van78/1200/010:09
Royval86/1770/000:00
Total
Van204/3050/010:09
Royval215/4670/000:00

Scorecards

Van vs Royval

RdClemens WernerMichael BellRon McCarthyCommunity
R110-910-910-99.9-9.1
R210-99-109-109.2-9.9
R310-910-910-910-9
Total30-2729-2829-2829.1-28

Media (21 cards) · avg 2928 · 21 Van · 0 Royval

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Van-Royval.

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
VanWin probabilityRoyval
66.2%33.8%
KO / TKO
38%
Submission
20%
Decision
42%
Expected fight time: 9.6 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 Van, blue toward Royval. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Van66%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO28%43%16%
Submission8%12%4%
Decision30%45%32%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes63 (2685)act 204
Takedowns0.9 (0.03.1)act 0
Royval34%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO10%30%11%
Submission12%34%10%
Decision12%36%27%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes54 (2373)act 215
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.7)act 0
Combined totals~117 sig strikes~1.2 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R130%
R219%
R39%
Distance42%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.8%
Van
54.2%-120
Royval
+12045.0%
Most takedownstie 40.3%
Van
40.9%-218
Royval
+21818.8%
Significant strikes — over/under
Van
Expected: 62.7
62.5
Over 62.5
39.9%
+151
Under 62.5
60.1%
-151
079157
Royval
Expected: 54.1
54
Over 54
39.4%
+151
Exactly 54
0.9%
push
Under 54
59.7%
-151
068136
Takedowns — over/under
Van
Expected: 0.9
1
Over 1
30.8%
+166
Exactly 1
18.1%
push
Under 1
51.2%
-166
035
Royval
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
28.8%
+248
Under 0.5
71.2%
-248
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 9.6 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
Van66.2%54.3%+11.9-133
Royval33.8%45.7%−11.9+109
By method
Van by KO/TKO25.3%16.0%+9.3+425
Van by submission13.0%4.3%+8.7+1862
Van by decision27.9%32.1%−4.2+161
Royval by KO/TKO12.9%11.0%+1.9+662
Royval by submission6.6%10.1%−3.5+732
Royval by decision14.2%26.5%−12.3+216
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds70.0%75.9%−5.9-445
Over 2.5 rds51.2%65.1%−13.9-229
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision42.1%61.4%−19.3-191

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
73.7Striking64.3
Van +9.5
52.4Grappling56.9
Royval +4.5
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
VanRoyval
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1602
Pound-for-pound
1595
1602
Divisional
1593
1533
Striking offense
1533
1485
Striking defense
1490
1492
Grappling offense
1501
1536
Grappling defense
1489
Physical
23 yrs
Age
32 yrs
5'5"
Height
5'9"
65"
Reach
68"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
8.20
Strikes landed / min
4.46
55%
Strike accuracy
40%
5.26
Strikes absorbed / min
3.06
59%
Strike defense
48%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.96
Takedowns / 15 min
0.75
64%
Takedown accuracy
75%
81%
Takedown defense
45%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.2
Form & résumé
88%
UFC win rate
70%
+4
Win/loss streak
+2
80%
Last-5 win rate
80%
29%
Finish rate
57%
Recent opp. quality
21
Days since last fight
259
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Joshua Van
  • WBruno SilvaKO/TKO R3
    Close -72021d before
  • WRei TsuruyaU-DEC R3
    Close -1564mo before
  • WCody DurdenU-DEC R3
    Close -1817mo before
  • WEdgar ChairezU-DEC R3
    Close -2789mo before
  • LCharles JohnsonKO/TKO R3
    Close -27311mo before
Brandon Royval
  • WTatsuro TairaS-DEC R5
    Close +2509mo before
  • WBrandon MorenoS-DEC R5
    Close +2561y 4mo before
  • LAlexandre PantojaU-DEC R5
    Close +1601y 6mo before
  • WMatheus NicolauKO/TKO R1
    Close +1642y 2mo before
  • WMatt SchnellSUB R1
    Close -2603y 2mo before
Van — win / loss by method
Record: 14-2-0

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
7 wins, 1 loss
W
50% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 1 loss
W
14% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 0 losses
W
36% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
7win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (29%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
5 (71%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
7win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (71%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (29%)Submission(100%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Royval — win / loss by method
Record: 17-7-0

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
4 wins, 1 loss
W
24% of wins
L
14% of losses
Submission
9 wins, 1 loss
W
53% of wins
L
14% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 5 losses
W
24% of wins
L
71% of losses
UFC
7win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (14%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
3 (43%)Submission(33%) 1
3 (43%)Decision(33%) 1
Non-UFC
10win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (30%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
6 (60%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (10%)Decision(100%) 4

Profiles

Experience
Van
Royval
8
UFC fights
10
108.9 min · 13.6 avg
Octagon time
120.2 min · 12.0 avg
4y 9m
Career length
13y 11m
UFC schedule strength

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

Van
Royval
100W–38L · 72.5%
Overall
189W–50L · 79.1%
85W–32L · 72.6%
Wins
123W–35L · 77.8%
15W–6L · 71.4%
Losses
66W–15L · 81.5%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Van
Royval
30W–18L · 62.5%
Overall
96W–46L · 67.6%
30W–18L · 62.5%
Wins
71W–41L · 63.4%
0W–0L
Losses
25W–5L · 83.3%
Distance striking
Van
Royval
9.20
Landed / min
7.85
52.8%
Accuracy
36.6%
59.5%
Defense
48.9%
0.55
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.37
78.1%
Time at distance
47.9%
Grappling & control
Van
Royval
0.96
Takedowns / 15 min
0.75
63.6%
Takedown accuracy
75.0%
81.1%
Takedown defense
45.2%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.25
43.8%
Control share
15.7%
Strike target map
Van
  • Head71%(634)div 62%
  • Body21%(186)div 22%
  • Legs8%(73)div 16%
Royval
  • Head77%(411)div 62%
  • Body17%(91)div 22%
  • Legs6%(34)div 16%

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

Joshua Van
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.