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UFC Fight Night: Royval vs. Taira

UFC FIGHT NIGHT/LAS VEGAS/12 Fights

UFC Fight Night: Royval vs. Taira

October 11, 2024 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Fights
12
KO/TKO
3
Submissions
2
Strike Rate
809▲ 28.9%
Knockdown Rate
1.3▼ 48.1%
Submission Rate
0.8▼ 15.8%
Avg Fight Time
12 min▲ 9.5%
Takedowns / Hr
15▲ 25.5%
Ground Control
52%▲ 29.6%
1st Round Finishes
40%▼ 21.1%
Analysis

Post-Card Readout

41.7%

UFC Fight Night: Royval vs. Taira finished 41.7% of its 12 scored bouts, the 12th lowest of 2024 and 170th lowest of the 707 cards on record. 5 of the 12 ended early — 3 by knockout, 2 by submission — with the other 7 going to the judges.

1.3 knockdowns per h…

Fighters went down at 1.3 knockdowns per hour of cage time, a knockdown rate ranking 572nd of 707 all-time. On a card that mostly went the distance, that is the tell: opponents were being hurt without being put away.

Julia Polastri

Julia Polastri set a career high with 88 significant strikes landed (previous best 64), Themba Gorimbo set a career high with 68 significant strikes landed (previous best 43), Junior Tafa set a career high with 71 significant strikes landed (previous best 22), Dan Argueta set a career high with 54 significant strikes landed (previous best 47), and 4 other fighters posted personal bests.

Main Event

CARD 01 / 12
Flyweight Bout01 / 12
Brandon Royval#3 FlyweightHunting Machine
Pow52
Vol95
Acc39
SDf8
TDs31
Con20
Sub95
GDf15
Exp88
Tatsuro Taira#4 FlyweightHunting Smotherer
Pow86
Vol30
Acc93
SDf10
TDs93
Con99
Sub94
GDf72
Exp81

Brandon RoyvalWon by split dec · R5 5:00

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Main Card

CARDS 02–05
Middleweight Bout02 / 12
Brad TavaresMiddleweightRelentless Anchor
Loss2
Pow37
Vol51
Acc37
SDf46
TDs17
Con29
Sub0
GDf96
Exp96
JunYong ParkMiddleweightPrecision Hunter
Pow2
Vol82
Acc85
SDf53
TDs64
Con79
Sub86
GDf9
Exp77

JunYong ParkWon by split dec · R3 5:00

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Welterweight Bout03 / 12
Chidi NjokuaniWelterweightRelentless Marksman
Pow79
Vol96
Acc100
SDf70
TDs2
Con34
Sub17
GDf47
Exp59
Jared GoodenWelterweightPrecision Machine
Pow42
Vol77
Acc67
SDf27
TDs35
Con13
Sub65
GDf61
Exp50

Chidi NjokuaniWon by decision · R3 5:00

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Lightweight Bout04 / 12
Grant DawsonLightweightDogged Smotherer
Pow41
Vol40
Acc82
SDf10
TDs96
Con100
Sub95
GDf92
Exp80
Rafa GarciaLightweightDogged Untouchable
Pow24
Vol76
Acc37
SDf94
TDs92
Con56
Sub57
GDf89
Exp77

Grant DawsonWon by knockout · R2 1:42

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Welterweight Bout05 / 12
Daniel Rodriguez#14 WelterweightExplosive Machine
Pow80
Vol99
Acc73
SDf73
TDs2
Con4
Sub39
GDf26
Exp79
Alex MoronoWelterweightElusive Machine
Loss4
Pow43
Vol86
Acc14
SDf67
TDs3
Con4
Sub61
GDf35
Exp92

Daniel RodriguezWon by split dec · R3 5:00

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Preliminary Card · 7 Bouts
Flyweight Bout06 / 12
CJ VergaraFlyweightRelentless Marksman
Pow43
Vol86
Acc97
SDf32
TDs1
Con34
Sub18
GDf33
Exp57
Ramazan Temirov#10 FlyweightElusive Finisher
3Wins
Pow97
Vol83
Acc39
SDf89
TDs41
Con18
Sub40
GDf80
Exp3

Ramazan TemirovWon by knockout · R1 2:50

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Featherweight Bout07 / 12
Jonathan PearceFeatherweightSuffocating Wrestler
Pow62
Vol72
Acc91
SDf59
TDs98
Con96
Sub71
GDf36
Exp59
Pat SabatiniFeatherweightDogged Smotherer
4Wins
Pow12
Vol6
Acc90
SDf24
TDs96
Con100
Sub95
GDf71
Exp68

Pat SabatiniWon by submission · R1 4:06

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Welterweight Bout08 / 12
Themba GorimboWelterweightSuffocating Wrestler
Loss3
Pow49
Vol28
Acc94
SDf46
TDs98
Con98
Sub37
GDf53
Exp51
Niko PriceWelterweightExplosive Machine
Pow85
Vol89
Acc38
SDf16
TDs37
Con42
Sub72
GDf31
Exp79

Themba GorimboWon by decision · R3 5:00

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Heavyweight Bout09 / 12
Junior TafaLight HeavyweightPrecision Finisher
Pow72
Vol49
Acc64
SDf43
TDs11
Con2
Sub28
GDf1
Exp38
Sean SharafHeavyweightImmovable Machine
Pow56
Vol98
Acc23
SDf16
TDs61
Con30
Sub61
GDf66
Exp3

Junior TafaWon by knockout · R2 2:15

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Women's Strawweight Bout10 / 12
Julia PolastriWomen's StrawweightRelentless Marksman
Pow90
Vol94
Acc99
SDf83
TDs28
Con25
Sub26
GDf51
Exp44
Cory McKennaWomen's StrawweightDogged Smotherer
Pow22
Vol24
Acc12
SDf15
TDs83
Con91
Sub69
GDf77
Exp38

Julia PolastriWon by split dec · R3 5:00

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Bantamweight Bout11 / 12
Dan ArguetaUnranked

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Cody HaddonUnranked

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Cody HaddonWon by decision · R3 5:00

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Flyweight Bout12 / 12
Clayton CarpenterFlyweightPrecision Hunter
Loss3
Pow21
Vol49
Acc75
SDf19
TDs52
Con70
Sub93
GDf5
Exp25
Lucas RochaUnranked

No card yet — a rate needs three UFC bouts before it means anything.

Clayton CarpenterWon by submission · R2 2:12

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Level up

17 cards moved

Every card on this page is a percentile against the whole roster, so the only way to know what a night did to one is to rank the roster twice — as it stood the morning of the card, and again once the results were in. 47 bars were won across this card and 32 given back.

  1. Junior Tafawon5 up · 1 down
    Pow5↑70.9→1.13
    Vol1↑51.73→3.37
    Acc3↑543.9→47.7
    SDf4↑643→45.3
    Sub5↓40.58→0.53
    GDf1↑255.9→59.4
    All-Rounder → Striker2-fight slide ends
  2. Tatsuro Tairalost2 up · 4 down
    Pow9↓81.08→0.94
    Vol6↓43.56→3
    SDf4↓348→46.3
    TDs8↑92.06→2.41
    GDf9↓778.4→75.4
    Exp5↑764→95
    6-fight win streak ends
  3. Themba Gorimbowon5 up · 1 down
    Pow7↓60.97→0.86
    Vol3↑42.55→3.12
    SDf5↑648.3→50.4
    Sub4↑60.52→0.74
    GDf3↑665.6→72.6
    Exp2↑437→52
    4 straight wins
  4. Chidi Njokuaniwon4 up · 1 down
    Vol8↑94.4→5.03
    Con3↑611→21.1
    Sub5↓40.63→0.54
    GDf5↑770.1→74.4
    Exp3↑446→61
    2 straight wins
  5. SDf8↑952.4→54.6
    Exp7↑8121→136
    3-fight slide ends
  6. Rafa Garcialost2 down
    Vol8↓74.18→3.97
    Sub7↓60.9→0.87
    2-fight win streak ends
  7. Brandon Royvalwon4 up · 1 down
    Pow7↓60.76→0.67
    Acc2↑337.6→40.1
    SDf2↑344.3→45.3
    TDs2↑30.72→0.9
    Exp8↑9113→144
    2 straight wins
  8. Cory McKennalost1 up · 3 down
    Pow4↓30.36→0.32
    SDf3↓246.6→44.2
    Sub8↓71.27→1.12
    Exp3↑553→68
    2 straight defeats
  9. Jared Goodenlost3 up · 4 down
    Vol9↓85.06→4.39
    Acc8↓748.6→48.2
    SDf4↓347.1→44.3
    TDs3↑40.93→1.07
    Con1↑27.1→8.5
    GDf7↓675→73.2
    Exp5↑667→82
  10. Jonathan Pearcelost1 up · 2 down
    Sub8↓71.35→1.31
    GDf6↓472.3→67.9
    Exp6↑783→87
    3 straight defeats
  11. Alex Moronolost1 up · 1 down
    Acc3↓241.4→40.5
    Exp9↑10251→266
    2 straight defeats
  12. Brad Tavareslost2 down
    Pow5↓40.58→0.57
    TDs3↓20.85→0.81
    2 straight defeats
  13. CJ Vergaralost1 down
    SDf5↓350.2→46.5
    2 straight defeats
  14. Niko Pricelost4 down
    Vol10↓95.63→5.2
    TDs5↓41.21→1.12
    Con5↓417.1→16.2
    GDf7↓674.8→71.1
  15. JunYong Parkwon2 up · 1 down
    Con8↑928.8→30.3
    Sub10↓92.12→1.97
    Exp7↑8115→130
  16. Pow4↑50.49→0.67
    2 straight wins
  17. Exp4↑556→60