SUMMARY
- Brandon Royval will be fighting against Brandon Moreno on February 24, 2024.
- In an interview, Brandon Royval talked about training with his partner.
American MMA star Brandon Royval is set to face Brandon Moreno at UFC Fight Night on February 24th. Royval, who last fought at UFC 296, failed to defeat Alexandre Pantoja for the flyweight title. Royval will be facing Moreno, the former two-time flyweight champion, at the Arena CDMX in Mexico City. However, let’s take a look at Royval’s private life and family in the meantime.
Despite being ranked #3 in the UFC flyweight rankings, Brandon Royval continues to maintain a low-key personal life. Royval has kept his personal life as secretive as possible, and very little information is available about him. While we know that Royval grew up in Denver, Colorado, he has rarely talked about his family. He has occasionally talked about his brother, Darian, and once mentioned his mother in an Instagram post.
It is also understood that Royval has a niece named Riot Royval, whom he has described as his “best friend.” Nevertheless, Royval did make an exception during a recent interview. The 31-year-old fighter recently appeared on an episode of Robert Patton‘s podcast. In the interview, Royval discussed at length about various topics, including talking about his partner and his family.
Brandon Royval talks about his lady love
To date, Brandon Royval‘s marital status remains unknown. However, Royval did mention having a partner on Robert Patton’s podcast. Throughout the interview, Royval refrained from calling his partner his “wife” or “girlfriend.” Instead, he simply mentioned her as his “lady” and revealed that she was a professional fighter. Royval said that his “lady” was a trained jiu-jitsu fighter, and he expressed a lot of admiration for her technique.
He said, “My lady does jiu-jitsu. She’s good at all of it but, um, she’s good at jiu-jitsu. Like specifically, arm bars.” Royval further went on to reveal an incident when he was training or just grappling with his partner recently. Much to Royval’s amazement, his partner caught him in an arm bar. He admitted that he struggled to get out of the hold and even considered, for a moment, having his partner break his hand rather than tap out.
What do we know about Brandon Royval’s family?
Meanwhile, Brandon Royval also spoke about what his family means to him on Robert Patton’s podcast. ‘Raw Dawg’ disclosed that his family is really important to him and helps him recover from losses. He admitted that after a fight, receiving the love of his family, irrespective of the result of the fight, means a lot to him. He further admitted that while he wants to win all the time, losing is a part of his life.
However, getting back to his family after a defeat helps him realize what’s more important to him in life. He said, “I love my family, I love my girl, I love my dog. It’s like those who love me back to the fullest.” Last but not least, Royval also admitted that while he has a lot of love for MMA, which he has chosen as his career, he feels as if the sport hasn’t equally reciprocated his love back.