Brandon Royval reveals private frustration in the reduction of his UFC prelim slot: “I undoubtedly contain a brother who’s incarcerated, and in addition they’ve ESPN”

UFC fighter Brandon Royval has printed his frustration at being assign on the prelims for his battle against Matheus Nicolau closing weekend.

In a get that earned him Efficiency of the Night honors, Brandon Royval knocked Matheus Nicolau out in Kansas City. He did so thanks to a vicious knee, followed by a string of injurious elbows. As a outcomes of his get, he’s now idea-about to be the #1 contender for the UFC flyweight championship. He’s also set to attend as the reduction-up fighter for the upcoming Brandon Moreno vs Alexandre Pantoja title collision.

On the opposite hand, while he became once obviously happy to acquire the get over Nicolau, it became once absolutely bittersweet – as he outlined in the midst of an interview with Ariel Helwani.

“I undoubtedly contain a brother who’s incarcerated, and in addition they’ve ESPN, you must perchance perchance perchance be in a group to gaze it on ESPN. Your complete week we had been talking, and I wouldn’t acquire into MMA without my brother. Me and him selected very different paths in existence and right here’s how we bond, this became once our bonding,” Royval outlined.

“We grew up on this sport collectively…the silver lining is properly k I’m on the prelims and at the least you must perchance perchance perchance gaze this… and I’m occurring to uncover the week of that they’re having the prelims on ESPN+, so he’s not gonna be in a group to perceive any of it.