Brandon Royval shares troubling reason for withdrawing from UFC fight

Former UFC title challenger Brandon Royval needed to put his well being first when deciding to not compete once more.

Final week, Royval (17-7 MMA, 7-3 UFC) introduced that he needed to pull out of his UFC Battle Evening 253 flyweight headliner in opposition to Manel Kape (20-7 MMA, 6-3 UFC) on March 1 on the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.

Royval now has opened up on why he withdrew, revealing that back-to-back concussions compelled him to take a step again.

“Perhaps a pair months again, I had a concussion,” Royval stated on his YouTube channel. “Nothing too loopy. I used to be simply enjoying it protected, enjoying it sensible. A pair weeks later, after I was recovered, I accepted this struggle, which was superior. Battle Manel Kape. I respect his expertise, I respect him as a striker and all that. I used to be coaching laborious for this struggle, and being somewhat reckless and being form of within the zone for camp, I received one other concussion. This one was severely worse.

“It’s been over per week at this level, and I’m nonetheless coping with the repercussions of it and the signs of a nasty concussion. And due to that motive and due to the reasoning of including a weight reduce, Manel Kape being striker, and this being a predominantly placing match that we felt this might be the most secure transfer. Take a while, get well, get well the appropriate manner this time, and struggle at a later date. Battle after I can absolutely practice, absolutely take a punch, and offer you guys one of the best of my means.”

Kape will now face Asu Almabayev as an alternative. After falling brief in opposition to flyweight champion Alexandre Pantoja at UFC 296, Royval rebounded with back-to-back most important occasion wins over Brandon Moreno and previously unbeaten Tatsuro Taira.

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