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The Clinch

UFC 296: Edwards vs. Covington

16 DEC 2023 / Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Co-main / Flyweight / 5 rounds scheduled Title

Alexandre Pantoja vs Brandon Royval

Alexandre Pantoja, photograph by Sexto Round Alexandre Pantoja “The Cannibal”

10-3-0 entering this bout

Age 33 · 5′5″165.1 cm

Won

No photograph on file Brandon Royval “Raw Dawg”

5-2-0 entering this bout

Age 31 · 5′9″175.3 cm

Lost

Significant strikes landed / thrown
27/40
R1
13/30
10/15
R2
12/16
17/26
R3
24/46
0/1
R4
7/14
41/74
R5
55/98

Decision (Unanimous) Round 5 · 5:00 Referee Marc Goddard

The cards

Judge Alexandre Pantoja Brandon Royval
Junichiro Kamijo 50 45
Ron McCarthy 50 45
Eric Colon 49 46

Totals for the bout. No source on file publishes a round-by-round card.

Opening line
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Closing line
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Implied favourite
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Status
No odds have been ingested. Nothing here is estimated.
Alexandre Pantoja Enters 6-2-0 against GRAPPLING
Brandon Royval Enters 3-1-0 against GRAPPLING

Records count only bouts before this one. Opponent styles are career-aggregate and may draw on later fights.

Colour marks which fighter is which. Corner assignment is not in the corpus.

Round by round

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Alexandre Pantoja    Brandon Royval

Bout totals

95
Sig. strikes
111
126
Total strikes
281
49
To the head
102
22
To the body
7
24
To the legs
2
74
At distance
91
5
In the clinch
5
16
On the ground
15
8
Takedowns
0
0
Knockdowns
0
1
Sub. attempts
0
15:51
Control time
0:47

The full sheet

Every measure the corpus holds for this bout, per round, per corner.

Per-round statistics for both corners
Round Corner Sig. Total Head Body Leg Dist. Clinch Ground TD KD Ctrl
R1 Alexandre Pantoja 27/40 29/42 9/19 10/13 8/8 19/30 2/3 6/7 1/2 0 2:50
Brandon Royval 13/30 40/61 11/28 1/1 1/1 9/25 0/1 4/4 0/0 0 0:01
R2 Alexandre Pantoja 10/15 24/30 5/8 4/6 1/1 6/10 1/1 3/4 2/3 0 3:44
Brandon Royval 12/16 80/90 9/13 3/3 0/0 8/12 1/1 3/3 0/0 0 0:00
R3 Alexandre Pantoja 17/26 23/38 5/14 6/6 6/6 15/24 2/2 0/0 2/5 0 2:13
Brandon Royval 24/46 63/86 21/43 2/2 1/1 20/42 2/2 2/2 0/1 0 0:06
R4 Alexandre Pantoja 0/1 1/3 0/1 0/0 0/0 0/1 0/0 0/0 1/2 0 4:21
Brandon Royval 7/14 28/38 7/14 0/0 0/0 1/2 0/0 6/12 0/0 0 0:31
R5 Alexandre Pantoja 41/74 49/82 30/59 2/5 9/10 34/65 0/0 7/9 2/2 0 2:43
Brandon Royval 55/98 70/115 54/95 1/3 0/0 53/96 2/2 0/0 0/0 0 0:09

Who said so

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Field Value Source Rank Status
Is title fight Yes UFCStats relational (Kaggle) 12 Canonical
Is title fight Yes UFCStats via Kaggle 15 Agrees
Referee Marc Goddard UFCStats relational (Kaggle) 12 Canonical
Referee Marc Goddard UFCStats via Kaggle 15 Agrees
Result detail Junichiro Kamijo 45 - 50. Ron McCarthy 45 - 50. Eric Colon 46 - 49. UFCStats relational (Kaggle) 12 Canonical
Result detail Junichiro Kamijo 45 - 50. Ron McCarthy 45 - 50. Eric Colon 46 - 49. UFCStats via Kaggle 15 Agrees
Result end round 5 UFCStats relational (Kaggle) 12 Canonical
Result end round 5 UFCStats via Kaggle 15 Agrees
Result end time seconds 5:00 UFCStats relational (Kaggle) 12 Canonical
Result end time seconds 5:00 UFCStats via Kaggle 15 Agrees
Result method Decision - Unanimous UFCStats relational (Kaggle) 12 Canonical
Result method Decision - Unanimous UFCStats via Kaggle 15 Agrees
Scheduled rounds 5 UFCStats relational (Kaggle) 12 Canonical
Scheduled rounds 5 UFCStats via Kaggle 15 Agrees
Weight class Flyweight UFCStats relational (Kaggle) 12 Canonical
Weight class Flyweight UFCStats via Kaggle 15 Agrees

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