Brandon Moreno vs Brandon Royval Prediction

Brandon Royval vs Brandon Moreno

UFC, Saturday, February 24th at 10:00 PM ET

Betting Odds: Brandon Moreno -290 / Brandon Royval +235. -- Over/Under: 3.5 Rounds

Brandon Moreno and Brandon Royval face off on Saturday in the main event of UFC Fight Night 237 at Arena CDMX in Mexico City, Mexico.  Let’s look at the betting matchup and give a free Brandon Moreno vs Brandon Royval prediction. When these two fighters faced off in 2020 it was Brandon Moreno that was able to win late in the first round by knockout. 

Brandon Moreno vs Brandon Royval Betting Odds

Brandon Moreno is the favorite sitting at -290 while Brandon Royval is the underdog sitting at +235. The total rounds sits at 3.5 with the over paying out at -145. 

Brandon Moreno Betting Preview

Brandon Moreno comes into this fight with a 21-7-2 record overall and he has won two of his last three fights. In his last fight against Alexandre Pantoja in July of 2023 he lost by split decision. Moreno outstruck Pantoja but he was taken down six times in that fight and that led to the defeat. Moreno is averaging 3.80 significant strikes per minute while absorbing 3.40 significant strikes per minute. He is averaging 1.73 successful takedowns every 15 minutes and he is successful on 45 percent of his takedown attempts. He also stops 64 percent of his opponents' takedown attempts. 

Brandon Royval Betting Preview

On the other side of this matchup is Brandon Royval who sits with a 15-7 record overall and he has won three of his last four fights. Royval’s last fight came against Alexandre Pantoja in December of 2023 and he lost by a unanimous decision defeat. He was takedown down eight times in that fight and that can’t happen again here. Royval is averaging 3.80 significant strikes per minute while absorbing 3.05 significant strikes per minute. He is averaging 0.43 successful takedowns every 15 minutes and is successful on 66 percent of his takedown attempts. He also stops 40 percent of his opponents takedown attempts. 

Brandon Moreno vs Brandon Royval Betting Prediction

Moreno is a pretty sizable favorite heading into this game and for good reason, he is going to get the job done in this game. Royval is a fun fighter to watch, but his game has a ton of holes, and he’s going to struggle in this fight. Moreno is going to get his hits in on Royval here. I also don’t trust the Royval takedown defense, and that is going to be the difference here as Moreno is going to get the job done. Back Moreno by decision. 

The pick in this article is the opinion of the writer, not a PickDawgz site consensus.