Joshua Van scored his second win in three weeks, defeating Brandon Royval in an absolute war at UFC 317.
It was a slow start from Van as Royval kept him at bay early on with a combination of jabs and calf kicks. Before long, Van finally started to find his way inside, tagging ‘Raw Dawg’ with a stiff right hand. 90 seconds left in the opening round, Van caught Royval with a right that took the former title challenger off his feet.
Royval threw significantly more strikes throughout the first, but it was Van who landed the more substantial shots.