Distance: 6-inch reach difference
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The stored numbers are close enough that this is a fight about execution and adjustments rather than one obvious mismatch.
Volume against volume: 5.6 and 4.7 significant strikes per minute. Defense and accuracy, not output, separate them.
Supporting evidenceExperience: 3 vs 1 five-round fights
| Attribute | Royval | Kape |
|---|---|---|
| Age | 33 | 32 |
| Height | 5′9″ | 5′5″ |
| Reach | 68″ | 68″ |
| Stance | Southpaw | Southpaw |
| Rank | #3 Flyweight | #2 Flyweight |
Highlighted rows mark a meaningful factual difference, not an advantage. Unpublished values stay unpublished.
Royval has 3 archived five-round fights to Kape’s 1; championship rounds are familiar territory for one side.
Favors RoyvalRoyval has been finished 2 times in the archive and absorbs 4.2 strikes per minute; Kape has never been stopped in the stored record.
Favors Kape5.6 and 4.7 significant strikes per minute: similar output, so accuracy (42% vs 55%) decides the exchanges.
Read the first two minutes for who is willing to lead and who is countering; the stored numbers do not flag a lopsided early-round finisher.
With the stored numbers close, the middle rounds come down to adjustments: who solves the opening read first, with strike defense at 42% and 57%.
Scheduled for five rounds: 25 minutes changes the pace math, and a fighter who banks two early rounds can afford to manage the fourth.
