Brandon
Royval has been serving his community for half a decade.
The
Ultimate Fighting Championship flyweight recently revealed that
he has been volunteering for five years at the Denver Dream Center,
a non-profit organization that helps youth from troubled
backgrounds rebuild their lives.
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Brandon Royval’s Denver Dream Center volunteer work before UFC
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Royval feels privileged to have built personal relationships with
less-fortunate kids and watched them grow into young adults. The
former title challenger said in the
UFC 329 “Embedded” video series:
“The Dream Center is – we pick up the kids in the local area,
normally the lower-income area. We bring them, feed them, just
create relationships, and check up on everybody… Five years I’ve
been a volunteer there. And it’s cool cause most of the kids are in
middle school or high school. So I’ve watched them become young
adults and handle adversity. So it’s been really cool and a real
privilege.”
Bryan Sederwall, the pastor at the Denver Dream Center, says Royval
has been consistent for the past five years. Sederwall claims “Raw
Dawg” always keeps his commitments to kids, even if he has a fight
coming up.
Royval (17-9) is set to collide with Lone’er
Kavanagh in a flyweight matchup at UFC 329, which goes down at
T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Saturday, July 11. He will look to
rebound from back-to-back losses against Joshua Van
and Manel Kape.
Meanwhile, Kavanagh (10-1) is coming off a unanimous decision win
over former champion Brandon
Moreno that saw him bounce back from his first professional
loss.