Cadrious Dashun Batts appeals his 240-month sentence, imposed after convictions for two counts of armed bank robbery, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a), (d), and one count of brandishing a firearm by a convicted felon, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(l)(A)(ii). He argues his sentence is (1) procedurally unreasonable because the district court did not adequately explain its rationale for imposing an upward variance of 79 percent for his armed bank robbery convictions, 1 and (2) substantively unreasonable because the district court did not properly weigh and consider the relevant 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) factors. Upon review, we affirm.

We review the reasonableness of a sentence for an abuse of discretion. Gall v. United States, 552 U.S. 38, 51, 128 S.Ct. 586, 169 L.Ed.2d 445 (2007). We review Batts’s arguments for plain error because he failed to contest the procedural or substantive reasonableness of his sentence before the district court. See United States v. McNair, 605 F.3d 1152, 1222 (11th Cir. 2010). Plain error occurs when there is: (1) an error; (2) that is plain; (3) that affects substantial rights; and (4) that seriously affects the fairness, integrity, or public reputation of judicial proceedings. Id.

A. Procedural Unreasonableness

Assuming, without deciding, that there was error, Batts has not established the error was plain because there is no binding precedent directly resolving whether the district court must do more than recite in rote fashion a laundry list of § 3553(a) factors, without any reference to specific facts, to impose an upward variance of this magnitude. 2 See United States v. Castro, *942 455 F.3d 1249, 1253 (11th Cir. 2006) (“When the explicit language of a statute or rule does not specifically resolve an issue, there can be no plain error where there is no precedent from the Supreme Court or this Court directly resolving it.” (quotation omitted)); United States v. Irey, 612 F.3d 1160, 1195 (11th Cir. 2010) (en banc) (“No member of this Court has ever before indicated that a sentencing judge is required to articulate his findings and reasoning with great detail or in any detail for that matter.”). The district court’s sentence therefore was not plainly procedurally unreasonable.

B. Substantive Unreasonableness

Assuming, without deciding, that there was error, the district court did not plainly err in sentencing Batts to 240-months’ imprisonment. This Court has no controlling precedent holding that, in a sufficiently similar factual scenario, an upward departure of this magnitude was substantively unreasonable. See United States v. Rosales-Bruno, 789 F.3d 1249, 1287 (11th Cir. 2015) (Wilson, J., dissenting) (“We have never vacated a sentence because it was too high, imposing a sentencing on remand. By contrast, on numerous occasions, we have vacated sentences because they were too low and imposed a sentencing floor.”).

For the foregoing reasons, we affirm.

AFFIRMED.