Manel Kape
PortugalManel Kape, “Starboy”, is a Flyweight from Portugal with an official record of 23-7. MMA Hub holds 22 of those bouts: 16 wins and 6 losses, the wins coming 12 by knockout, 2 by submission and 2 by decision. The most recent bout on file is a third-round knockout win over Kyoji Horiguchi at UFC Fight Night: Kape vs. Horiguchi 2 on 20 June 2026, the fourth win in a row.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Method | Round | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 2026 | Kyoji Horiguchi | WIN | KOPunches | R3 · 2:42 | UFC Fight Night: Kape vs. Horiguchi 2 |
| Dec 14, 2025 | Brandon Royval | WIN | KOPunches | R1 · 3:18 | UFC Fight Night: Royval vs. Kape |
| Mar 1, 2025 | Asu Almabayev | WIN | KOPunches | R3 · 2:16 | UFC Fight Night: Kape vs. Almabayev |
| Dec 15, 2024 | Bruno Silva | WIN | KOPunches | R3 · 1:57 | UFC Fight Night: Covington vs. Buckley |
| Jul 27, 2024 | Muhammad Mokaev | LOSS | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 304: Edwards vs. Muhammad 2 |
| Sep 9, 2023 | Felipe dos Santos | WIN | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 293: Adesanya vs. Strickland |
| Dec 17, 2022 | David Dvorak | WIN | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Strickland |
| Dec 5, 2021 | Zhalgas Zhumagulov | WIN | KOPunches | R1 · 4:02 | UFC Fight Night: Font vs. Aldo |
| Aug 7, 2021 | Ode' Osbourne | WIN | KOFlying Knee | R1 · 4:44 | UFC 265: Lewis vs. Gane |
| Mar 13, 2021 | Matheus Nicolau | LOSS | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Edwards vs. Muhammad |
| Feb 6, 2021 | Alexandre Pantoja | LOSS | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Volkov |
| Dec 31, 2019 | Kai AsakuraTitle | WIN | KOTKO | R2 | Rizin FF: Rizin Fighting Federation 20 |
| Aug 18, 2019 | Takeya Mizugaki | WIN | KOKO/TKO | R2 | Rizin FF: Rizin Fighting Federation 18 |
| Apr 21, 2019 | Seiichiro Ito | WIN | KOKO/TKO | R2 | Rizin FF: Rizin Fighting Federation 15 |
| Dec 31, 2018 | Ulka Sasaki | LOSS | DECDecision - Unanimous | R3 | Rizin FF: Rizin Fighting Federation 14 |
| Sep 30, 2018 | Yusaku Nakamura | WIN | SUBTechnical Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) | R3 | Rizin FF: Rizin Fighting Federation 13 |
| May 6, 2018 | Kai Asakura | LOSS | DECDecision - Split | R3 | Rizin FF: Rizin Fighting Federation 10 |
| Dec 31, 2017 | Kyoji Horiguchi | LOSS | SUBSubmission (Arm Triangle) | R3 | Rizin FF: Rizin World Grand Prix 2017 Final Round |
| Dec 29, 2017 | Ian McCall | WIN | KOKO/TKO | R1 | Rizin FF: Rizin World Grand Prix 2017 2nd Round |
| Oct 15, 2017 | Erson Yamamoto | WIN | KOTKO | R1 | Rizin FF: Rizin Fighting Federation 7 |
Wins, losses and draws are Manel Kape’s official record. Everything else is counted from the 20 bouts we hold a full result for — method, round and time. Per-fight striking and grappling statistics are not published in our data source, so they are not shown.
Manel Kape’s record, in numbers
Manel Kape’s official record is 23-7. Every figure on this page is counted instead from the 22 bouts MMA Hub holds a result for — 16 wins, 6 losses — because 8 bouts from the official record are not in the history we hold.
The 16 wins break down as 12 by knockout, 2 by submission and 2 by decision — 14 of 16 inside the distance, a finish rate of 88%. Across all 22 bouts with a recorded finishing round, the average bout lasted 9 minutes 16 seconds.
Manel Kape has been stopped once in the 22 bouts on file, by submission — 5% of them. The last 4 bouts on file are all wins.
Of the 22 bouts MMA Hub holds a result for, 1 was for a title and 3 were the main event of the card. Four of them have come since July 2024.
Set against the 248 Flyweight fighters MMA Hub holds eight or more bouts for, Manel Kape has a finish rate above 87% of them, a record of avoiding stoppage above 81% of them and a two-year bout count above 88% of them. The comparison is made inside the division rather than across the whole roster, because how often a division finishes depends heavily on what it weighs.
Manel Kape is listed at 5ft 5in with a reach of 68in, fights southpaw and is 32, born 13 November 1993.
These figures are recomputed from Manel Kape’s bout history each time results are synced, so they follow the record rather than a fixed snapshot.