FlyweightActive
Manel Kape
“Starboy”
Country
PortugalRecord
23-7
Weight class
Flyweight
Height
5'5"
Reach
68"
Age
32
Stance
Southpaw
Career stats
12 of 14 wins inside the distance · 85th percentile
Stopped in 5% of bouts — 1 of 20 · 79th percentile
Bouts in the last 24 months · 88th percentile
8:57
Avg bout length
4W
Streak
1
Title fights
3
Main events
Percentiles vs 248 flyweights
Counted from the 20 bouts on record, not the full 30-fight career
Strikes & grappling
580 landed from 1053 attempts — 55% accuracy · 75th percentile
3 landed from 10 attempts — 30% accuracy · 6th percentile
8 in 11 statted bouts · 94th percentile
4m of 2h 4m fought · 6th percentile
Head 67%
Body 18%
Leg 15%
Of 580 significant strikes landed
Percentiles vs 16 flyweights with a stats sheet
Strike and grappling figures counted from the 11 bouts with a recorded stats sheet — 2h 4m of fight time, of the 20 bouts on record
| 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 |
KOPunchesR3 · 2:42
KOPunchesR1 · 3:18
KOPunchesR3 · 2:16
Bruno Silva
KOPunchesR3 · 1:57
Muhammad Mokaev
DECDecisionR3 · 5:00
Felipe dos Santos
DECDecisionR3 · 5:00
David Dvorak
DECDecisionR3 · 5:00
Zhalgas Zhumagulov
KOPunchesR1 · 4:02
Ode' Osbourne
KOFlying KneeR1 · 4:44
Matheus Nicolau
DECDecisionR3 · 5:00
DECDecisionR3 · 5:00
WIN
KOTKOR2Title
Takeya Mizugaki
KOKO/TKOR2
Seiichiro Ito
KOKO/TKOR2
Ulka Sasaki
DECDecision - UnanimousR3
Yusaku Nakamura
SUBTechnical Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)R3
LOSS
DECDecision - SplitR3
LOSS
SUBSubmission (Arm Triangle)R3
Ian McCall
KOKO/TKOR1
Erson Yamamoto
KOTKOR1
How the wins came
Record
23
Wins
7
Losses
0
Draws
8:57
Avg bout length
4W
Streak
1
Title fights
3
Main events
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.