Manel Kape

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Manel Kape

Nickname“Starboy”

Record

22-7

Streak

W4

Age

32

Date of birth

Nov 14, 1993

Fighting out of: Luanda
Born: Angola
Camp: Xtreme Couture
Weight class: Flyweight
Height: 5'6" · 168 cm
Reach: 68" · 173 cm
Stance: Southpaw
Last fight: Jun 20, 2026

UFC fight history

ResultOpponentMethodDetailEvent

Kyoji Horiguchi

#5Kyoji Horiguchi

Flyweight · KO/TKO · Punches to Head On Ground · R3 · 2:42

UFC Fight Night: Kape vs. Horiguchi · Jun 20, 2026

Punches to Head On Ground

UFC Fight Night: Kape vs. Horiguchi

Brandon Royval

#3Brandon Royval

Flyweight · KO/TKO · Punches to Head On Ground · R1 · 3:18

UFC Fight Night: Royval vs. Kape · Dec 13, 2025

Punches to Head On Ground

UFC Fight Night: Royval vs. Kape

Asu Almabayev

#8Asu Almabayev

Flyweight · KO/TKO · Punches to Head At Distance · R3 · 2:16

UFC Fight Night: Kape vs. Almabayev · Mar 1, 2025

Punches to Head At Distance

UFC Fight Night: Kape vs. Almabayev

Bruno Silva

Flyweight · KO/TKO · Punches to Head At Distance · R3 · 1:57

UFC Fight Night: Covington vs. Buckley · Dec 14, 2024

Punches to Head At Distance

UFC Fight Night: Covington vs. Buckley

Muhammad Mokaev

#6Muhammad Mokaev

Flyweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC 304: Edwards vs. Muhammad 2 · Jul 27, 2024

UFC 304: Edwards vs. Muhammad 2

Felipe dos Santos

Felipe dos Santos

Flyweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC 293: Adesanya vs. Strickland · Sep 9, 2023

UFC 293: Adesanya vs. Strickland

David Dvorak

Flyweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Strickland · Dec 17, 2022

UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Strickland

Zhalgas Zhumagulov

Zhalgas Zhumagulov

Flyweight · KO/TKO · Punches to Head At Distance · R1 · 4:02

UFC Fight Night: Font vs. Aldo · Dec 4, 2021

Punches to Head At Distance

UFC Fight Night: Font vs. Aldo

Ode Osbourne

Flyweight · KO/TKO · Flying Knee Head · R1 · 4:44

UFC 265: Lewis vs. Gane · Aug 7, 2021

Flying Knee Head

UFC 265: Lewis vs. Gane

Matheus Nicolau

#12Matheus Nicolau

Flyweight · Decision · Split · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Edwards vs. Muhammad · Mar 13, 2021

UFC Fight Night: Edwards vs. Muhammad

Alexandre Pantoja

#5Alexandre Pantoja

Flyweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Volkov · Feb 6, 2021

UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Volkov

Outside the UFC

15-4across 19 bouts · 7 promotions · wins by 9 KO · 5 sub · 1 decRIZIN · KOC · Invictus · CF · Cage Fighters +2

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Kai Asakura22-6	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	0:38	RIZIN	Dec 31, 2019
W	Takeya Mizugaki23-14-2	KO/TKO	Punch	R2	1:36	RIZIN	Aug 18, 2019
W	Seiichiro Ito18-5-2	KO/TKO	Punch to the Body	R2	3:59	RIZIN	Apr 21, 2019
L	Yuta Sasaki24-10-2	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	RIZIN	Dec 31, 2018
W	Yusaku Nakamura20-10-2	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R3	4:27	RIZIN	Sep 30, 2018
L	Kai Asakura22-6	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	RIZIN	May 6, 2018
L	Kyoji Horiguchi36-5	Submission	Arm-Triangle Choke	R3	4:27	RIZIN	Dec 31, 2017
W	Ian McCall13-7-1	KO/TKO	Doctor Stoppage	R1	1:46	RIZIN	Dec 29, 2017
W	Erson Yamamoto7-8	KO/TKO	Head Kick and Punch	R1	1:11	RIZIN	Oct 15, 2017
W	Francisco Aspirilla14-16-1	KO/TKO	Submission to Punches	R3	4:59	IPC 7	Apr 27, 2015
W	Antoine Gallinaro7-5	Submission	Armbar	R4	2:26	KOC	Apr 18, 2015
W	Miguel Valverde Pascual6-6	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R3	—	Invictus	Dec 19, 2014
W	Daniel Barez17-8	Submission	Armbar	R1	3:25	AFL 2	Nov 29, 2014
W	Hicham Rachid7-8	KO/TKO	Flying Knee to the Body	R1	2:42	Invictus	Jul 27, 2014
L	Souksavanh Khampasath13-15-1	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R3	3:27	KOC	Apr 5, 2014
W	Marco Santos3-4	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	CF	Jul 28, 2013
W	Ricardo Teixeira0-1	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	2:38	Cage Fighters	Feb 3, 2013
W	Renato Ferreira0-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	0:45	Cage Fighters	Nov 4, 2012
W	Artur Gomes0-2	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	4:27	CF	May 13, 2012

Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.

Career striking

OverallB69th

56%580 / 1,053

Striking accuracy

57%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min+0.96 differential

Landed5.04

Absorbed4.08

69%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

+13%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head67%83rd387
Body19%68th108
Leg15%62nd85

Color = division rank · green elite → red low · % = share of strikes

Sig. strikes by position

89%Standing

Standing89%515
Clinch4%23
Ground7%42

Striking zones

Per-15-minute breakdown — where this fighter lands, and where they get hit.

UFC only

Manel Kape

Manel Kape

Landed per 15

Head

A+

92nd

46.8

92nd

Body

A

72nd

13.1

72nd

Leg

B

64th

10.3

64th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Absorbed per 15

Head

C

57th

28.4

57th

Body

F

12th

18.1

12th

Leg

F

21st

11.6

21st

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Career totals — landed / attempted

Landed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	46.8	387	815	47%
Body	13.1	108	142	76%
Leg	10.3	85	96	89%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	28.4	235	739	32%
Body	18.1	150	236	64%
Leg	11.6	96	144	67%

UFCStats career rates, per 15 minutes. Percentiles vs the division; absorbed is inverted so higher is better.

Pace & fade

Round-by-round work rate, and whether they fade.

UFC only

Manel Kape

Manel Kape

11 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 124 min

222%

R3 pace · 8 bouts

Kape builds (+25% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Kape lifts to 222% of round-1 output by round 3 (8 bouts).

Manel Kape

Kape ▲ BUILDSOutput / min

Rounds backed by fewer than 2 bouts are drawn smaller and dimmed with an n= count — a deep round seen in one or two fights is a thin sample, not a settled rate. Per-round bout counts are in the breakdown below.

Full per-round breakdown

What drives the pace · per round

The composite output line above blends these three inputs — splitting them out shows whether the work rate is built on striking volume, takedown pressure, or top control, and which input fades.

Sig. strikes landed

Manel Kape

Kapelanded / min

Takedown attempts

Manel Kape

Kapeattempts / min

Control time

Manel Kape

Kape% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	4.1	3.9	3.6	0.02	2%	11
R2	5.0	4.6	4.1	0.10	2%	8
R3	6.7	6.0	4.0	0.16	5%	8

Output / minis the headline work rate — significant strikes landed, plus 3 per takedown attempt, plus one per 15 seconds of control — so a takedown-and-grind round isn’t scored as idle the way bare striking volume would. The remaining columns are its components. Per-round rates use UFCStats per-round data (available for ~95% of bouts since 2008). Each round’s rates are averaged only over bouts that reached that round, so the bout count shrinks as rounds deepen. The final round of a finished fight is pro-rated by its actual length.

Schedule Score

Opponent quality, ranked across the UFC. Recent fights weighted heavier.

UFC only

Manel Kape

Manel Kape

11 resolved UFC bouts · 7 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

64/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

A+

88th

62%

88th

Win quality

A+

92nd

62%

92nd

Opponent quality distribution

Every UFC bout, grouped by who the opponent was at the time.

1

3

4

1

2

ChampionHeld the title in this weight class at the time
Top-5Ranked #1–#5 at the time
Ranked 6–15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
Building3+ UFC fights, ≥.40 win rate
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Champion	1	0-1	0%
Top-5	3	2-1	67%
Ranked 6–15	4	3-1	75%
Building	1	1-0	100%
Unproven	2	2-0	100%

Highest-quality opponents

Toughest opponents on the scheduleScore, scored at the time of the fight.

All bouts — opponent quality bout-by-bout

Res	Opponent	Tier	Score	Date
W	Kyoji Horiguchi#5	Top-5	82	Jun 20, 2026
W	Brandon Royval#3	Top-5	88	Dec 13, 2025
W	Asu Almabayev#8	Ranked 6–15	73	Mar 1, 2025
W	Bruno Silva	Ranked 6–15	45	Dec 14, 2024
L	Muhammad Mokaev#6	Ranked 6–15	75	Jul 27, 2024
W	Felipe dos Santos	Unproven	8	Sep 9, 2023
W	David Dvorak#9	Ranked 6–15	70	Dec 17, 2022
W	Zhalgas Zhumagulov	Unproven	8	Dec 4, 2021
W	Ode Osbourne	Building	15	Aug 7, 2021
L	Matheus Nicolau#12	Top-5	74	Mar 13, 2021
L	Alexandre Pantoja#5	Champion	92	Feb 6, 2021

Per-bout quality scoring: champion = 100; same-division ranks 1–5 = 90 → 78 linear; ranks 6–15 = 75 → 60 linear; cross-division champion = 78; cross-division ranked = 45; title-fight challenger (no rank signal) = 50, bumped to 65 when opp had an elite career UFC record at the time. Unranked opponents are scored on UFC record-at-time (long-tenured vet 60, contender-level 45, established 30, building 18, unproven 8). P4P top-10 at time adds +5; top-3 adds +8 (capped at 100). The Schedule Score combines schedule strength (65%) and quality wins (35%), then is held toward a rookie baseline for fighters with limited UFC experience so a thin résumé reads honestly low.

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