Flyweight · “StarBoy”
Manel Kape
23-7-0 UFC 8-3-0
5'5"Height
68"Reach
SouthpawStance
32Age
6KO wins
0Sub wins
75.0%Finish rate
11:16Avg fight
Statistical profile
The shape of their game.
Percentile scores against UFC veterans — volume-aware, and honest about small samples. The rim is reserved for true specialists.
Radar — percentile vs UFC veterans
Career rates
Sig. strikes landed / min4.68
Sig. strikes absorbed / min3.88
Striking accuracy55.1%
Striking defense57.0%
Takedowns / 15 min0.36
Takedown accuracy30.0%
Takedown defense78.6%
Sub attempts / 15 min0.24
Control time2.9%
Record vs .500+ opponents5-3
Striking trend
Output, fight by fight.
Significant strikes landed per minute over the last 8 fights — green dots are wins, red are losses.
Fight history
Every walk to the cage.
11 UFC bouts, newest first. Tap a fight for the full stat line — opponent records are shown as of fight night.
W Kyoji Horiguchi 9-1 walk-in KO/TKO · R3 2:42 — UFC Fight Night: Kape vs. Horiguchi · 2026-06-20
19/56Sig. strikes
27/53Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
0:10Control
1Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Brandon Royval 7-4 walk-in KO/TKO · R1 3:18 — UFC Fight Night: Royval vs. Kape · 2025-12-13
17/23Sig. strikes
17/26Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
0:04Control
1Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Asu Almabayev 4-0 walk-in KO/TKO · R3 2:16 — UFC Fight Night: Kape vs. Almabayev · 2025-03-01
61/115Sig. strikes
40/80Absorbed
0/1Takedowns
0:29Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Bruno Silva 4-2 walk-in KO/TKO · R3 1:57 — UFC Fight Night: Covington vs. Buckley · 2024-12-14
111/168Sig. strikes
57/112Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
0:01Control
1Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
L Muhammad Mokaev 6-0 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC 304: Edwards vs. Muhammad 2 · 2024-07-27
20/48Sig. strikes
30/82Absorbed
0/1Takedowns
0:04Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Felipe dos Santos 0-0 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC 293: Adesanya vs. Strickland · 2023-09-09
112/182Sig. strikes
99/304Absorbed
1/1Takedowns
0:45Control
1Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W David Dvorak 3-1 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Strickland · 2022-12-17
58/119Sig. strikes
33/94Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
0:57Control
1Knockdowns
2Sub attempts
W Zhalgas Zhumagulov 1-2 walk-in KO/TKO · R1 4:02 — UFC Fight Night: Font vs. Aldo · 2021-12-04
53/72Sig. strikes
31/79Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
0:03Control
2Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Ode Osbourne 1-1 walk-in KO/TKO · R1 4:44 — UFC 265: Lewis vs. Gane · 2021-08-07
19/29Sig. strikes
18/38Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
0:02Control
1Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
L Matheus Nicolau 3-1 walk-in Decision - Split · R3 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Edwards vs. Muhammad · 2021-03-13
61/150Sig. strikes
55/102Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
0:38Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
L Alexandre Pantoja 6-3 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Volkov · 2021-02-06
49/91Sig. strikes
74/149Absorbed
2/7Takedowns
0:25Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
Walk-in records count UFC bouts in this database. For the pre-UFC career, see the record breakdown below or the Tapology button up top.
Record breakdown
How the record was built.
Full pro career, from the fighter's Wikipedia record table (Manel Kape) — results only; UFC bouts carry full stats in the fight history above.
Wins by method
KO/TKO
15
Submission
5
Decision
3
Other
0
Losses by method
KO/TKO
0
Submission
2
Decision
5
Other
0
Fights by organization
UFC
11
Rizin
6
Cage Fighters
4
Rizin World Grand Prix
3
Knock Out Championship
2
Invictus Pro MMA League
2
International Pro Combat
1
Ansgar Fighting League
1
Full career — 30 fights, every organization
| Opponent | Method | Event | Org | Rd | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | Kyoji Horiguchi | TKO (punches) | UFC Fight Night: Kape vs. Horiguchi
2026-06-20 |
UFC | 3 | 2:42 |
| W | Brandon Royval | KO (punches) | UFC on ESPN: Royval vs. Kape
2025-12-13 |
UFC | 1 | 3:18 |
| W | Asu Almabayev | TKO (retirement) | UFC Fight Night: Kape vs. Almabayev
2025-03-01 |
UFC | 3 | 2:16 |
| W | Bruno Gustavo da Silva | TKO (body kick and punches) | UFC on ESPN: Covington vs. Buckley
2024-12-14 |
UFC | 3 | 1:57 |
| L | Muhammad Mokaev | Decision (unanimous) | UFC 304
2024-07-27 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Felipe dos Santos | Decision (unanimous) | UFC 293
2023-09-10 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | David Dvořák | Decision (unanimous) | UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Strickland
2022-12-17 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Zhalgas Zhumagulov | TKO (punches) | UFC on ESPN: Font vs. Aldo
2021-12-04 |
UFC | 1 | 4:02 |
| W | Ode' Osbourne | KO (flying knee and punches) | UFC 265
2021-08-07 |
UFC | 1 | 4:44 |
| L | Matheus Nicolau | Decision (split) | UFC Fight Night: Edwards vs. Muhammad
2021-03-13 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| L | Alexandre Pantoja | Decision (unanimous) | UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Volkov
2021-02-06 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Kai Asakura | TKO (punches) | Rizin 20
2019-12-31 |
Rizin | 2 | 0:38 |
| W | Takeya Mizugaki | KO (punch) | Rizin 18
2019-08-18 |
Rizin | 2 | 1:36 |
| W | Seiichiro Ito | TKO (punch to the body) | Rizin 15
2019-04-21 |
Rizin | 2 | 3:59 |
| L | Ulka Sasaki | Decision (unanimous) | Rizin 14
2018-12-31 |
Rizin | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Yusaku Nakamura | Technical Submission (rear-naked choke) | Rizin 13
2018-09-30 |
Rizin | 3 | 4:27 |
| L | Kai Asakura | Decision (split) | Rizin 10
2018-05-06 |
Rizin | 3 | 5:00 |
| L | Kyoji Horiguchi | Submission (arm-triangle choke) | Rizin World Grand Prix 2017: Final Round
2017-12-31 |
Rizin World Grand Prix | 3 | 4:27 |
| W | Ian McCall | TKO (doctor stoppage) | Rizin World Grand Prix 2017: 2nd Round
2017-12-29 |
Rizin World Grand Prix | 1 | 1:46 |
| W | Erson Yamamoto | TKO (head kick and punch) | Rizin World Grand Prix 2017: Opening Round Part 2
2017-10-15 |
Rizin World Grand Prix | 1 | 1:11 |
| W | Francisco Javier Asprilla | TKO (punches) | International Pro Combat 7
2015-04-27 |
International Pro Combat | 3 | 4:59 |
| W | Antoine Gallinaro | Submission (armbar) | Knock Out Championship 8
2015-04-18 |
Knock Out Championship | 4 | 2:26 |
| W | Miguel Valverde | Submission (rear-naked choke) | Invictus Pro MMA League 2
2014-12-19 |
Invictus Pro MMA League | 3 | — |
| W | Daniel Barez | Submission (armbar) | Ansgar Fighting League 2
2014-11-29 |
Ansgar Fighting League | 1 | 3:25 |
| W | Hicham Rachid | KO (flying knee to the body) | Invictus Pro MMA League 1
2014-07-27 |
Invictus Pro MMA League | 1 | 2:42 |
| L | Souksavanh Khampasath | Submission (rear-naked choke) | Knock Out Championship 7
2014-04-05 |
Knock Out Championship | 3 | 3:27 |
| W | Marco Santos | Decision (unanimous) | Cage Fighters 3
2013-07-28 |
Cage Fighters | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Ricardo Teixeira | Submission (rear-naked choke) | Cage Fighters: Challengers Norte 2
2013-02-03 |
Cage Fighters | 1 | 2:38 |
| W | Renato Ferreira | TKO (punches) | Cage Fighters: Challengers Norte 1
2012-11-04 |
Cage Fighters | 1 | 0:45 |
| W | Artur Gomes | TKO (punches) | Cage Fighters 2
2012-05-13 |
Cage Fighters | 1 | 4:27 |
Career history from the fighter's Wikipedia record table (Manel Kape) — results only, no strike stats; UFC bouts are marked and carry full stats in the fight history above.
Division context
Measured against the division.
Versus the Flyweight average, over 66 qualified fighters (5+ UFC fights, 30+ minutes of cage time). Green = better than average, red = worse; the tick mark is the division mean. "Strikes absorbed" counts lower as better.