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The Ultimate Fighting Championship goes back home to “Sin City” for UFC Fight Night. American Brandon Royval (17-8-0) takes on Portugese fighter Manel Kape (21-7-0), as the main card’s flyweight marquee matchup.
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Welcome to the Manel Kape show. In case UFC fans didn't get the memo during the main event of UFC Vegas 112, Kape (22-7 MMA) put the division on notice with a first-round TKO against former flyweight title challenger Brandon Royval to put a bow on the 2025 promotional calendar.
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After losing to Leon Edwards in his third failed bid at becoming undisputed welterweight champ, ‘Chaos’ had his hopes of securing a fourth opportunity dashed by Joaquin Buckley. Buckley dominated Covington at UFC Tampa in December 2024, leaving him bloody in a beatdown so bad that it concluded with the doctor stepping in to end it.
Kape had an impressive showing at the UFC Tampa, where he snapped Bruno Silva’s four-fight win streak and stopped him via third-round TKO. He was last seen in Octagon in March at UFC Vegas 103, where he defeated Asu Almbayev and earned a 'Performance of the Night' bonus.
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