Manel Kape
“Starboy”
- 22-7-0
- (Win - Loss - Draw)
- Country
Angola- Weight Class
- Flyweight
- Birth Date
- 1993-11-14
- Age
- 34
- Height
- 167.6 cm
- Weight
- 56.7 kg
“Starboy”
Manel Kape (Starboy) is a Flyweight fighter from Angola. ranked #2 in UFC flyweight, a record of 22-7 and 29 fights.
| Opponent | Method | |
|---|---|---|
| W | Brandon Royval | Knockout |
| W | Asu Almabayev | Technical Knockout |
| W | Bruno Silva | Technical Knockout |
| L | Muhammad Mokaev | Decision |
| W | Felipe dos Santos | Decision |
| Title Fights | 2 |
| Main Events | 5 |
| 1R Finishes | 2 |
| Current Win Streak | 3 |
| Max Win Streak | 7 |
| Max Loss Streak | 2 |
| Debut | 2012.05.13 |
| Last Fight | 2025.12.14 |
| Avg. Fight Time | 9:36 |
| Career Duration | 13y 7m |
| Method | Count | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| KO/TKO | 14 | 63.6% | |
| └ Punch | 7 | 50.0% | |
| └ Retirement | 1 | 7.1% | |
| └ Body kick, punch | 1 | 7.1% | |
| └ Flying knee, punch | 1 | 7.1% | |
| └ Body punch | 1 | 7.1% | |
| └ Doctor stoppage | 1 | 7.1% | |
| └ Head kick, punch | 1 | 7.1% | |
| └ Flying knee to the body | 1 | 7.1% | |
| Submission | 5 | 22.7% | |
| └ Rear Naked Choke | 3 | 60.0% | |
| └ Armbar | 2 | 40.0% | |
| Decision | 3 | 13.6% | |
| └ unanimous decision | 3 | 100.0% |
| Method | Count | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Submission | 2 | 28.6% | |
| └ Arm Triangle Choke | 1 | 50.0% | |
| └ Rear Naked Choke | 1 | 50.0% | |
| Decision | 5 | 71.4% | |
| └ unanimous decision | 3 | 60.0% | |
| └ Split | 2 | 40.0% |
| Promotion | W | L | D | NC | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UFC | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| RIZIN FF | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Cage Fighters | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Knock Out Championship | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Invictus Pro MMA League | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| International Pro Combat | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ansgar Fighting League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Weight Class | W | L | D | NC | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| flyweight | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| bantamweight | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Bantamweight | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Flyweight | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 130lb Catchweight | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 129lb Catchweight | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 128lb Catchweight | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Featherweight | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
#30
#29
21-7-0
2025.12.14
17-8-0
Knockout(Punch)
1Round 3:18
#28
20-7-0
2025.03.02
21-2-0
Technical Knockout(Retirement)
3Round 2:16
#27
19-7-0
2024.12.15
14-5-2
Technical Knockout(Body kick, punch)
3Round 1:57
#26
19-6-0
2024.07.28
12-0-0
Decision(unanimous decision)
3Round 5:00
#25
18-6-0
2023.09.10
7-0-0
Decision(unanimous decision)
3Round 5:00
#24
17-6-0
20-4-0
Decision(unanimous decision)
3Round 5:00
#23
16-6-0
2021.12.05
14-5-0
Technical Knockout(Punch)
1Round 4:02
#22
15-6-0
2021.08.08
9-3-0
Knockout(Flying knee, punch)
1Round 4:44
#21
15-5-0
15-2-1
Decision(Split)
3Round 5:00
#20
15-4-0
2021.02.07
22-5-0
Decision(unanimous decision)
3Round 5:00
#19
14-4-0
2019.12.31
14-1-0
Technical Knockout(Punch)
2Round 0:38
#18
13-4-0
2019.08.18
23-13-2
Knockout(Punch)
2Round 1:36
#17
12-4-0
2019.04.21
12-2-2
Technical Knockout(Body punch)
2Round 3:59
#16
12-3-0
2018.12.31
21-6-2
Decision(unanimous decision)
3Round 5:00
#15
11-3-0
2018.09.30
14-5-1
Technical Submission(Rear Naked Choke)
3Round 4:27
#14
11-2-0
2018.05.06
9-1-0
Decision(Split)
3Round 5:00
#13
11-1-0
22-2-0
Submission(Arm Triangle Choke)
3Round 4:27
#12
10-1-0
13-5-1
Technical Knockout(Doctor stoppage)
1Round 1:46
#11
9-1-0
2-2-0
Technical Knockout(Head kick, punch)
1Round 1:11
#10
8-1-0
2015.04.27
3-6-0
Technical Knockout(Punch)
3Round 4:59
#9
7-1-0
2015.04.18
7-3-0
Submission(Armbar)
4Round 2:26
#8
6-1-0
2014.12.19
Submission(Rear Naked Choke)
3Round N/A
#7
5-1-0
2014.11.29
3-1-0
Submission(Armbar)
1Round 3:25
#6
4-1-0
2014.07.27
Knockout(Flying knee to the body)
1Round 2:42
#5
4-0-0
2014.04.05
Submission(Rear Naked Choke)
3Round 3:27
#4
3-0-0
2013.07.28
2-3-0
Decision(unanimous decision)
3Round 5:00
#3
2-0-0
2013.02.03
0-0-0
Submission(Rear Naked Choke)
1Round 2:38
#2
1-0-0
2012.11.04
Technical Knockout(Punch)
1Round 0:45
#1
0-0-0
2012.05.13
0-1-0
Technical Knockout(Punch)
1Round 4:27
| Result | Opponent | Event | Method | Round / Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
SCHEDULED | UFC Fight Night 279 - Kape vs Horiguchi 2 2026.06.20 | |||
WIN 21-7-0 | Brandon Royval 17-8-0 | UFC on ESPN 73 - Royval vs Kape 2025.12.14 | Knockout(Punch) | 1Round3:18 |
WIN 20-7-0 | Asu Almabayev 21-2-0 | UFC Fight Night 253 - Kape vs Almabayev 2025.03.02 | Technical Knockout(Retirement) | 3Round2:16 |
WIN 19-7-0 | Bruno Silva 14-5-2 | UFC on ESPN 63 - Covington vs Buckley 2024.12.15 | Technical Knockout(Body kick, punch) | 3Round1:57 |
LOSS 19-6-0 | Muhammad Mokaev 12-0-0 | UFC 304 - Edwards vs Muhammad 2 2024.07.28 | Decision(unanimous decision) | 3Round5:00 |
WIN 18-6-0 | Felipe dos Santos 7-0-0 | UFC 293 - Adesanya vs Strickland 2023.09.10 | Decision(unanimous decision) | 3Round5:00 |
WIN 17-6-0 | David Dvorak 20-4-0 | UFC Fight Night 216 - Cannonier vs Strickland 2022.12.17 | Decision(unanimous decision) | 3Round5:00 |
WIN 16-6-0 | Zhalgas Zhumagulov 14-5-0 | UFC on ESPN 31 - Font vs Aldo 2021.12.05 | Technical Knockout(Punch) | 1Round4:02 |
WIN 15-6-0 | Ode Osbourne 9-3-0 | UFC 265 - Lewis vs Gane 2021.08.08 | Knockout(Flying knee, punch) | 1Round4:44 |
LOSS 15-5-0 | Matheus Nicolau 15-2-1 | UFC Fight Night 187 - Edwards vs Muhammad 2021.03.13 | Decision(Split) | 3Round5:00 |
LOSS 15-4-0 | Alexandre Pantoja 22-5-0 | UFC Fight Night 184 - Overeem vs Volkov 2021.02.07 | Decision(unanimous decision) | 3Round5:00 |
WIN 14-4-0 | Kai Asakura 14-1-0 | Rizin FF - Rizin 20 2019.12.31 | Technical Knockout(Punch) | 2Round0:38 |
WIN 13-4-0 | Takeya Mizugaki 23-13-2 | Rizin FF - Rizin 18 2019.08.18 | Knockout(Punch) | 2Round1:36 |
WIN 12-4-0 | Seiichiro Ito 12-2-2 | Rizin FF - Rizin 15 2019.04.21 | Technical Knockout(Body punch) | 2Round3:59 |
LOSS 12-3-0 | Yuta Sasaki 21-6-2 | Rizin FF - Rizin 14 2018.12.31 | Decision(unanimous decision) | 3Round5:00 |
WIN 11-3-0 | Yusaku Nakamura 14-5-1 | Rizin FF - Rizin 13 2018.09.30 | Technical Submission(Rear Naked Choke) | 3Round4:27 |
LOSS 11-2-0 | Kai Asakura 9-1-0 | Rizin FF - Rizin 10 2018.05.06 | Decision(Split) | 3Round5:00 |
LOSS 11-1-0 | Kyoji Horiguchi 22-2-0 | Rizin Fighting World Grand Prix 2017 - Bantamweight Tournament: Final Round 2017.12.31 | Submission(Arm Triangle Choke) | 3Round4:27 |
WIN 10-1-0 | Ian McCall 13-5-1 | Rizin Fighting World Grand Prix 2017 - Bantamweight Tournament: 2nd Round 2017.12.29 | Technical Knockout(Doctor stoppage) | 1Round1:46 |
WIN 9-1-0 | Erson Yamamoto 2-2-0 | Rizin Fighting World Grand Prix 2017 - Men's Bantamweight & Women's Tournament: Aki No Jin 2017.10.15 | Technical Knockout(Head kick, punch) | 1Round1:11 |
WIN 8-1-0 | Francisco Aspirilla 3-6-0 | IPC 7 - International Pro Combat 7 2015.04.27 | Technical Knockout(Punch) | 3Round4:59 |
WIN 7-1-0 | Antoine Gallinaro 7-3-0 | KOC - Knock Out Championship 8 2015.04.18 | Submission(Armbar) | 4Round2:26 |
WIN 6-1-0 | Invictus - Pro MMA League 2 2014.12.19 | Submission(Rear Naked Choke) | 3RoundN/A | |
WIN 5-1-0 | Daniel Barez 3-1-0 | AFL 2 - Madrid 2014.11.29 | Submission(Armbar) | 1Round3:25 |
WIN 4-1-0 | Invictus - Pro MMA League 1 2014.07.27 | Knockout(Flying knee to the body) | 1Round2:42 | |
LOSS 4-0-0 | KOC - Knock Out Championship 7 2014.04.05 | Submission(Rear Naked Choke) | 3Round3:27 | |
WIN 3-0-0 | Marco Santos 2-3-0 | CF - Cage Fighters 3 2013.07.28 | Decision(unanimous decision) | 3Round5:00 |
WIN 2-0-0 | Ricardo Teixeira 0-0-0 | Cage Fighters - Challengers Norte 2 2013.02.03 | Submission(Rear Naked Choke) | 1Round2:38 |
WIN 1-0-0 | Cage Fighters - Challengers Norte 1 2012.11.04 | Technical Knockout(Punch) | 1Round0:45 | |
WIN 0-0-0 | Artur Gomes 0-1-0 | CF - Cage Fighters 2 2012.05.13 | Technical Knockout(Punch) | 1Round4:27 |
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