Manel Kape

"Starboy"

AGE	31 / Nov 14, 1993
HEIGHT	5'6" / 167.64 cm
WEIGHT	125 lbs / 56.7 kg

ASSOCIATION
Xtreme Couture

CLASS
Flyweight

Wins 21

KO / TKO

62%

SUBMISSIONS

24%

DECISIONS

14%

Losses 7

KO / TKO

SUBMISSIONS

29%

DECISIONS

71%

BIOGRAPHY

Born Manuel Pedro Gomes.

FIGHT HISTORY - PRO

Result	Fighter	Event	Method/Referee	R	Time
win	Asu Almabayev	UFC Fight Night 253 - Kape vs. Almabayev Mar / 01 / 2025	TKO (Retirement) Mike Beltran VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	3	2:16
win	Bruno Silva	UFC on ESPN 63 - Covington vs. Buckley Dec / 14 / 2024	TKO (Body Kick and Punches) Keith Peterson VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	3	1:57
loss	Muhammad Mokaev	UFC 304 - Edwards vs. Muhammad 2 Jul / 27 / 2024	Decision (Unanimous) Mike Beltran VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	3	5:00
win	Felipe dos Santos	UFC 293 - Adesanya vs. Strickland Sep / 09 / 2023	Decision (Unanimous) Greg Kleynjans VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	3	5:00
win	David Dvorak	UFC Fight Night 216 - Cannonier vs. Strickland Dec / 17 / 2022	Decision (Unanimous) Keith Peterson VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	3	5:00
win	Zhalgas Zhumagulov	UFC on ESPN 31 - Font vs. Aldo Dec / 04 / 2021	TKO (Punches) Keith Peterson VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	1	4:02
win	Ode Osbourne	UFC 265 - Lewis vs. Gane Aug / 07 / 2021	KO (Flying Knee and Punches) Jeff Rexroad VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	1	4:44
loss	Matheus Nicolau	UFC Fight Night 187 - Edwards vs. Muhammad Mar / 13 / 2021	Decision (Split) Mark Smith VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	3	5:00
loss	Alexandre Pantoja	UFC Fight Night 184 - Overeem vs. Volkov Feb / 06 / 2021	Decision (Unanimous) Keith Peterson VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	3	5:00
win	Kai Asakura	Rizin FF - Rizin 20 Dec / 31 / 2019	TKO (Punches) Jason Herzog	2	0:38
win	Takeya Mizugaki	Rizin FF - Rizin 18 Aug / 18 / 2019	KO (Punch) Minoru Toyonaga	2	1:36
win	Seiichiro Ito	Rizin FF - Rizin 15 Apr / 21 / 2019	TKO (Punch to the Body) Jason Herzog	2	3:59
loss	Yuta Sasaki	Rizin FF - Rizin 14 Dec / 31 / 2018	Decision (Unanimous) Jason Herzog	3	5:00
win	Yusaku Nakamura	Rizin FF - Rizin 13 Sep / 30 / 2018	Technical Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) Jason Herzog	3	4:27
loss	Kai Asakura	Rizin FF - Rizin 10 May / 06 / 2018	Decision (Split) Jason Herzog	3	5:00
loss	Kyoji Horiguchi	Rizin Fighting World Grand Prix 2017 - Bantamweight Tournament: Final Round Dec / 31 / 2017	Submission (Arm-Triangle Choke) Yoshinori Umeki	3	4:27
win	Ian McCall	Rizin Fighting World Grand Prix 2017 - Bantamweight Tournament: 2nd Round Dec / 29 / 2017	TKO (Doctor Stoppage) Yoshinori Umeki	1	1:46
win	Erson Yamamoto	Rizin Fighting World Grand Prix 2017 - Men's Bantamweight & Women's Tournament: Aki No Jin Oct / 15 / 2017	TKO (Head Kick and Punch) Minoru Toyonaga	1	1:11
win	Francisco Aspirilla	IPC 7 - International Pro Combat 7 Apr / 27 / 2015	TKO (Submission to Punches)	3	4:59
win	Antoine Gallinaro	KOC - Knock Out Championship 8 Apr / 18 / 2015	Submission (Armbar)	4	2:26
win	Miguel Valverde Pascual	Invictus - Pro MMA League 2 Dec / 19 / 2014	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) Marc Goddard	3	N/A
win	Daniel Barez	AFL 2 - Madrid Nov / 29 / 2014	Submission (Armbar) Marc Goddard	1	3:25
win	Hicham Rachid	Invictus - Pro MMA League 1 Jul / 27 / 2014	KO (Flying Knee to the Body)	1	2:42
loss	Souksavanh Khampasath	KOC - Knock Out Championship 7 Apr / 05 / 2014	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) Michael Slomczynski	3	3:27
win	Marco Santos	CF - Cage Fighters 3 Jul / 28 / 2013	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
win	Ricardo Teixeira	Cage Fighters - Challengers Norte 2 Feb / 03 / 2013	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	1	2:38
win	Renato Ferreira	Cage Fighters - Challengers Norte 1 Nov / 04 / 2012	TKO (Punches)	1	0:45
win	Artur Gomes	CF - Cage Fighters 2 May / 13 / 2012	TKO (Punches)	1	4:27

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