Manel Kape
“Starboy”
Manel Kape is ranked 7th of 278 flyweights by the First Light Rating, and 2nd in the UFC’s own flyweight rankings.
- FLRFirst Light Ratingmeasure of true skill
- 1,9167th of 278 · Flyweight
- FLIFirst Light Indexfame compared to skill
- +0.46Fame ahead of skill
- Career phase
- PrimeCareer-best FLR 1,920, 20 Jun 2026
- Record
- 23–7Pro
Fame against skill.
Every fighter with an FLI, by skill and fame. Hover a dot for the fighter; click to open their page. The dashed curve is the fame their skill predicts: above it, a fighter is more famous than their skill; below it, better than their fame.
Skill and attention.
Attention is drawn at the skill level its fame matches: above the skill line, more famous than skilled. Shaded: where the most similar careers went next.
Recent fights.
| Date | Fight | FLR |
|---|---|---|
| 20 Jun 2026 | Won vs Kyoji HoriguchiUFC Fight Night 279 - Kape vs. Horiguchi 2 · TKO (Punches), R3 | +17 |
| 13 Dec 2025 | Won vs Brandon RoyvalUFC on ESPN 73 - Royval vs. Kape · KO (Punches), R1 | +16 |
| 1 Mar 2025 | Won vs Asu AlmabayevUFC Fight Night 253 - Kape vs. Almabayev · TKO (Retirement), R3 | +27 |
| 14 Dec 2024 | Won vs Bruno SilvaUFC on ESPN 63 - Covington vs. Buckley · TKO (Body Kick and Punches), R3 | +25 |
| 27 Jul 2024 | Lost to Muhammad MokaevUFC 304 - Edwards vs. Muhammad 2 · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | −15 |
| 9 Sept 2023 | Won vs Felipe dos SantosUFC 293 - Adesanya vs. Strickland · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +14 |
| 17 Dec 2022 | Won vs David DvorakUFC Fight Night 216 - Cannonier vs. Strickland · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +17 |
| 4 Dec 2021 | Won vs Zhalgas ZhumagulovUFC on ESPN 31 - Font vs. Aldo · TKO (Punches), R1 | +32 |
| 7 Aug 2021 | Won vs Ode OsbourneUFC 265 - Lewis vs. Gane · KO (Flying Knee and Punches), R1 | +22 |
| 13 Mar 2021 | Lost to Matheus NicolauUFC Fight Night 187 - Edwards vs. Muhammad · Decision (Split), R3 | −2 |
| 6 Feb 2021 | Lost to Alexandre PantojaUFC Fight Night 184 - Overeem vs. Volkov · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | −16 |
| 31 Dec 2019 | Won vs Kai AsakuraRizin FF - Rizin 20 · TKO (Punches), R2 | +45 |
FLR is the First Light Rating points the fight earned or cost them.
How it is measured.
Data Credit: First Light Observatory.
How these numbers are made.
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