Manel Kape
Age
32
32
Current streak
4 wins
4 wins
Wins by
6 KO · 0 sub · 2 dec
6 KO · 0 sub · 2 dec
Key facts
- Record
- 8-3
- Division
- Flyweight
- Our rank
- #1
- Rating
- 1963 ± 147
- Style label
- power puncher
- Country
- Angola
- Height
- 65"
- Reach
- 68"
- Stance
- Southpaw
- Date of birth
- 1993-11-14
Rating history
Style profile
Percentile within the division · the dashed ring is average · outward is always better
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The numbers behind it
Rates are per 15 minutes of fight time, adjusted for the quality of
what the opponent usually allows. Defence and accuracy figures are percentages. A wider ±
means fewer rounds of evidence, and on the chart it is the whisker along that axis.
| Metric | Manel Kape | Division |
|---|---|---|
| Strikes landed /15 min | 60.8 ± 19.8 94th percentile | 51.5 |
| Strike avoidance absorbed /15 min | 53.5 ± 2.4 50th percentile | 53.2 |
| Takedown attempts /15 min | 3.56 ± 2.77 4th percentile | 4.86 |
| Takedown defence % | 65 ± 13 78th percentile | 59 |
| Control time s /15 min | 169 ± 61 6th percentile | 197 |
| Striking defence % | 54 ± 1 48th percentile | 55 |
| Knockdowns /15 min | 0.86 ± 0.50 94th percentile | 0.63 |
| Submission attempts /15 min | 0.42 ± 0.25 11th percentile | 0.54 |
| Metric | Manel Kape | Division |
|---|---|---|
| Strikes landed /15 min | 62.7 ± 3.7 68th percentile | 62.0 |
| Strike avoidance absorbed /15 min | 53.0 ± 9.8 82nd percentile | 54.8 |
| Takedown attempts /15 min | 3.46 ± 2.85 18th percentile | 3.98 |
| Takedown defence % | 62 ± 14 61st percentile | 60 |
| Control time s /15 min | 174 ± 44 25th percentile | 182 |
| Striking defence % | 52 ± 4 25th percentile | 53 |
| Knockdowns /15 min | 1.23 ± 0.51 89th percentile | 1.15 |
| Submission attempts /15 min | 0.25 ± 0.25 25th percentile | 0.29 |
Nothing to tabulate for this view.
Style-based strength score
Average predicted win probability against the current top 15 of this division: 57.4%. This never changes the ranking — it shows where the styles help or hurt.
Best matchups
- Brandon Royval — 71%
- Kai Kara-France — 69%
- Tagir Ulanbekov — 66%
Worst matchups
- Joshua Van — 47%
- Tatsuro Taira — 46%
- Asu Almabayev — 46%
UFC fight history
| W | Kyoji Horiguchi
UFC Fight Night: Kape vs. Horiguchi · 2026-06-20 |
KO/TKO R3 |
| W | Brandon Royval
UFC Fight Night: Royval vs. Kape · 2025-12-13 |
KO/TKO R1 |
| W | Asu Almabayev
UFC Fight Night: Kape vs. Almabayev · 2025-03-01 |
KO/TKO R3 |
| W | Bruno Silva
UFC Fight Night: Covington vs. Buckley · 2024-12-14 |
KO/TKO R3 |
| L | Muhammad Mokaev
UFC 304: Edwards vs. Muhammad 2 · 2024-07-27 |
Decision - Unanimous R3 |
| W | Felipe dos Santos
UFC 293: Adesanya vs. Strickland · 2023-09-09 |
Decision - Unanimous R3 |
| W | David Dvorak
UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Strickland · 2022-12-17 |
Decision - Unanimous R3 |
| W | Zhalgas Zhumagulov
UFC Fight Night: Font vs. Aldo · 2021-12-04 |
KO/TKO R1 |
| W | Ode Osbourne
UFC 265: Lewis vs. Gane · 2021-08-07 |
KO/TKO R1 |
| L | Matheus Nicolau
UFC Fight Night: Edwards vs. Muhammad · 2021-03-13 |
Decision - Split R3 |
| L | Alexandre Pantoja
UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Volkov · 2021-02-06 |
Decision - Unanimous R3 |