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Manel Kape “Starboy”

23-7-0 · MatchWiz rating 1648

Age32Height5'5"Reach68"StanceSouthpawDivisionFlyweightCampXtreme CoutureCountryPortugal

Rating trend

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current 1648 · hover or touch the chart to trace each fight

Our Elo-style rating after each UFC fight — 1500 is average; champions live around 1700+ (full leaderboard). This is the backbone of our win probabilities.

Career rates

Where he stands

Manel Kape is 8-3 across 11 fights on our tape. He's on a 4-fight winning run. Our rating has him at 1648 — it moves with every result and weights who he beat, so a win over a ranked opponent counts for far more than one over a debutant. A record on its own says very little in this sport — two fighters at 12-3 can have faced completely different opposition, which is exactly the gap the rating is built to close.

He ends fights

75% of Manel's wins have come inside the distance. That's a real trait and a volatile one: a finisher's floor is lower than his highlight reel suggests, because the same aggression that ends fights early loses them early. He absorbs 3.9 significant strikes a minute, which is the number to watch — a high finish rate paired with heavy absorption is a career that tends to be short and loud.

How the model reads him

Manel's number is a matchup output — rating against rating, then style against style, plus age and layoff — graded on the fight board like every other call. Our tape covers UFC and Contender Series bouts from 2015 on, and one punch can settle a fight the better fighter was winning.

The full method is on the fight board, and every published call is graded on the report card.

Manel Kape — FAQ

What is Manel Kape's record?

8-3 across 11 fights on our tape, which covers UFC and Contender Series bouts from 2015 to the present. Our rating has him at 1648 — it weights who he beat, not just how often he won.

What kind of fighter is Manel Kape?

He lands 4.7 significant strikes a minute and absorbs 3.9, with 0.4 takedowns per 15 minutes and 79% takedown defense. Those rates decide where his fights happen, which decides most of the rest.

Fight history

DateOpponentResultEventΔ rating
Jun 21, 2026Kyoji HoriguchiW · KO/TKO R3UFC Fight Night: Kape vs. Horiguchi 2+19
Dec 14, 2025Brandon RoyvalW · KO/TKO R1UFC Fight Night: Royval vs. Kape+18
Mar 2, 2025Asu AlmabayevW · KO/TKO R3UFC Fight Night: Kape vs. Almabayev+21
Dec 15, 2024Bruno SilvaW · KO/TKO R3UFC Fight Night: Covington vs. Buckley+20
Jul 28, 2024Muhammad MokaevL · Decision - Unanimous R3UFC 304: Edwards vs. Muhammad 2-12
Sep 10, 2023Felipe dos SantosW · Decision - Unanimous R3UFC 293: Adesanya vs. Strickland+13
Dec 17, 2022David DvorakW · Decision - Unanimous R3UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Strickland+34
Dec 5, 2021Zhalgas ZhumagulovW · KO/TKO R1UFC Fight Night: Font vs. Aldo+36
Aug 7, 2021Ode' OsbourneW · KO/TKO R1UFC 265: Lewis vs. Gane+47
Mar 14, 2021Matheus NicolauL · Decision - Split R3UFC Fight Night: Edwards vs. Muhammad-23
Feb 7, 2021Alexandre PantojaL · Decision - Unanimous R3UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Volkov-24

Record is career MMA (including pre-UFC fights); the history and rating cover UFC and Contender Series bouts from 2015 on. Back to the fight board →