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The Ultimate Fighting Championship goes back home to “Sin City” for UFC Fight Night. American Brandon Royval (17-8-0) takes on Portugese fighter Manel Kape (21-7-0), as the main card’s flyweight marquee matchup.
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Welcome to the Manel Kape show. In case UFC fans didn't get the memo during the main event of UFC Vegas 112, Kape (22-7 MMA) put the division on notice with a first-round TKO against former flyweight title challenger Brandon Royval to put a bow on the 2025 promotional calendar.
Colby Covington suffered injury ex-UFC champ wouldn’t wish on his ‘worst enemy’ in brutal title loss
After losing to Leon Edwards in his third failed bid at becoming undisputed welterweight champ, ‘Chaos’ had his hopes of securing a fourth opportunity dashed by Joaquin Buckley. Buckley dominated Covington at UFC Tampa in December 2024, leaving him bloody in a beatdown so bad that it concluded with the doctor stepping in to end it.
Kape had an impressive showing at the UFC Tampa, where he snapped Bruno Silva’s four-fight win streak and stopped him via third-round TKO. He was last seen in Octagon in March at UFC Vegas 103, where he defeated Asu Almbayev and earned a 'Performance of the Night' bonus.
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Macy Chiasson will take on Ailin Perez in a ranked women's bantamweight bout. The UFC Fight Night event takes place Feb. 28 at Arena CDMX in Mexico City, and is headlined by a flyweight bout between former champion Brandon Moreno vs. Asu Almabayev. The promotion officially announced the booking Sunday.