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Angola
Luanda
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
13
62%
SUBMISSIONS
5
24%
DECISIONS
3
14%
Losses
7
KO
/
TKO
0
0%
SUBMISSIONS
2
29%
DECISIONS
5
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
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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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