Manel Kape (22-7, 18) was born in Luanda, Angola on November 14, 1993. At the age of 18 years on May 13, 2012, he made his professional MMA debut against Artur Gomes, winning the fight via 1st-round TKO.
On February 6, 2021, 27-year old Manel Kape made his UFC debut on his 20th professional MMA fight at UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Volkov against a 30-year old Alexandre Pantoja but lost the fight via unanimous decision.
Kape's last fight was a 1st-round TKO win against Brandon Royval at UFC on ESPN: Royval vs. Kape at age 32 on December 13, 2025. He is on a 3-fight winning streak.
He has fought ten times in the UFC, and has a record of 7 wins and 3 losses in the promotion.
Some of Manel Kape's best fights have been against Kai Asakura, Ode' Osbourne, Brandon Royval, Zhalgas Zhumagulov, Ian McCall, Takeya Mizugaki and David Dvořák. For details about these fights refer to "Best fights of Manel Kape".
Kape has 7 losses on his MMA record. For details about these losses refer to "Manel Kape Losses".
| # | Date | Opponent | Promotion | Weight | Round | Method | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
29  | Dec 13, 2025 32 years 22-7 (18) | 33 years, 3 months 17-8 (13) | UFC | FL | 1 | TKO | Win Punches |
28  | Mar 1, 2025 31 years, 3 months 21-7 (17) | 31 years, 1 month 21-2 (12) | UFC | FL | 3 | TKO | Win Retirement |
27  | Dec 14, 2024 31 years, 1 months 20-7 (16) | 34 years, 8 months 14-5-2 (9) | UFC | FL | 3 | TKO | Win Body kick and punches |
26  | Jul 27, 2024 30 years, 8 months 19-7 (15) | 23 years, 11 months 12-0 (8) | UFC | FL | 3 | UD | Loss |
25 | Sep 10, 2023 29 years, 9 months 19-6 (15) | Felipe dos Santos | UFC | FL | 3 | UD | Win |
24  | Dec 17, 2022 29 years, 1 months 18-6 (15) | 30 years, 6 months 20-4 (16) | UFC | FL | 3 | UD | Win |
23  | Dec 4, 2021 28 years 17-6 (15) | 33 years, 3 months 14-5 (8) | UFC | FL | 1 | TKO | Win Punches |
22  | Aug 7, 2021 27 years, 8 months 16-6 (14) | 29 years, 6 months 9-3 (8) | UFC | FL | 1 | KO | Win Flying knee and punches |
21  | Mar 13, 2021 27 years, 3 months 15-6 (13) | 28 years, 2 months 15-2-1 (9) | UFC | FL | 3 | SD | Loss |
20  | Feb 6, 2021 27 years, 2 months 15-5 (13) | 30 years, 9 months 22-5 (15) | UFC | FL | 3 | UD | Loss |
19  | Dec 31, 2019 26 years, 1 months 15-4 (13) | 26 years, 2 months 14-1 (10) | Rizin | BT | 2 | TKO | Win Punches Won Rizin bantamweight title |
18  | Aug 18, 2019 25 years, 9 months 14-4 (12) | 35 years, 8 months 23-13-2 (6) | Rizin | FL | 2 | KO | Win Punch |
17 | Apr 21, 2019 25 years, 5 months 13-4 (11) | Seiichiro Ito | Rizin | FL | 2 | TKO | Win Punch to the body |
16  | Dec 31, 2018 25 years, 1 months 12-4 (10) | 29 years, 2 months 21-6-2 (13) | Rizin | FL | 3 | UD | Loss |
15 | Sep 30, 2018 24 years, 10 months 12-3 (10) | Yusaku Nakamura | Rizin | FL | 3 | CKO | Win Rear-naked choke |
14 | May 6, 2018 24 years, 5 months 11-3 (10) | 24 years, 6 months 9-1 (8) | Rizin | BT | 3 | SD | Loss |
13  | Dec 31, 2017 24 years, 1 months 11-2 (10) | 27 years, 2 months 21-2 (12) | Rizin | BT | 3 | SUB | Loss Arm-triangle choke |
12  | Dec 29, 2017 24 years, 1 months 11-1 (10) | 33 years, 5 months 13-5-1 (7) | Rizin | BT | 1 | TKO | Win Doctor stoppage |
11 | Oct 15, 2017 23 years, 11 months 10-1 (9) | Erson Yamamoto | Rizin | BT | 1 | TKO | Win Head kick and punch |
10 | Apr 27, 2015 21 years, 5 months 9-1 (8) | Francisco Javier Asprilla | BT | 3 | TKO | Win Punches | |
9 | Apr 18, 2015 21 years, 5 months 8-1 (7) | Antoine Gallinaro | BT | 4 | SUB | Win Armbar | |
8 | Dec 19, 2014 21 years, 1 months 7-1 (6) | Miguel Valverde | BT | 3 | SUB | Win Rear-naked choke | |
7 | Nov 29, 2014 21 years 6-1 (5) | Daniel Barez | FL | 1 | SUB | Win Armbar | |
6 | Jul 27, 2014 20 years, 8 months 5-1 (4) | Hicham Rachid | FL | 1 | KO | Win Flying knee to the body | |
5 | Apr 5, 2014 20 years, 4 months 4-1 (3) | Souksavanh Khampasath | FL | 3 | SUB | Loss Rear-naked choke | |
4 | Jul 28, 2013 19 years, 8 months 4-0 (3) | Marco Santos | FL | 3 | UD | Win | |
3 | Feb 3, 2013 19 years, 2 months 3-0 (3) | Ricardo Teixeira | FL | 1 | SUB | Win Rear-naked choke | |
2 | Nov 4, 2012 18 years, 11 months 2-0 (2) | Renato Ferreira | FL | 1 | TKO | Win Punches | |
1 | May 13, 2012 18 years, 5 months 1-0 (1) | Artur Gomes | FL | 1 | TKO | Win Punches |
