Other bouts 11
- 2light heavyweightIon CutelabavsNavajo Stirling
- 3featherweightVinicius OliveiravsAndre Fili
- 4featherweightHyder AmilvsChristian Rodriguez
- 5flyweightAndre LimavsKevin Borjas
- 6Not linkedfeatherweightMelsik BaghdasaryanvsMurtazali Magomedov
- 7women's bantamweightBia MesquitavsMelissa Mullins
- 9flyweightAllan NascimentovsMitch Raposo
- 10featherweightGaston BolanosvsMichael Aswell Jr.
- 11women's bantamweightKarol RosavsLuana Santos
- 12Not linkedwelterweightLeon ShahbazyanvsLevan Chokheli
- 13Not linkedfeatherweightShane CollinsvsOtari Tanzilovi
Honest Elo mode pre-fight: Manel Kape 69.7% · Kyoji Horiguchi 30.3%
Pure Elo pre-fight: Manel Kape 46.0% · Kyoji Horiguchi 54.0%
The Honest Elo Meter is hidden once a bout is recorded — win-probability simulations only make sense before the fight. Pre-fight ratings have been updated in both fighters' profiles below to reflect this result.
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Tale of the tape
| 8-3-0 | UFC record | 9-2-0 |
| KO 6 · Sub 0 | Finishes | KO 2 · Sub 1 |
| +4 | Streak | -1 |
| 32 | Age | 35 |
| 5'5" 165 cm | Height | 5'5" 165 cm |
| 68" 173 cm | Reach | 66" 168 cm |
| Southpaw | Stance | Orthodox |
| 1632 | Global Elo | 1620 |
| 1601 | Elo rating | 1578 |
Manel Kape — Notable ▼
- 4-fight UFC win streak
- Performance of the Night in last fight
- Has never been finished — durability signal
- 4 KO/TKO finishes in a row
Kyoji Horiguchi — Notable ▼
- Performance of the Night in last fight
- Earned a bonus in 2 of last 5 fights
- Top 5 · flyweightStriking Defense
- 1Matheus Nicolau66%
- 2Kai Kara-France64%
- 3Kyoji Horiguchi64%
- 4Sumudaerji62%
- 5Mitch Raposo61%
- 89% takedown defense in last 3 fights
Manel Kape — Striking profile
Where significant strikes land — by target zone and by position. 580 landed total · career
- Head 67%
- Body 19%
- Leg 15%
- Distance 89%
- Clinch 4%
- Ground 7%
Kyoji Horiguchi — Striking profile
Where significant strikes land — by target zone and by position. 555 landed total · career
- Head 75%
- Body 16%
- Leg 9%
- Distance 70%
- Clinch 13%
- Ground 17%
Performance comparison
Career averages. Edge highlighted on the side that's better. = division average.
- 1Joshua Van8.43
- 2Brandon Royval5.54
- 3Jose Ochoa5.16
- 4Daniel Barez4.97
- 5Cj Vergara4.95
- 1Joshua Van57%
- 2Cj Vergara57%
- 3Andre Lima56%
- 4Manel Kape55%
- 5Tatsuro Taira54%
- 1Jose Johnson1.85
- 2Nyamjargal Tumendemberel1.92
- 3Allan Nascimento1.93
- 4Asu Almabayev1.99
- 5Joseph Morales2.05
- 1Matheus Nicolau66%
- 2Kai Kara-France64%
- 3Kyoji Horiguchi64%
- 4Sumudaerji62%
- 5Mitch Raposo61%
- 1Asu Almabayev4.46
- 2Tim Elliott3.61
- 3Rei Tsuruya3.60
- 4Tatsuro Taira3.57
- 5Azat Maksum3.50
- 1Brandon Royval75%
- 2Nyamjargal Tumendemberel67%
- 3Jose Johnson67%
- 4Joshua Van62%
- 5Andre Lima57%
- 1Lone'Er Kavanagh94%
- 2Matheus Nicolau90%
- 3Andre Lima88%
- 4Azat Maksum86%
- 5Alessandro Costa84%
- 1Joseph Morales3.04
- 2Jimmy Flick2.39
- 3Edgar Chairez1.67
- 4Tagir Ulanbekov1.52
- 5Asu Almabayev1.49
- 1Tatsuro Taira8.08
- 2Asu Almabayev6.98
- 3Tagir Ulanbekov6.11
- 4Rei Tsuruya5.59
- 5Allan Nascimento5.00
Finish & durability
How each tends to win, against how hard the other is to finish.
Strength of schedule in UFC
Comparable recent competition — last-5 avg 1604 (Manel Kape) vs 1587 (Kyoji Horiguchi).
- Jun 20, 2026
- Dec 13, 2025
- Mar 1, 2025
- Dec 14, 2024
- Jul 27, 2024
- Jun 20, 2026
- Feb 7, 2026
- Nov 22, 2025
- Nov 19, 2016
- May 8, 2016