UFC

UFC Fight Night: Kape vs. Horiguchi

Completed Meta Apex, Las Vegas, United States 12 bouts

Key takeaways

  • Manel Kape beat Kyoji Horiguchi by knockout in the main event.
  • Navajo Stirling beat Ion Cutelaba by knockout in the co-main event at light heavyweight.
  • Seven of the twelve results came early: four knockouts and three submissions.

Main card

Manel Kape ✓

2Manel Kape vs Kyoji Horiguchi5

Flyweight
Knockout R3 2:42
Kyoji Horiguchi
Ion Cutelaba

Ion Cutelaba vs Navajo Stirling

Light heavyweight
Knockout R2 3:23
Navajo Stirling ✓
Hyder Amil

Hyder Amil vs Christian Rodriguez

Featherweight
Submission R1 3:43
Christian Rodriguez ✓
Melsik Baghdasaryan

Melsik Baghdasaryan vs Murtazali Magomedov

Featherweight
Submission R1 1:17
Murtazali Magomedov ✓
Vinicius Oliveira ✓

Vinicius Oliveira vs Andre Fili

Featherweight
Knockout R2 4:56
Andre Fili

Preliminary card

Andre Lima

Andre Lima vs Kevin Borjas

Flyweight
Unanimous decision R3 5:00
Kevin Borjas ✓
Bia Mesquita ✓

12Bia Mesquita vs Melissa Mullins

Women's bantamweight
Submission R1 3:16
Melissa Mullins
Allan Nascimento

Allan Nascimento vs Mitch Raposo

Flyweight
Split decision R3 5:00
Mitch Raposo ✓
Gaston Bolanos ✓

Gaston Bolanos vs Michael Aswell Jr.

Featherweight
Unanimous decision R3 5:00
Michael Aswell Jr.
Leon Shahbazyan

Leon Shahbazyan vs Levan Chokheli

Welterweight
Knockout R1 0:23
Levan Chokheli ✓
Karol Rosa

11Karol Rosa vs Luana Santos9

Women's bantamweight
Unanimous decision R3 5:00
Luana Santos ✓
Farid Basharat

15Farid Basharat vs Ethyn Ewing

Cancelled
Ethyn Ewing
Shane Collins ✓

Shane Collins vs Otari Tanzilovi

Featherweight
Unanimous decision R3 5:00
Otari Tanzilovi
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Results

Main and co-main events

Manel Kape beat Kyoji Horiguchi by knockout at 2:42 of round three in the main event of UFC Fight Night at the Meta Apex in Las Vegas. Kyoji Horiguchi had come in as the division's No. 5. In the co-main event, Navajo Stirling beat Ion Cutelaba by knockout at 3:23 of round two at light heavyweight.

How the card was decided

Across the twelve bouts that produced a result, four ended by knockout, three by submission and five on the judges' scorecards — seven stoppages in twelve fights. One of the five decisions divided the judges.

Finishes and fight times

The quickest finish belonged to Levan Chokheli, who stopped Leon Shahbazyan after 23 seconds, and four of the seven finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Manel Kape's knockout of Kyoji Horiguchi, 12 minutes and 42 seconds in. End to end, the twelve fights filled one hour and 55 minutes of cage time.

Main card against the prelims

The main card finished at the higher rate: five of five, against two of the seven below it. Bia Mesquita (submission, round one) and Levan Chokheli (knockout, round one) all closed before the judges were needed.

Ranked fighters on the card

Six ranked fighters appeared, and two of them were in the top two bouts.

Countries, weight classes and broadcast

Five weight classes were used, featherweight most often with five bouts.