Royval vs. Kape to Headline Final UFC Event of 2025
An exciting flyweight matchup between Brandon Royval and Manel Kape will be the main event of the final UFC card in 2025, scheduled for December 13th in Las Vegas.
Both fighters confirmed the five-round fight through their social media. The UFC Fight Night event will take place at the Apex.
The UFC ranks Royval and Kape as numbers 3 and 7, respectively, in the flyweight division. This will be the third time this year that the UFC has tried to make this fight happen.
Originally, they were scheduled to face each other on March 1st, but Royval withdrew due to an injury. The bout was rescheduled for UFC 317 in June, but Kape was also forced to withdraw due to injury.
Royval, training in Denver, accepted a last-minute substitution at UFC 317 against Joshua Van, 23 years old. Royval lost by decision, in a fight that was awarded Fight of the Night.
Before this setback, Royval had achieved split-decision victories against top-tier talents like Brandon Moreno and Tatsuro Taira.
Kape has won six of his last seven fights, including a knockout over Asu Almabayev in March.
