Royval vs. Kape to Headline the Last UFC Event of 2025
An exciting flyweight matchup between Brandon Royval and Manel Kape will be the main event of the last UFC event of 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.
Royval and Kape are ranked as numbers 3 and 7 respectively in the flyweight division.
This will be the third time this year that UFC schedules this matchup. Originally, they were expected to face each other on March 1st, but Royval withdrew due to an injury. Subsequently, it was rescheduled for UFC 317 in June, but Kape had to withdraw due to injury.
Royval, training in Denver, accepted a last-minute replacement fight at UFC 317 against 23-year-old Joshua Van. Royval lost by decision, in a fight that was awarded Fight of the Night and propelled Van to a future title opportunity. Before this loss, Royval had achieved consecutive split-decision victories against top-tier talents like Brandon Moreno and Tatsuro Taira.
Kape has won six of his last seven appearances, including a knockout over Asu Almabayev in March.
