Royval vs. Kape to Headline Final UFC Event in 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.
Royval and Kape are currently ranked number 3 and 7, respectively, in the UFC flyweight rankings. This will be the third time this year that the UFC has tried to match these two contenders.
Originally, they were expected to face each other on March 1st, but Royval withdrew due to an injury. Then, the fight was rescheduled for UFC 317 in June, but Kape had to withdraw due to an 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 very close fight, which was awarded Fight of the Night and propelled Van towards a future title opportunity. Before that loss, Royval had secured 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.
