Manel Kape desires his shot at gold.
The dynamic striker and perennial flyweight contender is gunning for an opportunity to develop into champion in 2025 after operating via Asu Almabayev in spectacular trend to cap off the UFC Vegas 103 fundamental occasion. It was one other gorgeous efficiency from Kape as he blitzed Almayaev with strikes, finally forcing the Kazakh native to dash throughout the cage to get away from him and that gave referee Mike Beltran no selection however to cease the combat with the tip coming at 2:16 within the third spherical.
The win strikes Kape to 6-1 in his previous seven fights with hopes that his subsequent combat comes towards the UFC flyweight champion.
“Who’s subsequent? Who’s subsequent towards me?” Kape shouted after his win. “They’re going to disclaim once more my title shot? Hey Hunter [Campbell], you recognize I’m the perfect. I simply stopped a man with a 17 [fight] win streak. All people was scared to combat him. You guys actually thought that I’m scared to combat him as a result of he’s a wrestler? I can wrestle, I can stand with anybody on this division. I’m the perfect. I’m the star boy.
“Concentrate [Alexandre] Pantoja, Kai Kara-France, [whoever] is subsequent to combat towards me, be prepared. As a result of I’m going to steal that belt like I stole sweet for my daughter.”
Displaying no concern of the takedown, Kape was on his entrance foot from the leap seeking to arrange his combos however protecting a low heart of gravity in case Almabayev shot on him. Kape was lightning fast together with his punches as he saved coming after Almabayev with strikes in succession, coming from quite a few angles to maintain his opponent guessing.
Late within the opening spherical, Kape continued to pretend and feint earlier than unleashing a brutal proper hand that blasted Almabaev as a reduce round his left eye began leaking blood.
As he continued to wrestle to make use of his grappling, Almabayev was compelled to step into his punches and he truly linked with a few stiff photographs however Kape appeared unbothered by it. In return, Kape was persistently firing again with precision and energy as he continued chipping away at his opponent.
The fixed stress from Kape ended up with Almabayev in retreat as he desperately tried to circle away from the aggressive assault coming after him. That technique was in the end what served as Almabayev’s undoing as a result of he couldn’t discover a counter to decelerate Kape so he simply tried to get away from him as an alternative.
With Kape in full management, he rushed ahead with a barrage of photographs that had Almabayev as soon as once more doing every little thing attainable to keep away from additional harm. As soon as Almabayev stumbled and Kape continued to unload on him, Beltran had no selection however to rescue him and cease the combat.
It’s a second consecutive TKO win for Kape, and it’s going to be awfully exhausting to not put him ready to combat for a title subsequent as he continues to placed on dazzling performances.
Rumors have been swirling that reigning flyweight champion Alexandre Pantoja is anticipated to face Kai Kara-France subsequent, and if that occurs, Kape could be the unwelcome reward awaiting the winner.
