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Manel Kape
22-7tale of the tape = factsmetrics = our read

FightIQ’s profile

Built from Manel Kape’s own numbers — style, standout rate and current form. Not reported prose.

5'5" southpaw power striker with a 6-3 record, age 32. Standout metric: lands 5.0 significant strikes per minute; defends 81% of takedowns. Form: last 5: WWLWW · on a 2-fight win streak · 287 days off · Elo 1541.

Power striker
Assembled from the striking, grappling and form figures on this page, as of 2025-12-13. If a number isn’t in the data, it isn’t in this profile.

Tale of the tape facts

The facts, plainly — vitals and record from public UFC statistics; nickname, nationality, hometown and camp from the public fighter register. A field we can't source stays “pending”; it never shows a fake value.

NicknameStarBoy
NationalityAngola
HometownLuanda
Fighting out ofXtreme Couture
Height5' 5"
Reach68.0"
StanceSouthpaw
Age32
Date of birthNov 14, 1993
Weight125 lbs.
Pro record22-7
Finish splitpending

FightIQ Metrics

Six 0–100 scores, each a percentile rank against every fighter on record. Tap any i for what a score measures.

FightIQ's read — derived from the tape
Our read — derived, not official stats.
Striking89
Defence52
Grappling / TD19
Cardio82
Chin95
Fight IQ67

Our record on Manel Kape

The moat — every call we've made on this fighter, timestamped and graded in public. Nobody else can copy this.

FightIQ has picked Manel Kape 4×, 4 correct (4-0 — 100% right). The confidence % is the number we stood behind at the time — losses shown, toss-ups included.

DateOpponentCardWe saidResult
2026-06-21Kyoji HoriguchiKape vs Horiguchi56.3%Correct
2025-12-13Brandon RoyvalUFC Fight Night: Jr. vs Pat57.1%Correct
2024-12-14Bruno SilvaUFC Fight Night: Knutsson vs Rodriguez56.7%Correct
2023-09-09Felipe dos SantosUFC Fight Night: Ulberg vs Jung55%Correct

Strike zones

Strike zones

Manel Kape

Where the strikes go — and where they land on him. Career UFC totals, straight off the tape.

HEAD66.7%ACC 46%BODY18.6%ACC 76%LEGS14.7%ACC 87%
FightIQ read Balanced attack 67% head / 19% body / 15% legs — no single target dominates.
Share by zonevs field average
HEAD
66.7% acc 46%+3.8 vs field
BODY
18.6% acc 76%−2.2 vs field
LEGS
14.7% acc 87%−1.6 vs field
Where the offence happens
DISTANCE 89%CLINCH 4%GROUND 7%

Significant strikes only, as recorded by UFCStats, across the fighter's whole UFC career. Shares are raw counts — nothing here is modelled or smoothed. Accuracy is landed ÷ attempted and comes from the per-round tape, which covers slightly fewer fights than the totals do.

11 UFC fights · 580 landed

Recent form

Pro record: 22-7. Timeline below is the bouts FightIQ has tracked (most recent first).

W · vs Kyoji HoriguchiKape vs Horiguchi2026-06-21
W · vs Brandon RoyvalUFC Fight Night: Jr. vs Pat2025-12-13
W · vs Bruno SilvaUFC Fight Night: Knutsson vs Rodriguez2024-12-14
W · vs Felipe dos SantosUFC Fight Night: Ulberg vs Jung2023-09-09
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