Muhammad Mokaev, Manel Kape vie for potential flyweight title shot
🚨 Muhammad Mokaev vs. Manel Kape set for UFC 304 in Manchester on July twenty seventh, per sources. pic.twitter.com/JoZzDnSGVl
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Mokaev will face one other powerful job in Kape, who’s on a four-fight profitable streak contained in the Octagon. Earlier than a number of combat withdrawals in 2024, Kape most lately defeated Felipe dos Santos at UFC 293 in September.
The veteran Kape has defeated the likes of Zhalgas Zhumagulov, Ode Osbourne, and David Dvořák throughout his UFC tenure. He started his UFC profession with back-to-back losses to present flyweight titleholder Alexandre Pantoja and Matheus Nicolau.
Pantoja defeated Steve Erceg at UFC 301 final weekend, and a timeline for his return is unsure. He’s defeated a lot of the prime contenders exterior of Mokaev and Kape.
UFC 304 marks the promotion’s return to the UK and Manchester on July 27. The cardboard’s foremost occasion has but to be introduced, though the cardboard is anticipated to characteristic the return of interim UFC heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall.