Kape vs Santos

Who won Kape vs Santos?

Manel Kape beat Felipe dos Santos by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC 293, on Saturday 9th September 2023 at Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney.

The scorecards were announced as 30-27, 29-28, 29-28 in favor of the winner Manel Kape.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Flyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 125 pounds (8.9 stone or 56.7 KG).

Kape vs Santos stats

Manel Kape stepped into the octagon with a record of 18 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 11 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 5 by submission.

Felipe dos Santos made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 6 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

Manel Kape's UFC record stood at 4-2-0, while Felipe dos Santos' came in at 1-1-0.

The stats suggested Kape had a large advantage in power over Santos, boasting a 61% knock out percentage over Santos' 33%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Santos had a large advantage over Kape, boasting a 50% submission rate over Kape's 28%.

Manel Kape was the older man by 7 years, at 30 years old.

Santos had a height advantage of 2 inches over Kape.

Kape was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 18 more fights, and made his debut in 2012, 6 years and 10 months earlier than Santos, whose first professional fight was in 2019. He had fought 34 more professional rounds, 55 to Santos' 21.

Kape vs Santos form

Kape had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 3 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Kai Asakura at RIZIN 20 on 31st December 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round in their Rizin Bantamweight championship fight at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan.

Previous to that, he had beaten Takeya Mizugaki at RIZIN 18 on 18th August 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round at Dolphins Arena, Nagoya.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Seiichiro Ito at RIZIN 15 on 21st April 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round at Yokohama Arena, Yokohama.

Before that, he had lost to Ulka Sasaki at RIZIN 14 on 31st December 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

He was victorious against Yusaku Nakamura at RIZIN 13 on 30th September 2018 by submission in the 3rd round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

Activity check

Kape's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 6 months and 29 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 11 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Kape vs Santos?

Manel Kape was a 23/100 (-430) favourite going into the contest, while Felipe dos Santos made his way into the ring at 13/4 (+330) with oddsmakers.