Brandon Royval vs. Manel Kape officially announced for UFC Main Event

Brandon Royval vs. Manel Kape will officially close the UFCs 2025.

Royval and Kape, from the Apex in Las Vegas and will head the promotional Fight Night Card of the Year. It will also serve as the last UFC fight that is broadcast on ESPN after the UFC has locked a huge $ 7.7 billion deal with Paramount+ from 2026.

News of the fight was announced for the first time by Marcel Dorff Before you were later confirmed by MMA Junkie. Royval also confirmed the competition via Instagram.

This marks the third time that Brandon Royval and Manel Kape have been booked to fight

Royval and Kape were originally planned to compete on March 1 before ‘Raw Dawg’ from the competition argued due to an injury. The competition was rebooked for June, but the fight fell through again, this time because of KAPE who sustained a foot injury.

Royval eventually delivered a fight of the annual office against Joshua from UFC 317. Although he fell short, the shares of Royval continued to rise after the acclaimed collision. He is currently in the Division-arranged competition in the division, four places above KAPE, which occupies the number 7 slot.

‘Raw Dawg’ is 3-2 in his last five, his losses that against reigning flight weight champion Alexandre Pantoja and the aforementioned Joshua van.

As far as Kape is concerned, ‘Starboy’ will be back-to-back knockouts of the third round against Bruno Silva and ASU Almabayev. In general he is 6-3 in the Octagon With his most recent loss against the former UFC -striking Muhammad Mokaev.

While Joshua is expected to be from the next man for Pantoja, Royval vs. Kape probably serve as a title eliminator, the winner who continues with the winner of the collision between Pantoja and Van.