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Manel Kape

Flyweight · REAL v1.0 (registered) #1; v1.1 (shadow) #1

Descriptive profile. The resume rank is what has been earned; these statistics are context, not a prediction. A test on Oct 20, 2026 found that career statistics add nothing reliable to age, layoff and experience as predictors of the next result (experiments/REGISTER.md, EXP-2026-10-20-14).

Weight band 1-1: the 10th to 90th percentile of his position across weight vectors drawn near the 70/30 weights (the position does not depend on the weights). Rating 1,722, deviation 129: measured from 11 UFC bouts; a one-bout newcomer sits near 290.

Age 32 (born 1993-11-14) · Height 5 ft 5 in (165 cm) · Reach 68 in (173 cm) · Stance Southpaw · 134 days since last bout (2026-06-20) · Last five 4-1 · Streak W4

Why he is ranked here

Rating 1,722 is the division's 2nd highest of 49 board fighters; the ledger stands at +4.1 (+5.1 from quality wins, less 1.0 for other losses outside the top 5; losses count for three years); 5 quality wins in 15 years, 4 over top-10 opponents, which makes him entrenched; no form penalty (4-1 last five). Score +0.81 = +0.57 (rating term, 70% weight) +0.24 (ledger term, 30% weight) -0.00 (form penalty); score order put him at #1.

TermValueDetail
Score+0.8170% rating term + 30% ledger term - form penalty
Rating term+0.57resume rating 1,722, scaled against the division's interdecile range
Ledger term+0.24quality ledger +4.1: +5.1 QW +0.0 proof -0.0 blowout -1.0 weak
Form penalty0.00last five 4-1
Quality wins, 15 years54 over top-10 opponents, 5 over top-15; entrenched
Placementscore order #1v1.0 (registered)
Shadow board v1.1#1score +0.86; score order #2; placement rules -> #1

Rules, weights and worked examples: methodology.

Last ten bouts

DateEventOpponentOpp. official rankResultMethodRoundModel p
2026-06-20UFC Fight Night: Kape vs. HoriguchiKyoji Horiguchi#5WKO/TKO3 (2:42)65%
2025-12-13UFC Fight Night: Royval vs. KapeBrandon Royval#2WKO/TKO1 (3:18)55%
2025-03-01UFC Fight Night: Kape vs. AlmabayevAsu Almabayev#8WKO/TKO3 (2:16)54%
2024-12-14UFC Fight Night: Covington vs. BuckleyBruno Silva#12WKO/TKO3 (1:57)48%
2024-07-27UFC 304: Edwards vs. Muhammad 2Muhammad Mokaev#6Lunanimous decision3 (5:00)51%
2023-09-09UFC 293: Adesanya vs. StricklandFelipe dos SantosunrankedWunanimous decision3 (5:00)71%
2022-12-17UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. StricklandDavid Dvorak#9Wunanimous decision3 (5:00)60%
2021-12-04UFC Fight Night: Font vs. AldoZhalgas ZhumagulovunrankedWKO/TKO1 (4:02)61%
2021-08-07UFC 265: Lewis vs. GaneOde OsbourneunrankedWKO/TKO1 (4:44)43%
2021-03-13UFC Fight Night: Edwards vs. MuhammadMatheus NicolauunrankedLsplit decision3 (5:00)41%

Opp. official rank = the UFC media-panel rank of the opponent on the date (C champion, #1 to #15, unranked; n/a before Feb 2013 or where no official board existed). Model p = the predictive model's pre-fight win chance for him (frozen performance-adjusted Elo; bouts before 2020 were in its tuning sample). Linked opponents have a profile.

Career statistics

Through 2026-10-31, UFC bouts only. Percentile = share of the 49 board fighters at Flyweight at or below this value; high is a position in the division, not a verdict.

Output
Significant strikes landed per minute4.68(84th percentile at Flyweight)
Significant strike accuracy55%(94th percentile at Flyweight)
Knockdowns scored per 15 minutes0.97(94th percentile at Flyweight)
Share of wins by finish75%(82nd percentile at Flyweight)
Defence and damage
Significant strikes absorbed per minute3.88(63rd percentile at Flyweight)
Significant strike defence57%(57th percentile at Flyweight)
Knockdowns suffered per 15 minutes0.00(39th percentile at Flyweight)
Significant strikes absorbed, career481(80th percentile at Flyweight)
KO/TKO losses0(51st percentile at Flyweight)
Submission losses0(51st percentile at Flyweight)
KO/TKO losses per bout over 10 years, each weighted down by the finisher's danger0.000(53rd percentile at Flyweight)
Grappling
Takedowns landed per 15 minutes0.36(16th percentile at Flyweight)
Takedown defence79%(85th percentile at Flyweight)
Share of cage time in control3%(10th percentile at Flyweight)
Share of significant strikes landed in the clinch or on the ground11%(18th percentile at Flyweight)
Stylestriker (1.2 takedown attempts per 15 min; 3% control)
Career stage
Age33.0(69th percentile at Flyweight)
Age at UFC debut27.2(53rd percentile at Flyweight)
Years since UFC debut5.7(71st percentile at Flyweight)
UFC bouts11(76th percentile at Flyweight)
Cage time, minutes124(80th percentile at Flyweight)
Bouts per year, last three years1.7(51st percentile at Flyweight)
Days since last bout134(61st percentile at Flyweight)

Board position since Oct 2023

C24681020252026Oct 2023Oct 20262023-10-06: #8, Flyweight2023-10-13: #8, Flyweight2023-10-20: #8, Flyweight2023-11-03: #8, Flyweight2023-11-10: #8, Flyweight2023-11-17: #8, Flyweight2023-12-01: #8, Flyweight2023-12-08: #8, Flyweight2023-12-15: #8, Flyweight2024-01-12: #8, Flyweight2024-01-19: #8, Flyweight2024-02-02: #8, Flyweight2024-02-09: #8, Flyweight2024-02-16: #8, Flyweight2024-02-23: #8, Flyweight2024-03-01: #8, Flyweight2024-03-08: #8, Flyweight2024-03-15: #8, Flyweight2024-03-22: #8, Flyweight2024-03-29: #8, Flyweight2024-04-05: #8, Flyweight2024-04-12: #8, Flyweight2024-04-26: #7, Flyweight2024-05-03: #7, Flyweight2024-05-10: #7, Flyweight2024-05-17: #7, Flyweight2024-05-31: #7, Flyweight2024-06-07: #7, Flyweight2024-06-14: #7, Flyweight2024-06-21: #7, Flyweight2024-06-28: #7, Flyweight2024-07-12: #6, Flyweight2024-07-19: #5, Flyweight2024-07-26: #5, Flyweight2024-08-02: #7, Flyweight2024-08-09: #7, Flyweight2024-08-16: #7, Flyweight2024-08-23: #7, Flyweight2024-09-06: #7, Flyweight2024-09-13: #7, Flyweight2024-09-27: #7, Flyweight2024-10-04: #6, Flyweight2024-10-11: #6, Flyweight2024-10-18: #6, Flyweight2024-10-25: #7, Flyweight2024-11-01: #7, Flyweight2024-11-08: #8, Flyweight2024-11-15: #8, Flyweight2024-11-22: #8, Flyweight2024-12-06: #9, Flyweight2024-12-13: #8, Flyweight2025-01-10: #6, Flyweight2025-01-17: #6, Flyweight2025-01-31: #6, Flyweight2025-02-07: #6, Flyweight2025-02-14: #6, Flyweight2025-02-21: #6, Flyweight2025-02-28: #6, Flyweight2025-03-07: #5, Flyweight2025-03-14: #5, Flyweight2025-03-21: #6, Flyweight2025-03-28: #5, Flyweight2025-04-04: #5, Flyweight2025-04-11: #5, Flyweight2025-04-25: #5, Flyweight2025-05-02: #5, Flyweight2025-05-09: #5, Flyweight2025-05-16: #5, Flyweight2025-05-30: #5, Flyweight2025-06-06: #5, Flyweight2025-06-13: #5, Flyweight2025-06-20: #5, Flyweight2025-06-27: #5, Flyweight2025-07-11: #6, Flyweight2025-07-18: #6, Flyweight2025-07-25: #6, Flyweight2025-08-01: #6, Flyweight2025-08-08: #6, Flyweight2025-08-15: #6, Flyweight2025-08-22: #6, Flyweight2025-09-05: #6, Flyweight2025-09-12: #6, Flyweight2025-09-26: #6, Flyweight2025-10-03: #6, Flyweight2025-10-10: #6, Flyweight2025-10-17: #4, Flyweight2025-10-24: #4, Flyweight2025-10-31: #4, Flyweight2025-11-07: #4, Flyweight2025-11-14: #4, Flyweight2025-11-21: #4, Flyweight2025-12-05: #5, Flyweight2025-12-12: #6, Flyweight2026-01-23: #4, Flyweight2026-01-30: #4, Flyweight2026-02-06: #4, Flyweight2026-02-20: #4, Flyweight2026-02-27: #4, Flyweight2026-03-06: #3, Flyweight2026-03-13: #3, Flyweight2026-03-20: #3, Flyweight2026-03-27: #3, Flyweight2026-04-03: #3, Flyweight2026-04-10: #3, Flyweight2026-04-17: #3, Flyweight2026-04-24: #3, Flyweight2026-05-01: #3, Flyweight2026-05-08: #3, Flyweight2026-05-15: #2, Flyweight2026-05-29: #2, Flyweight2026-06-05: #2, Flyweight2026-06-13: #2, Flyweight2026-06-19: #2, Flyweight2026-06-26: #2, Flyweight2026-07-10: #2, Flyweight2026-07-17: #2, Flyweight2026-07-24: #2, Flyweight2026-07-31: #2, Flyweight2026-08-07: #2, Flyweight2026-08-14: #2, Flyweight2026-08-21: #2, Flyweight2026-08-28: #2, Flyweight2026-09-04: #2, Flyweight2026-09-11: #2, Flyweight2026-09-18: #2, Flyweight2026-09-25: #1, Flyweight2026-09-26: #1, Flyweight2026-10-03: #1, Flyweight2026-10-10: #1, Flyweight2026-10-17: #1, Flyweight2026-10-24: #1, Flyweight2026-10-31: #1, Flyweight#1

Position on the registered v1.0 board at each weekly snapshot (C = title holder or reserved, drawn at the top; lower is better).

Predictive rating by bout

1,4501,5001,5501,6001,6501,7001,7502022202320242025Feb 2021Oct 20262021-02-06: 1,497 (L vs Alexandre Pantoja)2021-03-13: 1,501 (L vs Matheus Nicolau)2021-08-07: 1,552 (W vs Ode Osbourne)2021-12-04: 1,624 (W vs Zhalgas Zhumagulov)2022-12-17: 1,653 (W vs David Dvorak)2023-09-09: 1,652 (W vs Felipe dos Santos)2024-07-27: 1,627 (L vs Muhammad Mokaev)2024-12-14: 1,686 (W vs Bruno Silva)2025-03-01: 1,711 (W vs Asu Almabayev)2025-12-13: 1,732 (W vs Brandon Royval)2026-06-20: 1,713 (W vs Kyoji Horiguchi)1,713

Rating after each UFC bout from the frozen predictive model (performance-adjusted Elo, data/processed/elo_history.csv; a debut starts at 1,500). The resume rating's history is not stored, so this is the predictive line, which is a different number from the resume rating in the header.

Trajectory

Recent performances are in line with the rating (+24 points).

ComponentPointsMeaning
Age component-21what fighters aged 33.0 typically run relative to their rating (population curve, all UFC bouts since 2011)
Own recent results+45his recency-weighted mean and trend over 11 bouts, shrunk toward zero; trend +4 points a year
Combined+24the rating's likely distance from his current performance level, in rating points
Readingin line with ratingahead of, in line with (within 30 points), or behind the rating

Performance relative to the rating, by age

-1.0-0.5+0.0+0.5+1.02627282930313233342021-02-06 (age 27.2): L vs Alexandre Pantoja, residual +0.002021-03-13 (age 27.3): L vs Matheus Nicolau, residual +0.042021-08-07 (age 27.7): W vs Ode Osbourne, residual +0.472021-12-04 (age 28.1): W vs Zhalgas Zhumagulov, residual +0.442022-12-17 (age 29.1): W vs David Dvorak, residual +0.292023-09-09 (age 29.8): W vs Felipe dos Santos, residual +0.012024-07-27 (age 30.7): L vs Muhammad Mokaev, residual -0.082024-12-14 (age 31.1): W vs Bruno Silva, residual +0.472025-03-01 (age 31.3): W vs Asu Almabayev, residual +0.412025-12-13 (age 32.1): W vs Brandon Royval, residual +0.442026-06-20 (age 32.6): W vs Kyoji Horiguchi, residual +0.46+0.03

Each dot is one decided UFC bout at his age then: the performance score minus the rating's expectation, on the score's own scale from -1 to +1 (filled = win, hollow = loss; above zero is better than the rating implied; a finish as a slight favourite is about +0.45). The dashed line is the population curve for all fighters; the solid line is this fighter's own fitted level and trend as of the data date, weighted toward recent bouts. One unit sustained over many bouts corresponds to about 695 rating points; a single bout's residual is noisy.

Held-out evidence (walk-forward 2016 to 2026, EXP-2026-10-21-01): the age curve held in every test year; the individual component is a weak signal (correlation 0.06 with the next bout's residual; among fighters aged 33 or over, the lowest predicted quartile won 38% of next bouts against 53% expected, the highest 48% against 52%) and adds nothing to bout prediction beyond the shadow model. No board uses any of it: the rankings answer who has earned the place, not who wins next (EXP-2026-10-20-09). Method: src/mmalab/decline.py; settings: config/decline.yaml (expectation from the resume rating; one unit of residual is about 695 rating points).

Context flags

Descriptive only. Each line is a population fact about fighters like him, not a forecast for him; the register entries hold the measurements.

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