Kape’s knockout of Silva was a bounce-back after a decision loss to Muhammad Mokaev in July. Prior to that, Kape was on a five-fight run – though for one of those wins, he missed weight, and he also had to be pulled from a fight with Matheus Nicolau in January when he had a botched weight cut.

Top flyweight contenders Manel Kape and Bruno Silva met in a huge matchup on the main card of the UFC's year-ending event in Tampa.

Manel Kape has pounded the table for a flyweight title shot following UFC Tampa, but Dana White says it's a no-go.

Dana White didn’t see a fire of outrage from Colby Covington when the doctor waved off the UFC on ESPN 63 main event with Joaquin Buckley.

Manel Kape took three low blows from Bruno Silva at UFC on ESPN 63 but battled on and managed to get a stoppage win that caught Dana White's attention. Kape (20-7 MMA, 5-3 UFC) battered the streaking Silva (14-6-2 MMA,