UFC President Dana White told Manel Kape he wasn’t getting a title shot, but he would get what he wanted. White seems to have been referring to a No. 1 contender's fight.
After UFC Tampa on December 14, UFC President Dana White told Manel Kape he wasn’t getting a title shot, but he would get what he wanted. It seems we now know what White was referring to during the final post-event presser of 2024., Kape is headed for a No. 1 contenders match with current top-ranked flyweight Brandon Royval. Reports say the fight is scheduled for March 1 at the UFC Apex.Kape is coming off a masterful performance in his last fight.
Royval solidified his spot as the No. 1 contender with a win over Tatsuro Taira in a thrilling main event in October. With a win over Royval, Taira would have likely locked down a shot at champion Alexandre Pantoja.NYT ‘Strands’ Today: Hints, Spangram And Answers For Sunday, December 22nd The champion successfully defended his title in the main event of UFC 310 in Las Vegas on December 7. After the fight, Pantoja tried to lure former UFC flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson out of retirement with a callout.
He’s beaten Royval twice and No. 2 contender Brandon Moreno three times. No. 3 Amir Albazi was just dismantled by Moreno in November. Pantoja has also beaten No. 4 Kai Kara France, though it happened onBecause of Pantoja’s dominance, the UFC has had to dig deeper into the rankings to find title challengers. Pantoja has even defeated Kape. The two met in 2021 in Kape’s UFC debut.
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