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UFC Fight Night: Royval vs. Kape
Manel Kape
Manel Kape
21-7 · AGO
VS
Brandon Royval
Brandon Royval
17-8 · USA
December 13, 2025 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Flyweight · 5 rounds · Main event
126.0lb
Weigh-in
126.0lb
Manel Kape def. Brandon Royval by KO/TKO (Punches), R1 3:18
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 3:18
Kape17/230/010:04
Royval17/260/000:00
Total
Kape17/230/010:04
Royval17/260/000:00

Pre-fight

The model's read going in

The walk-forward model's call at the time of the bout — persisted out-of-sample, with no hindsight about the result.

Prediction
KapeWin probabilityRoyval
59.0%41.0%
KO / TKO
42%
Submission
20%
Decision
38%
Expected fight time: 15.0 min
Retrospective pick: the walk-forward model's call at the time of the fight — persisted out-of-sample, with no hindsight about the result.
What drives the pick

Each bar is a feature's push on the model from the center axis. Red pushes toward Kape, blue toward Royval. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Kape59%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO30%51%38%
Submission9%15%7%
Decision20%34%24%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes75 (32102)act 17
Takedowns0.8 (0.02.9)act 0
Royval41%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO11%27%7%
Submission12%29%10%
Decision18%44%13%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes75 (32102)act 17
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.5)act 0
Combined totals~150 sig strikes~1.3 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R125%
R217%
R310%
R46%
R54%
Distance38%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.6%
Kape
49.2%+102
Royval
-10250.1%
Most takedownstie 46.3%
Kape
29.9%-125
Royval
+12523.9%
Significant strikes — over/under
Kape
Expected: 75.0
75
Over 75
39.4%
+152
Exactly 75
0.6%
push
Under 75
59.9%
-152
094188
Royval
Expected: 75.2
75
Over 75
39.6%
+151
Exactly 75
0.6%
push
Under 75
59.8%
-151
095189
Takedowns — over/under
Kape
Expected: 0.8
1
Over 1
24.7%
+257
Exactly 1
11.8%
push
Under 1
63.5%
-257
035
Royval
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
31.1%
+222
Under 0.5
68.9%
-222
035

Odds are model-implied (no real prop market is priced for these). The “most” prices are draw-no-bet — a tie (for takedowns, usually 0–0) is a push, so each side is priced off its chance of winning given a result, while the % shown is the raw chance of landing strictly more. Drag a line in half-point steps: a half line (e.g. 2.5) is a clean over/under, while a whole number adds a third outcome — landing exactly on it, a push — so over, exact and under sum to 100%. On a whole number the over/under odds are draw-no-bet (priced off the decisive mass, since the push refunds), so the two sides stay mirror images rather than implying an arbitrage.

Expected fight time 15.0 min. Predicted-output ranges are percentiles of the model’s simulated fights: sig strikes the middle 50% (25th–75th); takedowns the wider 10th–90th, since they’re 0 in most fights so a narrow band would collapse to 0. Win-by-method = win probability × that fighter’s own method split: the model forecasts how the fight ends, and that forecast is divided between the corners by each fighter’s finishing record — UFC wins in full, earlier-career wins at half weight, as of fight night — reconciled so the fighters’ totals still equal their win probabilities and the methods still total the fight-level forecast above. “Equity” is each of those over that fighter’s win % — how they win given that they win — so a column adds to 100%, and it differs by corner. A fighter with no classifiable wins at any level leans on the fight-level split. “How it ends” is the model’s round-of-finish split. “Mkt” is the de-vigged market prop (consensus across books), shown for context, not as a betting signal; rounds & totals slots fill as that data lands. Percentages are apportioned by largest remainder, so each set adds to its total exactly and an individual figure can sit a point off its own rounding.

Model vs market
Final
ModelMarketGapLine
To win
Kape59.0%69.0%−10.0-263
Royval41.0%31.0%+10.0+207
By method
Kape by KO/TKO24.5%37.6%−13.1+124
Kape by submission12.1%7.3%+4.8+1049
Kape by decision22.4%23.9%−1.5+254
Royval by KO/TKO17.0%7.4%+9.6+1039
Royval by submission8.4%10.3%−1.9+719
Royval by decision15.6%13.4%+2.2+528
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds75.6%76.4%−0.8-453
Over 2.5 rds58.3%64.5%−6.2-225
Over 3.5 rds48.0%53.6%−5.6-134
Over 4.5 rds42.1%44.4%−2.3+110
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision38.0%38.9%−0.9+141

Market % is the de-vigged (no-vig) consensus across the books that price both fighters; the line is the average across books with the min–max range in parentheses. Gap is the model minus the market in points (+ = the model rates that outcome above the market). Thin or one-sided markets are flagged or left blank rather than shown as a fabricated %. Shown for context, not as a bet — the closing line is the sharpest public price and the model trails it on average. For 5-round bouts the model splits its round-3+ finish mass into rounds 3–5 by the historical within-bucket rate, so the over-3.5 / 4.5 lines carry a model estimate.

Trait web
73.1Striking62.6
Kape +10.5
41.7Grappling54.7
Royval +13.0
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
KapeRoyval
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1590
Pound-for-pound
1579
1589
Divisional
1577
1524
Striking offense
1537
1505
Striking defense
1486
Grappling offense
Grappling defense
Physical
32 yrs
Age
33 yrs
5'5"
Height
5'9"
68"
Reach
68"
Southpaw
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
5.04
Strikes landed / min
5.55
56%
Strike accuracy
41%
4.05
Strikes absorbed / min
4.23
58%
Strike defense
43%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.42
Takedowns / 15 min
0.67
30%
Takedown accuracy
75%
81%
Takedown defense
45%
0.3
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.1
Form & résumé
67%
UFC win rate
64%
+2
Win/loss streak
-1
80%
Last-5 win rate
60%
67%
Finish rate
57%
Recent opp. quality
287
Days since last fight
168
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Manel Kape
  • WAsu AlmabayevKO/TKO R3
    Close -2169mo before
  • WBruno SilvaKO/TKO R3
    Close -4261y before
  • LMuhammad MokaevU-DEC R3
    Close +1701y 5mo before
  • WFelipe dos SantosU-DEC R3
    Close -4402y 3mo before
  • WDavid DvorakU-DEC R3
    Close -2273y before
Brandon Royval
  • LJoshua VanU-DEC R3
    Close +1136mo before
  • WTatsuro TairaS-DEC R5
    Close +2501y 2mo before
  • WBrandon MorenoS-DEC R5
    Close +2561y 10mo before
  • LAlexandre PantojaU-DEC R5
    Close +1602y before
  • WMatheus NicolauKO/TKO R1
    Close +1642y 8mo before
Kape — win / loss by method
Record: 21-7-0

Bar length is fight count (largest bar = full width); shading splits finishes by round and decisions by unanimous vs split — tap a bar for the round-by-round count.

KO/TKO
13 wins, 0 losses
W
62% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 2 losses
W
24% of wins
L
29% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 5 losses
W
14% of wins
L
71% of losses
UFC
6win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (67%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (33%)Decision(100%) 3
Non-UFC
15win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
9 (60%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
5 (33%)Submission(50%) 2
1 (7%)Decision(50%) 2
Royval — win / loss by method
Record: 17-8-0

Bar length is fight count (largest bar = full width); shading splits finishes by round and decisions by unanimous vs split — tap a bar for the round-by-round count.

KO/TKO
4 wins, 1 loss
W
24% of wins
L
13% of losses
Submission
9 wins, 1 loss
W
53% of wins
L
13% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 6 losses
W
24% of wins
L
75% of losses
UFC
7win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (14%)KO/TKO(25%) 1
3 (43%)Submission(25%) 1
3 (43%)Decision(50%) 2
Non-UFC
10win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (30%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
6 (60%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (10%)Decision(100%) 4

Profiles

Experience
Kape
Royval
9
UFC fights
11
108.0 min · 12.0 avg
Octagon time
135.2 min · 12.3 avg
14y 2m
Career length
13y 11m
UFC schedule strength

Opponents' records on fight night — toggle their full cross-promotional record vs UFC bouts only.

Kape
Royval
134W–26L · 83.8%
Overall
203W–52L · 79.6%
85W–19L · 81.7%
Wins
123W–35L · 77.8%
49W–7L · 87.5%
Losses
80W–17L · 82.5%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Kape
Royval
154W–62L · 71.3%
Overall
96W–46L · 67.6%
99W–48L · 67.3%
Wins
71W–41L · 63.4%
55W–14L · 79.7%
Losses
25W–5L · 83.3%
Distance striking
Kape
Royval
5.16
Landed / min
9.18
54.8%
Accuracy
38.9%
58.6%
Defense
44.1%
0.83
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.33
87.5%
Time at distance
52.9%
Grappling & control
Kape
Royval
0.42
Takedowns / 15 min
0.67
30.0%
Takedown accuracy
75.0%
81.1%
Takedown defense
45.2%
0.28
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.11
30.0%
Control share
15.7%
Strike target map
Kape
  • Head68%(370)div 62%
  • Body19%(101)div 22%
  • Legs13%(73)div 16%
Royval
  • Head79%(590)div 62%
  • Body15%(113)div 22%
  • Legs6%(48)div 16%

Where each fighter lands significant strikes (career). “div” = the weight-class average.

Manel Kape
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

Per-fight: SS & TD shown landed/attempted; Close = consensus closing line.

Brandon Royval
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

Per-fight: SS & TD shown landed/attempted; Close = consensus closing line.