Manel Kape is brimming with confidence and has made big claims following his Round 1 TKO win over Brandon Royval earlier tonight at UFC Vegas 112.
After securing three back-to-back knockout victories in the UFC, Kape now wants a title shot and has already called out newly minted flyweight champion Joshua Van.
After capping off UFC’s ESPN era with a highlight-reel finish, ‘Starboy’ appeared in an interview with ESPN. During the sit-down, the Angolan-born Portuguese fighter opined that he stands above Kyoji Horiguchi, Kai Asakura, and Tatsuro Taira in the Japanese market:
“If you want to go to a new market, Japan, I’m the king there.